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    EX-TV PRODUCER MP WILLS MOVES TO TRADE AND INDUSTRY

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Michael Wills, the former TV producer who is now MP for North Swindon, has been appointed a trade and industry minister and is likely to take direct responsibility for telecoms policy.

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    SGI set to enhance UNIX workstations

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Silicon Graphics (SGI) is understood to be planning a wholesale revamp of its desktop UNIX-based O2 and Octane workstations, following the launch of its new Windows NT range, which was finally

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    TRINDER AND KAZMI MOVE TO ENGLISH & POCKETT

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    English & Pockett (E+P) has taken on two designers bringing its core team up to 25. Aaron Trinder joins as technical designer for the interactive side of its new media division

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    Ellender picked to lead Universal's Euro push

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Polygram Television International (PTI) president David Ellender has been appointed managing director of Universal International Television's (UIT) European operations, writes Jason Deans.The appointment is the first step in the integration of

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    ITV's 'This Life' to lead drama drive

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV has commissioned new drama vehicles for both John Thaw and Juliet Stevenson as well as a series it hopes will become its answer to This Life.Thaw is to star in

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    EXTRA WORK FOR DOCHERTY

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC Broadcast deputy director of television David Docherty has been given the additional title of director of new services. Docherty, who has been heavily involved in the development and launch of

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    DIGITAL: HOW IS IT FOR YOU?

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a new series, On Digital's Stephen Grabiner believes the coming of digital will lead to a concentration of the market with no more than 20 pay channels lasting the pace.

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    RAVEN PROMOTED TO DEPUTY MD AT MERIDIAN

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Jim Raven, United Broadcasting & Entertainment director of news and sport strategy, has been appointed deputy managing director of Meridian Broadcasting to assist managing director Mary McAnally, who is recuperating from

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    MIRROR AND RANGERS LINK UP IN TV DEAL

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Mirror Group has joined forces with Glasgow Rangers football club to develop the club's TV interests. Mirror Group said it had launched a new division, Mirror Networks, to negotiate and manage

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    UBE PROMOTES CRESSWELL

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    United Broadcasting & Entertainment (UBE) financial director John Cresswell has been promoted to chief operating officer. The position will take effect from Easter, when Malcolm Wall succeeds Roger Laughton as chief

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    CRCA HIRES IRVINE

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The Commercial Radio Companies Association has appointed a former parliamentary assistant to Media Secretary Chris Smith. Nick Irvine, currently a research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), joins

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    Ex-Central controller Smith dies

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Former Central Television controller of public affairs Keith Smith died on 22 December aged 61 following a short illness.Smith joined BBC Manchester as assistant information officer before becoming publicity officer in

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    DIGITAL DOMAIN JOINS GERMAN STUDIO CONSORTIUM

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    US special effects house Digital Domain has joined a consortium to acquire and operate a claimed 'state-of-the-art' production and effects studio in Germany. The consortium, which also includes US independent production

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    LWT FIGHTS ON TO WIN NEW GLADIATORS COMMISSION

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Contrary to expectations, ITV is set to recommission a new series of Gladiators from LWT. A company spokeswoman said new contestants were being sought but denied reports that the show was

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    THE COMMENT PAGE - Digital TV limps into the new year

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    It may be the start of a new year, but a familiar issue is certain to dog the broadcasting industry in the months that lie ahead.Only those with the most vested

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    ITN OPENS THE COLLECTIONS

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    ITN Archive has launched a selection of archive and features compilations aimed at broadcasters and independent producers.The new service, called The Collections, aims to provide quick and easy access to images

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    Clark joins Nottingham independent

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Steve Clark, Carlton Television's former controller of factual programmes, looks set to join Midlands-based indie Kingfisher Television Productions, writes Claire Handley.Clark left Carlton in October (Broadcast, 23.10.98) after four years amid

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    CLARIFICATION

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Broadcast would like to point out that Planet 24, not Waheed Alli, donated£12,500 to the Labour Party. Alli received a peerage in June 1998 in recognition of his service to

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    COMMENT - TV trade gap is not a cause for concern

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    In a few days the UK's TV exporters head out to the US programme market Natpe for their ritual annual humiliation as US acquisition executives greet them with responses ranging from

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    ITC shows teeth with Carlton fine

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The£2 million fine dished out to Carlton TV by the Independent Television Commission after an independent inquiry confirmed that The Connection was faked is being viewed as 'a clear sign'