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    IMEDIA BOUGHT BY TERAYON TO BOOST BROADBAND VIDEO

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Imedia Corporation, which patented a system to generate multiple channels of video at low MPEG bit rates, has been bought by Terayon Communication systems. Terayon specialises in the supply of broadband

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    SBS AND UPC IN JOINT BID FOR DUTCH SOCCER RIGHTS

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Europe's largest broadcaster, SBS, is mounting a joint bid for Dutch football TV rights with its new pan-European partner, cable company UPC. SBS chief executive Harry Sloan said the two planned

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    BFI PUBLISHES LOW-BUDGET FILM FUNDING GUIDE

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    The British Film Institute (BFI) has just published the 1999-2000 edition of Lowdown - the Low Budget Funding Guide. The publication includes listings of funding sources for film and video production,

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    Sullivan snubs BBC to sign ITV contract

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    One of the BBC's top comedy writers, John Sullivan, creator of hits such as Only Fools and Horses, has snubbed the BBC by signing a deal with ITV, writes David Wood.Sullivan,

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    BSC RAPS BBC OVER PINOCHET NEWS REPORT

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has upheld a complaint of unfair treatment and unwarranted infringement of privacy by the Six O'Clock News (left) during an item about the possible whereabouts in

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    VIDLER FILLS MARKETING ROLE FOR BBC SPORT

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    BBC sport has created the new role of head of marketing and business development as part of a move to boost its success in bidding for sporting rights. Andria Vidler, who

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    WARD TO HEAD BBC PRODUCTION'S PEOPLE STRATEGY

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    BBC Production has hired a former Glaxo Wellcome change management consultant to be its new personnel controller. Catherine Ward joins in early September and will head BBC Production's People Strategy, which

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    BBC invests for new radio hits

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has tripled its radio programme development budget to£2.2 million in a bid to find the successors to hit series such as BBC Radio 4's Goodness Gracious Me and

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    BBC SCOTLAND TO BUILD NEW HQ IN GLASGOW

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    BBC governors have plumped to build new headquarters for BBC Scotland in Glasgow. A number of options have been under consideration for the last two years, including a move from its

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    BBC LAUNCHES ONLINE MEDIA MANAGEMENT COURSE

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has devised an online post-graduate degree course in media management for its up-and-coming programme-makers. The 10-module MA, set up in conjunction with the University of Leeds, is pitched at

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    Philips Spirit wins BBC Resources trial

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    BBC Resources is upgrading its telecine operation by buying a Philips Spirit Datacine film scanner capable of HDTV transfers - a telecine machine usually found only in high-end commercials facilities.BBC Resources

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    BAD NEWS FOR BBC DRAMA

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Less than half the population (48 per cent) believe the BBC provides good drama compared with almost two-thirds three years ago, according to a survey by CIA MediaLab. One in four

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    OFF THE RECORD - Back page splash

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Cheesy snap of the week comes courtesy of the Radio Festival, held in Cardiff earlier this month. Off The Record was amazed when it heard that this Loaded-style woman-in-bikini stunt (below)

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    DNE unveils two autumn series

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has lined up two new series for the autumn including a six-part show on contemporary inventors from Roger Bolton Productions, writes Alice Macandrew.The Inventors, Roger Bolton's first

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    INITIAL KIDS' COMIN' ATCHA SCOOPS SECOND RUN ON ITV

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    ITV has ordered a second run of Initial Kids' series Comin' Atcha starring teenage girl band Cleopatra. The show has been commissioned by ITV controller of network children's and youth programmes

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    Asian TV hits Sky Digital

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    The UK's Asian community will see an explosion of choice in television with the launch of two new premium pay-TV services on Sky Digital next month, writes Alice Macandrew.Sony Entertainment Asia

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    ARTV signs Hillary for White House art film

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    UK independent ARTV has secured access to Hillary Clinton for a show about the White House art collection for broadcast as a special edition of Art House, the company's weekly programme

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    ITN ARCHIVE REVAMPS SALES TEAM

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    ITN Archive has restructured its sales team, with the appointment of a new sales manager and three business development managers. Former Financial Times Business sales manager Alwyn Lindsey heads up the

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    Stocking up at APTN with combined role

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Video news agency Associated Press Television News (APTN) has announced a raft of management changes including the appointment of Chris Stocking to head a new combined broadcast services and production division,

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    BSKYB OPTS FOR VIEWTIME TO AUDIENCE ANALYSIS

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB has signed up Viewtime, the online TV information and analysis system developed by media specialist Peaktime. The system will allow Sky to view minute-by-minute audience ratings for the five terrestrial