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    James leaves as STE restructures

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Television Enterprises (STE) managing director Darrel James is leaving the company as parent company Scottish Media Group gears up to overhaul its TV department.SMG managing director of TV Donald Emslie

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - LAW MOVES TO WARNER

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Warner Brothers has poached two senior staff from Columbia TriStar International Television including Christopher Law who joins as UK head and fills a post vacant since last year, writes Simon Ellery.Law

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - TFI TO SCREEN WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    French broadcaster TF1 is set to begin screening its version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?) from the beginning of next month. Hosted by veteran

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    Norton plans indie outfit

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    United Productions controller of entertainment Graham Stuart is looking at setting up his own indie in collaboration with comedian and presenter Graham Norton.A venture could be established at the end of

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    Headline sets up in Reading

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    A new post-production facility, Headline Media, has opened in Reading, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    GWR ventures out onto the internet

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    GWR and Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) are to launch a trial internet venture in the East Midlands, following GWR's£146 million takeover of DMGT's radio assets announced on Tuesday

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    GSB's Henry joins up with Hallmark

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Departing Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) chief executive Jeff Henry is to join US pay-TV outfit Crown Media in a dual role as UK managing director of its Hallmark Entertainment Network (HEN) and chief executive of a new digital TV and interactive division

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    OFF THE RECORD - IT'S A GRUB'S LIFE

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    And so to OTR's favourite film freebie the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2000, which takes place from 29 July this year. According to publicity blurb this year's list of judges includes

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    INTERVIEW - THE GRAND MASTERS

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Pam Masters, BBC director of presentation and broadcasting, has been credited with changing the face of British TV with her on-air promotions, an achievement rewarded this week with the prestigious Promax Pinnacle award.

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    YOUTH TV - GOING INTO RAPTURE

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    After a shaky start, youth channel Rapture now has access to 6 million UK homes. But can it develop into a viable experience provider and survive a series of defections and the marriage of its main parent? Andy Fry reports.

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    WORLDWIDE GOES TO JAPAN

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is to open a new office in Japan, headed by existing agent Katsu Waza. The expansion into another territory will coincide with the unveiling of BBC Worldwide's 1999/2000 annual

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    GLASSWORKS SEEKS LINKS

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    London post-production facility Glassworks is seeking new creative and financial partnerships, following the decision by Eidos to withdraw its involvement with the outfit.Eidos' move is part of a rationalisation of non-core

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - RICE MOVES FROM MINOTAUR TO SALES HEAD AT FIREWORKS

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Fireworks International, the UK-based distribution arm of Canada's CanWest, has appointed Kathryn Rice as director of sales overseeing Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and Africa. Formerly head of sales

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    OFF THE RECORD - FOOTIE FEVER

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    ITN presenter Dermot Murnaghan was the only person who seemed pleased to be at the RTS education awards this week - scheduled on the night England threw away their opening Euro

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    MADGE.WEB LAUNCHES EURO INTERNET NETWORK

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    European-based provider of rich content network and application services Madge.web has launched a dedicated European network for internet broadcasters.Madge Broadcast Network (MBN) will allow broadcasters to stream audio and video over

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    Gardam enforces multiculturalism

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam has warned department heads that commissioning forms which do not mention multicultural dimensions for programmes will be rejected in future, writes Ashley Davies.

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    Pearson, Endemol in Family Feud

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    In yet another example of concern over format copyright, Pearson Television is in dispute with Endemol Entertainment and Holland Media Group (HMG) over Pearson's quiz show Family Feud, writes Tara Conlan.

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    Dyke plans to invest in education

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke has put a plan to governors to invest an extra£9.6 million in education programming, doubling that to£19.2 million in the next financial year, writes Tara Conlan.

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    SINGER TO BE RICHARD DUNN INTERVIEWEE AT EDINBURGH

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Telewest chief executive Adam Singer is to take the platform at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival as the Richard Dunn Memorial interviewee. It is the second year the festival has

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    DUBLIN STUDENT WINS SENNHEISER SCHOLARSHIP

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Sennheiser UK has set up a student scholarship award at the National Film and Television School. Specific to students specialising in screen sound on the two-year NFTS diploma, the scholarship has