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Tenby calls for more Welsh drama
Lord Tenby, grandson of former prime minister David Lloyd George, has called on the BBC to commission more quality drama from Wales, writes John Lewis.He told BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland
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OFF THE RECORD - A Noble calling
Does Kelvin MacKenzie's talent for generating column inches know no bounds?This week, Off The Record hears that Big Mac has been hunting for talent to present Talk Radio's royal wedding coverage
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OPINION - TV needs to be a risky business
Michael Jackson's address last week to the Broadcasting Press Guild underlined something that Broadcast first reported in April (30.4.99). Channel 4 is no longer in the business of making minority programming
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BSKYB POACHES LEWIS
BSkyB has poached media agency Zenith Media's managing partner and broadcast director, Ian Lewis, to spearhead marketing across its programme brands. Lewis moves to the new role of Sky Networks director
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Scott lands factual brief at Yorkshire
Yorkshire Television director of programmes John Whiston has promoted Helen Scott to become controller, documentaries and factual programmes, writes Jason Deans.The newly created post forms part of a drive to increase
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TOYS FOR BOYS THEME OF THE LAB'S LATEST COMMISSION
LWT's low-cost, high-volume production unit, The Lab, has won a commission to make a fast turnaround series of shorts, Toys for Boys, for an upcoming ITV2 themed lads weekend. The 5
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Unique's Blackmore rewarded with MBE
Unique Broadcasting programme chief Tim Blackmore was one of three radio industry figures decorated in the Queen's Birthday Honours List on Saturday (12 June).Blackmore, director of programmes at independent radio production
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Root to drop Video Nation Shorts in bid to 'tighten up'
BBC 2 controller Jane Root is believed to be dropping the long-running Video Nation Shorts strand in a bid to 'tighten up the schedule', writes John Plunkett.Video Nation Shorts co-producer Chris
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Invest TV begins talks with indies
Invest TV, a new digital channel devoted to personal finance, is in talks with a number of independent production companies about providing programming for its launch this autumn, writes Alice Macandrew.The
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BECTU OFFERS MERGER TALKS
Broadcasting union Bectu is to invite the National Union of Journalists for talks about a possible merger (Broadcast, 11.6.99). A motion proposing the two unions amalgamate was debated at Bectu's annual
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BBC'S FUTURE GENERATIONS LEADS UK GOLDS AT PROMAX
The BBC's Future Generations promotion led the way for the UK at the Promax International Awards in San Francisco. The promo took three golds and a silver as the BBC helped
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BBC TO DROP VANESSA SHOW IN JULY
The BBC last week announced it was dropping The Vanessa Show (right), after it comes to the end of its first run in July. The daytime talk programme had been plagued
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Brits triumphant at Banff
UK producers have scooped five of the 16 prizes at the 1999 Banff Rockie Awards in Canada, including best overall programme, which went to BBC Northern Ireland/Parallel Films drama Amongst Women,
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MANDY BACK IN SPOTLIGHT
Peter Mandelson will present the 1999 European Media Forum ITN Lecture which takes place at Church House, Westminster at 18.30 on 26 July. Mandelson's topic for the evening will be 'tomorrow's
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Dori brings Local Heroes back to BBC
Outgoing BBC education commissioning executive Jonathan Dori has ordered two further series of Local Heroes from Leeds indie Screenhouse Productions, writes Liz Shackleton.The fifth series of the show, which features bicycling
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UK PLAY TO SCREEN REGIONAL COMEDY AWARDS
UK Play channel editor Stuart Murphy has commissioned BBC entertainment to film the regional finals of the BBC's new Comedy Awards competition for a new five-part series. Filming of the competition,
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AVID SLASHES ENTRY-LEVEL COST OF XPRESS
Avid Technology has slashed the price of its entry-level Avid Xpress software by as much as 29 per cent in a bid to boost sales into the corporate video and institutional
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RADIO AUTHORITY CONSIDERS LOCAL OPT-OUTS
The Radio Authority has launched a consultation to 'clarify the potential' for the national radio services - Classic FM, Virgin 1215 and Talk Radio - to broadcast local programming opt-outs for
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Poor attendance threatens Montreux
The long-term future of the Montreux Symposium & Technology Exhibition looks to be perched on a knife edge after yet another year of disappointing attendances.The Montreux Symposium Committee was expected to
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Kevin Godley from the Artists Company directed the latest promo for Phil Collins' You'll be in My Heart, the title song for Disney Studios' forthcoming Tarzan movie. The promo was shot
Kevin Godley from the Artists Company directed the latest promo for Phil Collins' You'll be in My Heart, the title song for Disney Studios' forthcoming Tarzan movie. The promo was shot