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VTR LURES TAPE GALLERY BOSS TO NEW INTERNET ROLE
VTR has appointed Brian Fattorini to the newly created post of systems architect for the internet. Fattorini joins from audio post facility The Tape Gallery, where he oversaw the study and
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MORTON AND BOND MOVE TO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
National Geographic Channels International (NCGI) has appointed Angela Morton as its new chief operating officer. Morton (right) will oversee several departments, including programming, marketing and operations. Most recently, Morton was Fox
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British bloom at Montreux
British programmes once again won more prizes than any other country at this year's Rose d'Or Television Festival in Montreux, but UK producers missed out on the top prize, writes Ashley
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BLOCKBUSTER PONDERS UK
Leading video rental retailer Blockbuster, which has just teamed up with US satellite TV company DirecTV to break into the US pay-TV market, is investigating new ways of expanding in the
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... as colourist Beeton goes to Pepper for design role
Principal colourist Chris Beeton has quit 4MC (UK) to join broadcast facility Pepper, writes Joanna Scott.
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Dyke divides BBC factual & learning
BBC director general Greg Dyke is poised to make the first major change to the new BBC structure by announcing that the new factual and learning division will be split into
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OCTAGON TO PRODUCE SUPERBIKES SERIES FOR SKY AND BBC
International sports marketing agency Octagon CSI has been appointed by British Motorsports Promoters (BMP) to produce the British Superbikes series. The production will include live coverage as well as one-hour highlights
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BBC web deals to net talent
The BBC is poised to step up its attempts to hold onto top talent with an ambitious plan to offer a number of its key faces commercial deals with the corporation's own websites, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC plans seven-day breakfast news show
BBC News' new three-hour breakfast programme will be a seven-day-a-week operation when it launches this autumn, airing every morning on digital channel News 24, writes Tara Conlan.
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MATHIAS TO QUIT BBC WALES TO RETURN TO FRONT LINE
BBC Wales public affairs manager and former political editor Glyn Mathias is leaving to return to writing and broadcasting. He took up his current role last year and the announcement comes
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BBC GOVERNORS - Governors in the dock
While debate continues to rage over the future of broadcasting regulation, the role and effectiveness of the BBC's select group of governors is still under the spotlight. Mike Shallcross talks to some old hands.
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The occasional diary of a BBC director general
WEDNESDAYToday's my midweek lie-in, so you can imagine my dismay when the mobile goes off while I'm still in bed. It's my old mate Chrissy Bland. 'Murdoch's resigned,' he gasps. I
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BAZAL NAMES BIG BROTHER PRODUCTION TEAM FOR UK
Bazal, the production arm of GMG Endemol Entertainment, has announced the senior members of the production team for the UK version of Big Brother for Channel 4. Executive producer of the
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BARCLAY KNAPP TO GIVE KEYNOTE SPEECH AT GEITF
The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) has announced that NTL president and chief executive officer Barclay Knapp has been signed up to give this year's worldwide address. The address will
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Cintel to bar ITK telecine production
Cintel has applied for an injunction against Innovation TK (ITK) over its Millennium telecine and high definition (HD) upgrade, writes Barbara Marshall.The telecine manufacturer launched patent infringement proceedings at the High
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Bazalgette wins Bafta
GMG Endemol Entertainment creative director Peter Bazalgette is to be awarded the prestigious Bafta fellowship at the British Academy Television Awards on Sunday (14 May), writes Tara Conlan.
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BIDE BACK AT CARLTON
Carlton controller of factual programming Polly Bide returned to work this week, following a 10-month absence due to bone marrow cancer. She returns to oversee a number of ITV and Channel
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B+ CORRECTION
Due to a printing error in the 5 May 2000 issue of B+, no standfirst was shown for My Great Escape on page seven. It should have read: Michael Wood, scriptwriter
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Carlton has signed writer Lucy Gannon to script one of the company's two submissions to ITV Network Centre for a Home and Away (left) replacement, writes Colin Robertson. Carlton controller of
Carlton has signed writer Lucy Gannon to script one of the company's two submissions to ITV Network Centre for a Home and Away (left) replacement, writes Colin Robertson. Carlton controller of
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Harman quits Telewest for Aussie job
Telewest/Flextech content chief Brent Harman is to leave just one month after the two outfits completed their merger to become chief executive of Australia's ITV equivalent in Sydney, writes Simon Ellery.The