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    WESTCOUNTRY TV SETTLES WITH LOCAL BUSINESSMAN

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Westcountry TV has agreed an out-of-court settlement with Plymouth business man John Steven, following an item broadcast in the ITV company's weekly current affairs strand Insight in February 1999. The footage

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    BT LINES UP MEDIA OUTFITS

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    BT has confirmed it is considering buying media outfits to provide content for its broadband offering Openworld. BT recently signed a deal with band managers 19 Management for exclusive premieres of

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    LORD HOLME RAPS BROADCASTERS' FLOUTING OF CODE

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Broadcasters are increasingly riding roughshod over programming codes of conduct in a bid to increase ratings, according to the third annual report from the Broadcasting Standard's Commission (BSC). BSC chairman Lord

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    Brownlow, Corley to leave Border TV

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Border TV chief executive Paul Corley and managing director Peter Brownlow are to leave the outfit in July following Capital Radio's takeover last month.Border TV executive chairman James Graham, who continues

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    LOCAL FEATURES OUT-PERFORM US BLOCKBUSTERS ON TV

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Locally made feature films outperform US blockbusters when they are broadcast on TV in their country of origin, according to research conducted by Eurodata TV. The report 1999: Cinema on Television

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    Off the Record - PJ blips

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    And while on the subject of great literature, one thing we forgot to mention last week in our hilarious story about BBC economics editor Peter Jay's new series The Road to

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    Big Brother house swept for bugs

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 and Bazal paid counter-espionage experts to sweep the Big Brother house for bugs after more than 100 journalists left a press conference at the purpose-built set on Tuesday (27 June), writes Ashley Davies.

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    NHS BIDS POUR IN

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has confirmed that 20 companies and consortia have pitched for the government's£5 million fund to provide NHS services via digital television. The proposals include submissions from

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    ITV in bid to shore up ratings

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    ITV director of programmes David Liddiment is set to unveil what the Network Centre claims is one of its strongest autumn schedules next week in a bid to shore up dwindling ratings, writes Colin Robertson.

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    RATINGS - TX - The Secret Life of the Bentall Family

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Broadcaster: BBC 1Producer: BBC scienceStart: 20.00, 5 JulyLength: 50 minutes, Commissioning editor: Peter SalmonExecutive producer: Michael MosleyThe arcane mysteries of science are given a mainstream spin in BBC 1's The Secret

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    Granada Media takes BBC's Pye

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media has poached BBC controller of commercial and business affairs, production Chris Pye to become commercial director and executive vice-president, international production.The news comes in the same week that a

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    Docherty quits BBC for job at Telewest

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    BBC deputy director of television David Docherty is leaving to become managing director of broadband content at Telewest.Docherty, who has been at the BBC for the past 10 years, is understood

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    GRANADA'S LEWIS TO DEVELOP FRENCH VEHICLE FOR BBC

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Granada controller of drama Simon Lewis is developing a new comedy drama series starring Dawn French (left) for BBC head of comedy entertainment John Plowman. Ted and Alice is still at

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    BBC buys Christie rights

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has bought the TV rights to a lesser-known series of Agatha Christie detective books to develop a new drama property for BBC 1, writes Tara Conlan.

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    BBC TOP DOGS GO UNDER SELECT COMMITTEE MICROSCOPE

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is fielding a top line-up to front the first cross-examination of its annual report and accounts by the Commons' Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee. Those attending the meeting

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    BBC to sit new services test

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The government has unveiled details of the tests the BBC must pass before launching new services just as it appointed consultants to assess BBC finances, writes John Lewis.

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    International News - BBC chief Phillips named BTDA chair

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The British Television Distributors Association (BTDA) announced this week that its new chairman is BBC Worldwide international television director Mike Phillips.He replaces outgoing Itel chief executive Andrew Macbean, who revealed in

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    The occasional diary of a BBC director general

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    WEDNESDAYBunch of interfering old biddies. So the governors reckon Beeb One has to do better, do they? They said that last year. Trouble is, two things have changed. I couldn't have

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    Baz calls for online rushes

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    GMG Endemol Entertainment creative director Peter Bazalgette has called for broadcasters to return rushes to indies so they can be used for online content, writes Tara Conlan.

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    BARCUD DERWEN JOINS FORCES WITH MEN IN WHITE COATS

    1999-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Barcud Derwen is teaming up with the Men In White Coats team to form a new film effects company called Men From Mars. Creative director Phil Attfield and head of production