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    BSkyB's creative services department has developed a new ident package for The History Channel. Commissioned by Terry Yetton, it was produced and designed by Kieran Hughes and Neil Hudson and features

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB's creative services department has developed a new ident package for The History Channel. Commissioned by Terry Yetton, it was produced and designed by Kieran Hughes and Neil Hudson and features

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    BSkyB may start own sales outfit

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB is investigating the possibility of setting up its own in-house distribution outfit, writes Steve Clarke.A decision on whether to go ahead with the business is likely to be taken within

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    ITV RAPS BROADCASTERS

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    MTV, Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), Channel 5 and GMTV were severely reprimanded by the Independent Television Commission in its August programme complaints report. The regulator reproached MTV for bad language,

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    Rouse takes over as editor of Broadcast

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Broadcast has appointed a new editor, Lucy Rouse, to replace Steve Clarke, who becomes executive editor.Rouse, features editor of Broadcast since December 1998, takes over the editorship next week. She has

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    Broadcast legislation pledged

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Media Secretary Chris Smith has promised major broadcasting legislation early in the next Parliament in a move that could considerably ease the regulatory burden on broadcasters, writes Tim Dams.The news, announced

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    BRAVO TO PRODUCE SERIES OF SHORTS IN-HOUSE

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Bravo has commissioned a raft of one-minute shorts, called Bravo Bullets, which will air in between its main programmes from 4 October. The interstitials, to be broadcast as the end credits

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    GMG BOOSTED BY ENDEMOL

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    A substantial increase in GMG Endemol Entertainment's profits helped its joint owner, Guardian Media Group (GMG), achieve record profits in 1998-99. GMG holds a 50 per cent stake in GMG Endemol,

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    RAPTURE HONOURS BLAIR WITCH PROJECT WITH WEEKEND

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Cable and satellite youth channel Rapture is to broadcast a weekend of programming dedicated to the cult horror film, The Blair Witch Project. The weekend on 30-31 October, the channel's first

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    BBC ditches QED branding

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has quietly dropped the award-winning BBC 1 science documentary brand QED.QED, which aired as a science strand for 18 years, reappeared for its BBC 1 autumn run under the

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    LESTER JOINS BBC CHILDREN'S TO DEVELOP DRAMA

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    BBC Production children's department has appointed Cas Lester as a new drama development executive. Her brief is to bring in new projects and writers, as well as supervising new drama series

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    ROWLINSON NAMED DEPUTY AT BBC SPORT

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    BBC Sport head of development John Rowlinson has been appointed deputy controller, TV sport. Rowlinson's brief includes assisting controller Mike Miller as well as taking responsibility for the international unit. He

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    Delegates vote for BBC to remain a full service

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Delegates at the 1999 RTS Cambridge Convention voted almost two-to-one in favour of the BBC remaining a full-service public service broadcaster in the digital age.The vote was taken by secret ballot

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    Gormenghast spearheads BBC Worldwide drama slate

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    The BBC in-house adaptation of Mervyn Peake's fantasy classic, Gormenghast, will lead the new drama line-up launched by BBC Worldwide in Cannes next month, writes Jason Deans.The 4 x 60-minute serial,

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    OPINION - BBC can tap into sea of goodwill

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    In the euphoria that greeted Chris Smith's speech at Cambridge, it is easy to ignore what may turn out to be an equally seminal moment in British broadcasting that occurred during

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    Collins looks at Big Bands

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Phil Collins is to present a series about Big Bands for BBC Radio 2 to be produced by independent Unique Broadcasting, writes John Plunkett.The 5 x 60-minute show, The Big Band

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    OFF THE RECORD - Never mind the ballots

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    It can't be easy being Media Secretary Chris Smith, with a remit that stretches all the way from opera to World Cup footie. So he can hardly be blamed for his

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    Coogan and Normal set up Baby Cow

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Steve Coogan has launched his own independent production company with his long-time collaborator and The Royle Family writer, Henry Normal, writes John Plunkett.The Brighton-based indie, Baby Cow Productions, will produce future

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    BBC World wields axe to stem losses

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    International television news channel BBC World is to cut 50 editorial and production jobs as part of an attempt to stem financial losses.The staff cuts were announced on Monday (20 September),

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    FILMING BEGINS ON LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET FOR ITV

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Location shooting began this week at Ingatestone Hall in Essex on Warner Sisters Film & TV's adaptation of scandalous Victorian novel Lady Audley's Secret for ITV. The 120-minute drama, about a

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    MACKENZIE JOINS GYNGELL FOR INTERACTIVE ASTROLOGY

    1999-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Talk Radio chairman and Wireless Group chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie has launched a pay-to-view interactive astrology website in a joint-venture with former Yorkshire TV chairman Bruce Gyngell. World Interactive Television (WIT),