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    SDI BROADCAST BOUGHT UP BY PICTURE CANNING COMPANY

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    The Picture Canning Company has acquired outside broadcast company SDI Broadcast. The purchase includes a six-camera serial digital widescreen truck and is part of Picture Canning's strategy to expand its multi-camera

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    Hearts and Bones wins second run

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has ordered a second series of comedy drama Hearts & Bones from United Productions, writes Colin Robertson.

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    BIRT TO GET PACKAGE

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Former BBC director-general John Birt is understood to be in line for a final payment and pension package worth almost£400,000. A BBC spokesman said the BBC could not comment on

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    BSC: 'Better public vetting'

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Programme-makers need to step up identity checking procedures when selecting members of the public for television shows, according to Broadcasting Standards Commission chairman Lord Holme, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Sky News' creative services department is behind the titles for Technofilextra, Sky News' new consumer-friendly computer and gadget show. The stark, dynamic graphics were designed to complement sister

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Sky News' creative services department is behind the titles for Technofilextra, Sky News' new consumer-friendly computer and gadget show. The stark, dynamic graphics were designed to complement sister show, Technofile, while

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    CBC'S PHILLIPS LEAVES TO BECOME MD AT NEWS WORLD

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) London bureau chief Sue Phillips has left the company to become News World International managing director.Phillips, who started her new role on 2 May, replaces Kerry Stevenson,

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    Nickelodeon nets BBC kids exec

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Nickelodeon has poached BBC head of children's presentation Joe Godwin to spearhead a move into in-house production, writes Katy Elliott.

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    BBC SCOTLAND HAND PICKS SCOTTISH PRISON DOC

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Indie Hand Pict Productions has been commissioned by BBC Scotland broadcast commissioning editor Ewan Angus to make a 6 x 30-minute documentary series about Scottish prisons. As with another of its

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    BBC WILL RESPOND TO BSC

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC News is to respond to the Broadcasting Standards Commission about an ITN complaint over a report on 14 March on the libel case ITN won against LM magazine. BBC News

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    BBC News pioneers live videophone system

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC News has unveiled details of a pioneering live videophone, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    OZ LIBRARY DEAL FIRST OF NEW WAVE FOR BBC WORLDWIDE

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is launching a new initiative to sell other broadcasters' libraries, beginning with a deal to distribute the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television archive in Europe. The non-exclusive deal means BBC

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    MICHAEL HURLL WINS DIRECT ITV COMEDY AWARDS ORDER

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Michael Hurll Television has been directly commissioned by ITV director of programmes David Liddiment through controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz to produce this year's British Comedy Awards. Producer Michael Hurll created

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    BBC'S MASTERS RECEIVES PINNACLE AWARD

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Promax and BDA have named BBC director of broadcasting and presentation Pam Masters as this year's recipient of the Pinnacle award. Masters was chosen because of her experience and current role

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    Postcard from ... Lucy Rouse in Atlanta

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Atlanta is a weird place. Appearing from the 80-degree heat haze that hangs over Route 75 leading into Coca-Cola's hometown, it looks for all the world like Gotham City - appropriate,

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    SCOTTISH CHRONICLES ASSOCIATE'S MACKENZIE IN ONE-OFF

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Television has commissioned a one-off documentary on the life of the late Scottish pop star Billy Mackenzie, formerly of 1980s band The Associates. Voyager Television will produce the 30-minute special,

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    Discovery arm names first UK head

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has named general manager Nick Comer-Calder as its first dedicated UK chief, writes Simon Ellery.

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    DMGT ARM BUYS SYDNEY'S FIFTH FM RADIO LICENCE

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    GD Ventures, a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), has bought a new FM radio licence in Sydney, Australia for a price of£61 million, to be paid in

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    VIDEO NETWORKS AND STOCKWHIZ APPLY FOR ITC LICENCES

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Video-on-demand firm Video Networks and finance company Stockwhiz have applied to the Independent Television Commission for licenses to broadcast over broadband cable or telephone networks. Video Networks, which already claims 600

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    PRIMETIME RADIO ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT LINE UP

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    New over-50s station Primetime Radio has announced three senior appointments. The station, which runs on national digital radio multiplex Digital One and is backed by the Saga Group, has hired former

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Staying public spirited

    2000-06-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke is coming up with big ideas for the corporation's future. But if they are too commercial they could compromise the corporation's PSB obligations. Peter Keighron reports.