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    IPA BACKS 25% AD LIMIT

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) this week submitted its response to the Office of Fair Trading's inquiry into whether the 25 per cent upper limit of total TV advertisement

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    BSkyB has chosen Arsenal v Manchester United for its first interactive football match on 22 August. It will air on newly launched digital channel Sky Sports Extra, alongside its normal broadcast

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB has chosen Arsenal v Manchester United for its first interactive football match on 22 August. It will air on newly launched digital channel Sky Sports Extra, alongside its normal broadcast

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    BBC prepares to slash corporate centre jobs in half by April 2000

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is planning to cut 200 staff in its corporate centre by April next year, the Davies report revealed, writes Tim Dams.

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    STORYVILLE RETURNS TO BBC 2 IN AUTUMN

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    BBC 2's flagship international documentary series, Storyville, has unveiled a host of new films for its autumn run. At the heart of the series is An American Love Story, a portrait

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    RADIO 2 TUNES UP FOR COUNTRY MUSIC WEEK

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 2 is to broadcast a country music week between 18 and 24 September to coincide with the Country Music Awards. Terry Wogan will host his R2 breakfast show from

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    On Digital to cover 157 Euro matches

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    On Digital is to pump£4 million into its coverage of this season's Uefa Champions' League and unveiled plans this week to broadcast all 157 matches in full.The digital terrestrial broadcaster,

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    WILKINSON HEADS BEAT 106

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    New central Scotland station Beat 106 has appointed BBC Radio 1 Official UK Top 40 producer Richard Wilkinson as its head of music. Wilkinson, 25, said he wanted the dance and

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    Sky adds extra£10m for original shows

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB is to pump an extra£10 million into original programming over the next year, the lion's share of which will fund new peaktime British drama and comedy shows.Sky Networks' annual

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    Edmonds gears up to make challenge to F1

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Noel Edmonds is masterminding a major global project to rival Formula One level motor racing, writes Tina Mistry.

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    BBC 1 takes plunge with£195m slate

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon unveiled a£195 million autumn schedule on Tuesday (10 August), which he billed as 'something the commercial sector can't or won't produce'.Highlights include a trilogy of

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    OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Bond film trumps BBC 1's Jack of Hearts

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Jack of Hearts, BBC Wales' much-hyped six-part drama starring Keith Allen, was the centre of attention last week but the ratings showed a slightly different picture, writes Tina Mistry.

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    VFG CONFIRMS SIX-MONTHLY LOSS OF£184,000

    1999-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Listed broadcast video and film group VFG has reported a loss of£184,000 for the six months ending 31 March 1999, as the group predicted earlier this year. While turnover leapt

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    TX - TRULY WEIRD

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Producer: Granite ProductionsBroadcaster: Sky OneStart: 20.00, 5 AugustLength: 3 x 30-minutesCommissioned by: James Baker, Jamie RobertsExecutive producer: Simon WelfareProducer/directors: Kerry McKibbin, Simon WestcottWhere can you find a cockroach Hall of Fame,

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    Trade Talk -

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    On the threat posed to the lucrative kids' advertising market by the upcoming Swedish presidency of the EU.

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    Salmon unleashes Resources revamp

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC Resources' new chief executive, Margaret Salmon, has revamped the directorate's senior management team following the departures of head of strategy Olivier Garrigue and acting director of operations John Lightfoot last

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    Off the Record - News on the Street-Porter

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    OTR's peepers usually glass over at any mention of the millennium, but we perked up this week when we heard that those cash-strapped hacks at The Independent have thought up a

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    Interview - Live and kicking

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    'Less talk, more music' is controller Roger Wright's blueprint for success at Radio 3. His new-look schedule rolls out this month but how will these orchestral manoeuvres go down with the station's demanding audience?

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    Welsh news on Internet

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC Wales is to launch what it is calling the first-ever daily Welsh-language 'newspaper' on the internet. Controller of BBC Wales Geraint Telfan Davies, said the new service would be launched

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    ITC will regulate on interactive TV

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Digital broadcasters preparing to launch interactive services are bracing themselves for a new set of regulations to be imposed by the Independent Television Commission.The ITC will issue a consultation paper this

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    Television set poaches Laing to head London post

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Former Ocean Post facility manager Verity Laing is joining The Television Set Group as facility manager for the recently acquired London Post. Television Set Group joint managing director David Thompson said