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    Channel 4's Gardam leads commissioners line-up

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam (right) will head the Meet the Commissioners strand at the 1999 Production Show in March.Organised by Broadcast and sponsored by 124 facilities, the sessions

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    CNN International (CNNI) has become the latest 24-hour news channel to unveil a new on-screen look

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    CNN International (CNNI) has become the latest 24-hour news channel to unveil a new on-screen look. The revamp includes an updated on-screen 'bug' and 14 time-lapse idents featuring the CNN logo

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    Murphy quits Planet 24 for Granada

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Planet 24 executive Elizabeth Murphy is to join Granada entertainment in the newly created role of talent executive, writes Nicola Methven.Murphy, who is currently an entertainment executive for The Big Breakfast,

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    M2 Design has created the title sequence for Lion Television/ITV network series Britain's Worst

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    M2 Design has created the title sequence for Lion Television/ITV network series Britain's Worst ... Designed by Chris Jennings and Nicky Thompson, the titles use a combination of live-action footage and

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    CRATER UNVEILS PENCIL TEST VERSION OF CTP 2D CEL

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Joint Spanish/Canadian software development company Crater Software has released a pencil test-only variant of its CTP 2D cel animation software. The company said CTP Pencil Test, which promises to enable animators

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    RA FREEZES APPLICATION AND LICENCE FEES FOR 1999

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority has frozen its application and licence fees for the forthcoming year. Licence fees for Independent Local Radio and Independent National Radio have not been increased since the authority

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    RTS PICKS 1999 FELLOWS

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Television Society has elected 15 fellows for 1999. They are: BBC Production director of production and deputy chief executive Jana Bennett; Turner Broadcasting executive vice-president entertainment networks Andy Bird;

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    1999 - the year of Tigger and Eeyore

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    On the face of it new year should be the time of the Tiggers, bouncy optimists thrilled by the idea of new beginnings and fresh challenges.But these early months of the

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    MEDIA 100 POSTS NET LOSS OF£4.8 MILLION FOR 1998

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Media 100 has revealed a net loss of just over $8 million (£4.8 million) for its fiscal year ending 30 November 1998. The loss compares with a net profit of $617,000

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    Euronews on target despite£1.6m loss

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    ITN-operated Euronews is understood to have lost FFr15 million (£1.6 million) last year - but management insists it is still on target to break even by the end of the year.Advertising

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    STV SCRAPS REDUNDANCIES

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Television, which also owns Grampian Television, has shelved plans for 41 compulsory redundancies after staff voted to strike in protest. Managers have agreed a moritorium on all compulsory redundancies until

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    RATINGS

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Soap stars as lookalikes proved a sensational recipe for ITV on Wednesday. Its Stars in Their Eyes Celebrity Special grabbed the best rating for light entertainment on an ordinary week-night since

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    RATINGS - TX

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    REWINDProducers: Children’s BBC/British PatheBroadcaster: BBC 1 and BBC 2Start: 17.30, 5 JanuaryLength: 100 x 90-secondsCommissioned by Peter SalmonProducer/director: Eric RowanRarely has so much painstaking work gone into a series of such

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    VIVENDI OUT OF TELEWEST

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    French utilities group Vivendi has sold its 6.5 per cent stake in UK cable company Telewest for£200 million. The company placed the shares on the market but there has been

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    NOTTINGHAM STUDIO OPENS

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's new£4.5 million digital studio complex for the East Midlands opens in Nottingham on Sunday (10 January). The state-of-the-art development will be home to the regional news programme East

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    Popescu takes reins at Six O'Clock News

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has appointed former ITN editor Mark Popescu as the new editor of the Six O'Clock News just three months after joining BBC News 24, writes John Plunkett.Popescu, 38, will

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    PRIMETIME TO UNWRAP NEW OUTPUT FOR NATPE

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    UK distributor Primetime will be unveiling new output including The Royal Variety Performance 1998 (1 x 150-minutes) at the Natpe programming market in New Orleans later this month. Other new offerings

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    MBC North welcomes Stevenson

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Mentorn Barraclough Carey North has recruited former Channel 4 commissioning editor for youth programmes David Stevenson as its head of programmes, writes Tim Dams.His arrival forms part of a restructure at

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    MOTORWAY LIFE TO RETURN

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV has postponed the return of its docu-soap, Motorway Life, which was pulled last year after three episodes. The series was expected to return on 19 January but will now not

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    O'FLAHERTY LEAVES THE MACHINE ROOM FOR VTR

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The Machine Room's sales manager, Brendan O'Flaherty, has been promoted to new business development manager at commercials facility VTR. O'Flaherty, who had been at the video duplication facility for 18 months,