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    DNE brings back doc

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has commissioned Granada TV to resurrect the award-winning anthropological documentary strand Disappearing World for a special series to run this autumn, writes Alice Macandrew.DNE controller of programming

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    Avid plans Matador and Illusion spin-off

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Avid Technology is spinning off its Irix-based Matador paint and Illusion compositing systems into a separate company.Blue Software, which is expected to be up and running at the beginning of October,

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    HP AND AUTODESK TO STEER KAYAK WORKSTATIONS

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Hewlett Packard and AutoDesk used last week's Siggraph exhibition and conference to announce plans to collaborate on 'optimising' HP's Kayak workstations for Discreet's 3D Studio Max and Studio Viz software.

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    GINGER AND ERICSSON PLAN GLOBAL AUDIENCE FOR VIRGIN

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Chris Evans' Ginger Media Group is to collaborate with telecoms equipment manufacturer Ericsson in early trials of new technology which could allow listeners in any part of the world to tune

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    LIVE SPORTS AUCTIONS RETURNS TO SKY SPORTS

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Sky Sports and the Auction Channel have agreed a new 12-month deal for a second series of Live Sports Auctions after a successful first run which kicked off last December.Live Sports

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    BBC EDUCATION DISSECTS THE PLAYS OF ARTHUR MILLER

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    BBC education goes into production next week with Miller Shorts, a 4 x 30-minute series for BBC 2 that explores the most famous plays of Arthur Miller. Each programme examines a

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    Firms eye up SGI's NT arm

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Dell Computers and Hewlett Packard are the two leading candidates to take over SGI's troubled NT business, according to company insiders.Sources said Hewlett Packard, SGI chief executive Rick Belluzzo's former company,

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    PEARSON ARCHIVE GAINS RIGHTS TO SEPTEMBER CLIPS

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Pearson Television International Archive business development executive Alessio di Capua has secured the worldwide distribution rights to September Films' library of clips. The deal, which covers around 50 hours of output,

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    Tele-Cine appoints two to audio

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Tele-Cine has moved to strengthen its audio department following the departures of dubbing mixers Bob Jackson and Mike Narduzzo earlier this summer.The Charlotte Street facility has lured former Molinare head of

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    OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV footie unkind to Schofield's animals

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    ITV's live coverage of Chelsea's Uefa Champions' League match against FC Skonto Riga put a slight dent in the network's recent run of Wednesday night ratings winners, writes Tina Mistry.According to

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - No score draws?

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Despite the assertions of media commentators that football is coming home, a closer look at the figures reveals remarkably little change in the number of people watching.

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    Albury leaves United for film-making return

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    United Broadcasting and Entertainment (UBE) director of public affairs Simon Albury is leaving the company, writes Tim Dams.Albury, a founding member of Meridian, a former head and founder of the Campaign

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    Airey rules out move to BBC

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Dawn Airey has ruled out a move to Greg Dyke's BBC - saying she intends to remain as Channel 5 director of programmes, writes Steve Clarke.Speaking at the station's autumn launch

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    OFF THE RECORD - Airey fairy nonsense

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    And so to the rarefied atmosphere of the Royal Television Society, where OTR hears that next month Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey (above right), is to 'reveal her most

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    BBC AND ITV AGREE FEE FOR LYNAM TRANSFER

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    The BBC and ITV have settled their Des Lynam 'transfer fee' dispute, in an agreement which will see ITV pay the BBC a six-figure sum for poaching the sports presenter mid-contract.

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    GRAY LEAVES WRITERS' GUILD AFTER SIX YEARS

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    General secretary of the Writers' Guild Alison Gray is to leave the organisation after six years. During her time at the guild, Gray is credited with overseeing a radical restructuring and

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    CNTS GOES ONTO THE NET AFTER SIGNAL INTERRUPTIONS

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Central European Media Enterprises' (CME) Czech subsidiary CNTS has begun transmitting nightly Nova TV news bulletins on the internet, following the interruption of the terrestrial broadcast signal it was supplying to

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    Bosom Pals, Tiger Aspect Productions' adult animation based on work by Beryl Cook, is to have its first public airing at the Cartoon Forum in Spain next month, writes Jason Deans

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Bosom Pals, Tiger Aspect Productions' adult animation based on work by Beryl Cook, is to have its first public airing at the Cartoon Forum in Spain next month, writes Jason Deans.

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    NET MOVE FOR 5 LIVE

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    £BBC Radio 5 Live has launched a new online service offering listeners the chance to tune into programme highlights via the internet. The initiative allows users to download certain shows from

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    ASA UPHOLDS COMPLAINTS AGAINST SKY DIGITAL AND C5

    1999-08-20T00:00:00Z

    The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the body which enforces standards in non-broadcast ads, has upheld two complaints against BSkyB's Sky Digital campaign and one protest against a Channel 5 promotion.One complainant