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    GRASS VALLEY PICKS PHIPPS AS VICE-PRESIDENT

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Grass Valley Group, the new company formed by venture capitalist Dr Terence Gooding and former Tektronix VND president Tim Thorsteinson, has appointed John Phipps as vice-president Europe, Africa and the Middle

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    Granada signs up Sorvino

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Granada Entertainment USA (GEU) has signed Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino for an adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby, which will debut on cable network A&E in the

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    GOLDEN SQUARE POST HIRES INFERNO OPERATOR HENCHER

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    New commercials facility Golden Square Post has appointed Sam Hencher as Inferno/Fire operator. Hencher (left) joins after spells freelancing for The Mill, Red Post and Sky Television. Prior to that he

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    UDEN GRABS NEEDHAM FOR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT MOVE

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Factual specialist Uden Associates has recruited Delissa Needham from Rapido TV in a bid to break into entertainment programming. Needham, who joins in the newly created role of head of entertainment,

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    ENERGY STRIKES GOLD

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    The Energy Film Library, one of the leading libraries for film images, has struck an agreement with Universal Studios to represent a collection of licensable material from the Universal Film Library.

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    EDINBURGH: NEXT GENERATION - A WHO'S WHO OF THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY'S RISING TWENTY-SOMETHING STARS

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    DRAMA DIRECTORTOM HOOPER, 26Hooper's directing career got off to a flying start when his short film Painted Faces was broadcast on C4 when he was just 18. Spotted by EastEnders executive

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    EDINBURGH: NEXT GENERATION

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    What happened to last year's list of twenty-something hotshots? David Wood charts their progress, while Leigh Holmwood gets on the trail of some of last year's TVYP young guns as they set off on their careers.

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    LOVE AND WHITE FORGE INDIE PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW DRAMA

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Robert Love, a former controller of drama at Scottish Television, and director Marcus DF White have formed a new independent production company called can-u-see. Based in London, the indie plans to

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    Sky launches in-house production division

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB has underlined its growing commitment to original programming with the creation of a new in-house TV production arm, writes Alice Macandrew.

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    First Direct offers free FilmFour

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    FilmFour is to become the first UK pay-per-view (PPV) channel to offer a free, unencrypted evening to viewers courtesy of a commercial sponsor, writes Dominic Timms.

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    Talk to play sports for Digital One

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Digital radio operator Digital One has signed up Talk Radio to provide a new 24-hour digital sports station but has so far failed to reach a deal with Virgin Radio for a digital simulcast of the rock station's analogue service, writes John Plunkett.

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    On Digital's Demon deal

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    On Digital has taken its first step towards interactive services by striking a deal with internet service provider Demon Internet, writes Alice Macandrew.

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    DAVIES TO STAY AT LONDON ECONOMICS TO OVERSEE MEDIA

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Senior associate at consultancy London Economics Jonathan Davies has been appointed head of media, just two months before he was to quit to join the European Broadcasting Union. In his new

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    Jonathan Davies

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    On how Richard Eyre will use his MacTaggart lecture to recast the debate of public service broadcasting.

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    EDINBURGH: TVYP - Getting on course

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Every year Broadcast sponsors a few young hopefuls to learn something about the inner workings of the industry at TVYP. Esther Eley talks to this year's five candidates, while below Helen Hayes Roberts looks back at last year.

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    EX-SVC duo launch motion control outfit

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    SVC's former senior motion control cameraman Denis Henry and producer Linda Krisman have launched new motion control company MC2.Using Mark Roberts' Milo portable motion control rig, which the company will dry-hire,

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    GINGER MEDIA GROUP CONSIDERS STOCK MARKET FLOTATION

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    The Ginger Media Group is understood to have spoken to several investment banks about a possible flotation on the stock market. The company, which owns Virgin Radio as well as its

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    COMMUNITY HEAD SOUGHT

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Media Trust chief executive Caroline Diehl is looking to recruit an executive to head up its new Community Channel. Set to launch early next year, the channel was granted just under

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    LUDWIG ZU SALM TO LEAVE COLUMBIA TRISTAR TELEVISION

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Ludwig zu Salm, German-based president production Europe for Columbia Tristar International Television, is leaving the US studio after five years. During that time he has worked with UK producers including the

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    EX-CINESITE EDITOR MERLINO MOVES TO CLEAR

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Clear has appointed former Cinesite senior Fire editor Andrew Merlino to its editing team. Merlino, who has spent the last three years at Cinesite, worked on a range of projects including