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VFG CONFIRMS SIX-MONTHLY LOSS OF£184,000
Listed broadcast video and film group VFG has reported a loss of£184,000 for the six months ending 31 March 1999, as the group predicted earlier this year. While turnover leapt
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TX - TRULY WEIRD
Producer: Granite ProductionsBroadcaster: Sky OneStart: 20.00, 5 AugustLength: 3 x 30-minutesCommissioned by: James Baker, Jamie RobertsExecutive producer: Simon WelfareProducer/directors: Kerry McKibbin, Simon WestcottWhere can you find a cockroach Hall of Fame,
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On the threat posed to the lucrative kids' advertising market by the upcoming Swedish presidency of the EU.
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Salmon unleashes Resources revamp
BBC Resources' new chief executive, Margaret Salmon, has revamped the directorate's senior management team following the departures of head of strategy Olivier Garrigue and acting director of operations John Lightfoot last
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Off the Record - News on the Street-Porter
OTR's peepers usually glass over at any mention of the millennium, but we perked up this week when we heard that those cash-strapped hacks at The Independent have thought up a
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Interview - Live and kicking
'Less talk, more music' is controller Roger Wright's blueprint for success at Radio 3. His new-look schedule rolls out this month but how will these orchestral manoeuvres go down with the station's demanding audience?
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Welsh news on Internet
BBC Wales is to launch what it is calling the first-ever daily Welsh-language 'newspaper' on the internet. Controller of BBC Wales Geraint Telfan Davies, said the new service would be launched
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ITC will regulate on interactive TV
Digital broadcasters preparing to launch interactive services are bracing themselves for a new set of regulations to be imposed by the Independent Television Commission.The ITC will issue a consultation paper this
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Television set poaches Laing to head London post
Former Ocean Post facility manager Verity Laing is joining The Television Set Group as facility manager for the recently acquired London Post. Television Set Group joint managing director David Thompson said
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NTL harmonises pricing
NTL has introduced a new national pricing package that harmonises all its phone, internet and TV prices for consumers on a country-wide basis. Until now, the rates for customers have differed
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World View - Sandy George in Sydney
Serious concerns have emerged about how domestic shifts in Australian children's drama production will have an impact on export potential and the survival of indigenous producers.The change likely to have the
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Gaumont to sell TV stake to President
Gaumont is to sell a majority share of TV production/distribution subsidiary Gaumont Television to the outfit's president, Christian Charret. Gaumont is still looking to sell its remaining stake in the TV
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Off the Record - Press Gang
No matter how frantically busy today's TV execs get, somehow they can always find time get their names in the papers. In a new spot we round up their latest inky musings so you don't have to bother ...
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Trade Talk - Popular front
John Sullivan, who penned BBC comedy classics such as Citizen Smith and Only Fools and Horses, is taking his talent to ITV. Tina Mistry asks why.
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Johnston holds Forth
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH)-owned Radio Forth has appointed head of news David Johnston to take over as managing director from Tom Steele, who is retiring on health grounds. Radio Forth operates
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TV viewing figures slow
A television viewing analysis for April-June 1999, released by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA), show that overall total daily viewing grew by 2.92 per cent, short of the 3.31
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Opinion - Viewers must see what fee pays for
By the time you read this, Gavyn Davies' report into the BBC's future funding will have been published. And all the signs are that, after digesting a myriad of weird and
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ITC shows its Faith
Adam Faith's proposed digital TV station, The Money Channel, has been granted a licence to broadcast by the Independent Television Commission. The channel is expected to launch on cable and satellite
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Worldwide in rejig to replace Fairbairn
BBC Worldwide has announced two new appointments following director of strategy Carolyn Fairbairn's decision to move to BBC Policy & Planning as its new controller of corporate strategy.The changes, which follow
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Omnibus expands into rentals
Omnibus Systems is expanding into the equipment rental business - hiring out complete automated transmission systems, writes Nick Radlo.Priced from around£30,000, Eclipse is a complete automated transmission system controlling the