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    WELSH DENIED POWERS

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    The new Welsh Assembly will not be allowed to appoint people to the broadcasting regulation bodies, the BBC, ITC, S4C and the Broadcasting Standards Commission. The proposal that the assembly should

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    Postware debuts with Ensemble at Siggraph

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Telecine company Cintel has opened an outfit with a new data product to improve efficient working in video facilities.Postware will make its debut at Siggraph selling Ensemble, a turnkey database product

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    NEW PROFESSIONALS GET SEPTEMBER DEBUT ON SKY ONE

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Sky One has acquired the modern version of the 1970s classic The Professionals to air on the channel in the new autumn schedule. The 13 x 60-minute series, C15: The New

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    Dash & Lilly heads UK Emmy hopefuls

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    UK producers and broadcasters are competing for 14 1999 Primetime Emmys in the US, with Granada Media TV movie Dash and Lilly securing an impressive eight nominations.The Granada single drama about

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    HUTCHINSON COVERS FOR O'BRIEN AT HOME & LEISURE

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Home & Leisure former director of programme planning Leonie Hutchinson has assumed the role of commissioning editor for the channel while Dee O'Brien is away on maternity leave. O'Brien, whose

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    OFF THE RECORD - Countdown hit for six

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    On a similar note, Channel 4's decision to axe Countdown for last week's cricket didn't go unnoticed. Presenter Richie Benaud told viewers that 'only about three or four thousand people' had

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    CORPORATE JOLLIES - Junkets, jollies and journos

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Whether it's white water rafting in the Rockies, a trip on Concorde or just a team-building weekend in Windsor, the corporate jolly is now an established part of the broadcasting calendar. Ed Shelton goes in search of a free lunch.

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    King of comedy

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    If anyone can crack the US market, it's Hat Trick founder Jimmy Mulville, who last week unveiled plans to open an LA office. David Wood reports.

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    OXFORD CHANNEL EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    The Oxford Channel, one of the newly launched restricted service licences (RSL), has recorded higher than expected viewing figures for its first six weeks on air, according to its research.A survey

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    SOUL MUSIC MIXES RELIGION AND MUSIC FOR CENTRAL

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Central TV has ordered a new 6 x 30-minute series combining music and religion from its factual department. Soul Music will explore the creative musical talent in the midlands while at

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    CARTWRIGHT JOINS REDS

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Liverpool Football Club has expanded its board to include Granada Media Group commercial director Stacey Cartwright. Granada acquired a 9.9 per cent share in the club for£22 million earlier this

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    Carlton ditches trio of digital channels

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Communications managing director of production Lord Waheed Alli has decided to axe three of the outfit's pay-TV channels as part of a major overhaul of its digital strategy, according to

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    CANAL+ IN TALKS WITH CNN, REUTERS OVER I-TELEVISION

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Canal+, which is to launch news channel I-Television on French digital satellite platform CanalSatellite on 4 November, is said to be talking to CNN and Reuters Television about forming strategic alliances

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    OFF THE RECORD - Campaign for quality food

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    The angry debate in the letters page of the BBC's in-house rag, Ariel, reached fever pitch this week. No, nothing to do with the programmes, silly, but the quality (or lack

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    CWC deal makes NTL cable top dog

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    NTL established itself as the biggest cable operator in the UK this week after it snapped-up Cable & Wireless Communications' (CWC) residential TV and telephony business for£8.2 billion.The deal gives

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    BT PLATFORM ROLL-OUT

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    BT is expected this week to unveil details of the roll-out of a new platform to deliver advanced data and video services into millions of UK homes. The telecoms giant was

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    BSkyB picks Turner to be film head at Sky Pictures

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB has named William Turner, a production executive at Carlton Films, as the first head of its film production unit, Sky Pictures, writes Alice Macandrew.Turner joins the satellite broadcaster at the

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    Vivendi increases share in BSkyB

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Rupert Murdoch's control over BSkyB suffered a blow last week when French media and utilities group Vivendi upped its stake in the company to almost 25 per cent, writes Alice Macandrew.Vivendi

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    Sky Digital signs British Eurosport

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Eurosport's new dedicated UK service British Eurosport has doubled its reach by signing a deal to join BSkyB's digital satellite service next month, writes Alice Macandrew.The sports channel, which failed to

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    SONY UK TO SUPPLY SKY DIGITAL BOXES

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Electronics equipment manufacturer Sony UK has become the fifth company to strike an agreement with BSkyB to manufacture and supply digital set-top decoders for the satellite broadcaster's digital TV service. The