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United Wildlife has bought the library of underwater film-makers Howard and Michele Hall for $2 million (£1.2 million)
United Wildlife has bought the library of underwater film-makers Howard and Michele Hall for $2 million (£1.2 million), writes Nicola Methven.The deal gives United Wildlife, part of United Productions, 145 hours
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GRANADA AND BECTU CLASH
Granada Television and broadcasting union Bectu appear to have reached a stalemate over talks concerning staff pay and job security. Bectu claims Granada is refusing to meet for talks at Acas,
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GMTV HIRES MCDOUGALL
ITN has poached GMTV head of news Roddy McDougall to take up the newly created post of head of special projects.McDougall will be responsible for running ITN's special reports desk, working
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ITV BAGS FOOTBALL DEAL
ITV has renewed its rights to the Uefa Champions' League, signing a four-year contract for live and exclusive UK rights. The deal, estimated to have cost around£240 million, runs until
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C4 PROBES 1996 DOC
Channel 4 is carrying out an internal investigation into the making of Guns on the Street, a documentary about the illegal gun trade, produced by Manchester-based Ray Fitzwalter Associates and broadcast
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R2 LOSES FIVE PRODUCERS
Five producers are being made redundant at BBC Radio 2. The producers work for BBC music entertainment, part of BBC entertainment.A spokeswoman said the job losses were part of ongoing budgetary
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Multi-channel TV blamed for 'fakes'
The competitive pressures of multi-channel television are being blamed for the rash of fake TV allegations, according to a Broadcast survey of senior broadcasting figures.The need to maintain ratings in an
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Training key to restoring faith in TV
Training and financial penalties have been highlighted as two ways to help restore viewers' faith in television's ability to tell the truth.Several industry executives pointed to a lack of experience, particularly
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BBC and ITV act to combat bogus guests
The BBC and ITV both announced new vetting procedures after they were rocked by allegations that their daytime confessional talk shows featured bogus guests.Both ITV's Trisha and BBC 1's The Vanessa
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TV execs urge ethical review to solve crisis
Industry figures have called for a 'back to basics' campaign and a return to the fundamental ethics of programme-making.TV executives admitted this week that the spotlight has now been turned on
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'The whole of TV Centre is quaking in its boots.'
'The whole of TV Centre is quaking in its boots.' BBC producer/director'Most people who are commissioning have long since lost any recollection of making a programme, and believe that magic is
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NewsEnt Rights ends takeover talks
Postman Pat-owner Entertainment Rights has ended the takeover talks it began back in January.
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FLEXTECH TESTS WEB TV
Flextech Interactive, a division of pay-TV outfit Flextech TV, has joined Telewest in its six-month trial of Microsoft's Web TV interactive system. Flextech's TV Travel Shop will be the first of
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MAHONEY JOINS BBC SIX
Denise Mahoney has been appointed consumer affairs correspondent for the Six O'Clock News with a brief covering food, shopping, housing and transport.Mahoney, 31, joined the BBC in 1990 as a news
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HUDDERSFIELD FM FINED
Huddersfield FM has been fined£5,000 for eight separate breaches of its promise of performance.The Radio Authority found that the station had failed to broadcast a range of services including two
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GIDDENS GIVEN REITH TALKS
The BBC's 1999 Reith Lectures will be given by Anthony Giddens, director of the London School of Economics & Political Science. Entitled Runaway World, his lectures will focus on globalisation, broadcasting
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CNNI creates 20 jobs in expansion
CNN International (CNNI) has announced a major expansion of its London production centre with the creation of around 20 new jobs.An extra 90 minutes of financial news will be broadcast from
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MTV confirms new 24-hour channels
MTV Networks Europe has confirmed plans to launch three new 24-hour channels.As revealed exclusively in Broadcast (29.1.99) the channels will be: VH-1 Classic, concentrating on classic hits from the archives; MTV
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Arab service overhauled
Broadcasting unions Bectu and the NUJ have reacted 'with dismay' to the closure of the BBC World Service's German-language section, with the loss of 29 jobs.Job losses are also expected in
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Younge joins multicultural exodus from BBC
Channel 4 has poached Black Britain editor Pat Younge from the BBC to fill the new role of deputy commissioning editor in the multicultural department, writes Tim Dams.Younge, 35, will report