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    FLASHBACK WINS FUNDS FOR WEB-BASED RESEARCH SYSTEM

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Flashback Television has won funding from the Lumiere Project to develop a web-based television research asset management system called ResearchSpace.The system will create online databases containing all research material for TV

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    GAIT LAUNCHES FESTIVAL FOR INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED TV

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The Global Association of Independent Television (Gait) has announced plans for its first annual festival dedicated solely to independently produced TV. The four-day festival, to be held in September at the

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    NET USERS FAVOUR SELF-REGULATION OVER WATCHDOGS

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    New research from the Independent Television Commission shows that the public would prefer self-regulation of their internet use rather than relying on an independent agency watchdog or internet service providers.Using a

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    RATINGS - TX - IN MY EXPERIENCE

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Producer: Lambent ProductionsBroadcaster: Channel 4Start: 10.00, 21 JanuaryLength: 3 x 25-minutesCommissioned by: Paul AshtonProducers: Pat Sharpe, Emma Wakefield, Isabelle PavittThings have come a long way since the sex education lessons that

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    PRO-BEL ENTERS INTERNET STREAMING MARKET

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Pro-Bel has entered the internet market, selling its first Clarinet to Virtue Interactive, which provides live audio broadcasts on the internet. Clarinet, a broadcast compliant streaming media coder, will officially launch

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    MILLIONAIRE INELIGIBLE FOR PRIMETIME EMMY

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The US version of Celador Productions' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (right), which provided ABC with the runaway ratings success of 1999, will not be eligible for any Primetime Emmy

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    OFF THE RECORD - A finger on the Dyke

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    On Off The Record's trawls around cyberspace our attention was grabbed by a registered domain name - gregdyke.com. Further investigation revealed that it has been registered by BBC sports producer Nigel

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    PAXMAN DRAWS UP WISHLIST FOR ONE-OFF INTERVIEWS

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Hilary Clinton, Rupert Murdoch and Steven Spielberg are some of the names on an interview wishlist being drawn up by Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman for BBC 2. A series has not

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    DOC-MAKER WATSON TAKES ON UNIVERSITY ROLE

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Veteran documentary producer/director Paul Watson, who last year left Granada Television to join United Productions, is to take up the post of visiting fellow at Salford University. Watson will work with

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    TELEMAGINATION REBRANDS FACILITY AS SHINE DIGITAL

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Telemagination has rebranded its digital ink and paint facility as a separate company - Shine Digital - as a result of increasing workload and the planned investment in new 3D systems.

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    OFF THE RECORD - The digital future is here

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Y2K-style glitches have also been evident at On Digital. One sharp-eyed viewer spotted a message (above) - all too familiar to users of Microsoft's Windows operating system - on S4C Digital

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    SONY RADIO JUDGES INCLUDE RAEBURN AND DALLAGIO

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The deadline for nominations for this year's Sony Radio Awards closes on Tuesday (25 January). Among the judges for this year's awards are former Talk Radio broadcaster Anna Raeburn, England rugby

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    CWC AND GAMEPLAY STRIKE RETAIL INTERNET DEAL

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Internet gaming outfit Gameplay has signed a deal with Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) to put its online retail services on the cable outfit's digital interactive TV service. Gameplay, which will

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    CURRAN QUITS GEITF TO HOOK UP WITH WALL TO WALL

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) is looking for a deputy director after the resignation of Susanne Curran. She will join Wall to Wall Television as associate producer in the

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    OFF THE RECORD - Short and curlies

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5's attempt to escape its pornmungous reputation took a knock last month when a technical hitch in the Yorkshire area meant that viewers in the north-east were treated to an

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    CORRECTION

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Broadcast would like to point out that the graphic detailing ITV's service commitments published as part of last week's feature on public service TV only related to networked programming and did

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    CNNI recruits and sets up sports unit

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    CNN International's (CNNI) service for Europe, Africa and the middle east has unveiled plans to recruit 12 more UK staff and set up a London-based on-air sports production department.The broadcaster is

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    CLASSIC SETTLES WITH RAY

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The copyright dispute between Classic FM and the late Robin Ray has been settled out of court. Ray, who died in November 1998 and was employed by the station as a

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    VSI SELLS CONTRACT FOR PRODUCING FOOTBALL CHANNEL

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Visionsport International (VSI) has sold its contract to produce the Boro TV service for Middlesbrough football club to Wembley-based facilities outfit Gearhouse Broadcast. One of VSI's joint directors, Steve Katz, has

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    ITC OPENS CONSULTATION INTO CARLTON/UNITED MERGER

    2000-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission has opened its consultation into the proposed merger between Carlton Communications and United News & Media.It is calling for comment about whether the merger would be against