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    Rapture greets first live OB from snowboarding fest

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Youth satellite and cable channel Rapture TV will air its first live outside broadcast on Saturday (13 November) from the Board X snowboarding festival in Battersea Park. The Norwich-based channel will

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    RDF picks Paterson to take factual role

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Indie RDF Television has hired BBC documentaries and history department executive producer Clare Paterson to develop and oversee production of factual programmes.Paterson, who has worked in the BBC documentaries department for

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    ITV facing stiff test to hit ratings target

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    ITV needs a high-rating fourth quarter to meet its self-imposed target of hitting a 39 per cent share of peaktime audiences in 1999, writes Tim Dams.

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    HEWITT AND HODGSON JOIN IN KEMISTRY EXPANSION

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Kemistry is expanding its new media business by appointing Guy Hewitt as business development director and Elinor Hodgson as new media producer.Hewitt joins after running his own commercial presentation company. Hodgson

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    PRICE RANGE FOR FOX KIDS EUROPE FLOTATION REVEALED

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Fox Kids Europe is to be floated at between )10.50 (£6.74) and )13.50 (£8.66) per share when it is offered on the Amsterdam stock market on 18 November. Fox Kids Europe

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    Sanderson signs up for Somethin' Else

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Radio and TV indie Somethin' Else has appointed John Sanderson as a non-executive director with a brief to develop the company's new and multi-media business. Sanderson, a former director of electronic

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    OPINION - Education key to public service TV

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Education is the new buzz in television - at least, it will be until the end of year or whenever the Government rules on the future funding of the BBC. This

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    LWT names Newcombe as drama exec producer

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    LWT Productions controller of drama Jo Wright has promoted producer David Newcombe to become the department's executive producer, writes Tabitha Cole.

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    GUNS ON THE STREET - Shot down in flames

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The ITC has ruled that The Guardian's main allegations against C4 doc Guns on the Street were unfounded. Ray Fitzwalter, who heads Guns producer Ray Fitzwalter Associates, accuses the paper of being trigger-happy.

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    NAT GEO/CARLTON VENTURE FINISHES FIVE WILDLIFE DOCS

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    National Geographic Channel's Program Enterprises Group (NGT-PET) has wrapped production on five projects focusing on conservation, all produced under the channel's joint-venture with Carlton Television. Under the deal, signed in April

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    Distributors join forces for Sithengi

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Seven UK distributors are joining forces to boost UK sales to the South African market at the Sithengi film and TV market in Cape Town this month (November 16-19), writes Liz

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    Independent Image gives Living moral dilemmas

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Flextech-owned Living has commissioned Independent Image to produce a second series of masthead show Chat's Moral Dilemmas. Recording of the show, hosted by Julia Bradbury in front of a live studio

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    Interactive QVC set for Sky Digital launch next year

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    TV shopping channel QVC has announced plans to launch an interactive version of its service next year on Sky Digital. The new service will allow customers to buy products via their

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    Quantel and Omnibus link up to develop Inspiration

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Quantel has signed a development and marketing deal with news station automation specialist Omnibus.The alliance, announced at last week's News World Conference in Barcelona, will focus on technical development, sales and

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    GEARHOUSE DENIES TAKEOVER AS SHARES SOAR

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Gearhouse was forced to deny it is in talks about a possible takeover of the company after speculation sent its share price up by 10 per cent.However, the company's denial did

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    MPs will demand News at Ten recall

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The ITV companies and the Independent Television Commission are to face demands from MPs that News at Ten and the 17.40 news programme should return to their old slots.Culture, Media &

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    DISCOVERY GAINS FOOTHOLD IN CROATIA

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has entered the Croatian market for the first time with the launch of five factual channels - Discovery, Animal Planet, Discovery Travel & Adventure, Civilisation and Sci-Trek.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Football crazy

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    And so to the News World conference in Barcelona, where the massed ranks of international hacks were able to take a few metaphorical potshots at Hackney's most successful son, Nato spokesman

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    Powerboat racing fuels corporation's stake in SPL

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The Television Corporation has bought a 50 per cent stake in Supercatz Promotions Limited (SPL) in a bid to kick-start Grand Prix-style coverage of offshore powerboat racing. SPL will become part

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    Granada/NYT co-pro dawns

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media and the New York Times (NYT) unveiled their first joint production this week - an 8 x 60-minute science documentary series for The Learning Channel (TLC), writes Tabitha Cole.