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    'THREE-QUARTERS OF ON DIGITAL SUBSCRIBERS NEW TO MULTI-CHANNEL TV'

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Three-quarters of On Digital subscribers are new to multi-channel TV, according to On Digital chief executive Stephen Grabiner, writes Alice Macandrew.

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    INTERVIEW - Talk of the devil

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Four months after joining Talk Radio, Kelvin MacKenzie has reworked its schedule and sacked star presenters. Will his radical tactics turn around the fortunes of the station in the face of stiff resistance from Radio 5 Live?

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    Hollick denies interest in SMG

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    United News & Media's (UNM) chief executive Lord Hollick has poured cold water on reports that he was preparing a bid for Scottish Media Group (SMG), owner of Scottish Television, writes Tim Dams.

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    NAB DEBUT FOR PINNACLE'S THUNDER VIDEO SERVERS

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Pinnacle Systems is to unveil the first in an expected line-up of Thunder video server products at NAB in April. The Thunder MCS 4000 and MCS 2000 are the company's first

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    Resources wins Navy film deal

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    BBC Resources Ltd has won a£2 million contract to make a feature-style film for the Royal Navy. It is understood to be the company's largest corporate contract since it was

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    Gori eyes up Stream deal

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Telecom Italia, the owner of Italian digital platform Stream, has played down press reports that media mogul Vittorio Cecchi Gori is to take a stake in the pay-TV platform.Cecchi Gori told

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    EVANS TO GINGER UP DAILY STAR WITH SHARE OFFER

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Chris Evans' Ginger Media Group has approached United News & Media about making a bid for the Daily Star newspaper. Evans is said to have offered a 16 per cent share

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    OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Man United prove crowd-pullers for ITV

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    ITV's investment in the rights for the Champions' League paid off last week, with the clash between Manchester United and Italian giants Internazionale proving a winning bet for the Network Centre,

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    Edmonds conjures up some Magic

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Noel Edmonds and veteran entertainment producers Michael Hurll and Mike Leggo have launched a new venture, Magic, writes Jason Deans.

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    SKY CLOSE TO TALK DEAL

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Sky News is expected to sign a deal with Talk Radio in the next few days to take over from Independent Radio News (IRN) as the station's news supplier. It is

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    Weil named programme chief at DNE

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has confirmed veteran programmer Peter Weil as its new programming chief, writes Alice Macandrew.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Charting the musings of Paul Watson's critics

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Let's hope that documentary controversy-magnet Paul Watson's move from Granada to United doesn't stifle his talent for generating column inches...1993 - Sylvania Waters on BBC 1 earns him a reputation for

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    CHAPMAN NAMED CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT IBC

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) has appointed Sharon Chapman to the newly created role of chief operating officer. Chapman, who was commercial and conventions director of the Cable Communications Association for

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    Vanessa and Trisha change teams

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The BBC and Anglia Television have made changes to the programme teams behind the daytime talk shows hit recently by allegations of fakery, writes Nicola Methven.

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    NTL REPLACES CHALLENGE WITH FILMFOUR

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    NTL has dropped games channel Challenge from its analogue line-up to make way for new services. The Flextech wholly owned channel was taken off air on 28 February and replaced by

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    Live celebrates sale of Lie Detector to ITV

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Live TV has confounded its critics by selling confessional show Lie Detector to ITV - the first time the cable channel has sold one of its own programmes to a terrestrial

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    Singer makes call for 'open' market

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Platform operators should open their networks to all content providers or risk stunting the growth of the UK pay-TV industry, according to Flextech chairman and chief executive Adam Singer.Speaking at the

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    S&W UNVEILS NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT UNIT

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Snell & Wilcox (S&W) is setting up a new business development unit in an attempt at widening the market for its video processing technology.The new venture will be headed by Naresh

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    Sony BPE slashes Euro and UK jobs

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Sony Broadcast & Professional (BPE) is cutting its European and UK workforce by around 8 per cent in a bid to cut costs.Forty-four jobs will go at its European headquarters in

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    TRADE TALK - Doing the biz

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    By concentrating on feuds and crises Robert Thirkell has made business programmes sexy - and he's won awards too, reports David Wood.