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    WORLDWIDE HAILS SUCCESS OF CECILIA & BRYN CONCERT

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide Music has sold the Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne gala concert to ABC in Australia, Danmarks radio in Denmark, SVT in Sweden, FR2 in France, NRK in Norway and

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    Bristol fashion

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Late Show veteran Mike Poole tells Jason Deans why he decided to quit BBC arts for features amid rumours of a radical overhaul of the genre.

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    MULTI-CULTURAL TV - Breaking out of the ghetto

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Last year Coronation Street, a soap about life in a working-class community in Manchester, got its first Asian family.To some, this is a measure of the television industry's ability to keep

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    E&S FIRES TORNADO AT HIGH-END GRAPHICS BOARD SECTOR

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Evans and Sutherland (E&S) has launched its latest candidate in the high-end graphics board market. The E&S Tornado supports dual-screen resolutions of 1280x1024 and will provide sustained pixel fill rates of

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    BIGGEST-EVER LWT COMMISSION STARTS RUN ON SKY ONE

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    LWT's biggest-ever single commission from Sky One went on air this week in the form of a 65 x 30-minute series featuring action footage from around the world. AXN: Action TV,

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    ITV unity over DST hit by new Sky bid

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB's latest attempt to woo ITV onto its digital satellite platform has heightened tensions between ITV companies, according to sources.Two ITV franchise holders, Scottish Media Group and United News & Media

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    BFI TRACKING STUDY - Working daze

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    In a survey of production staff, the BFI's Richard Paterson and Janet Willis examine trends in TV employment.

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    DIGITAL TV ROLL-OUT WILL BENEFIT PCS, SAYS US REPORT

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    The mass roll-out of digital television in the US will act as a growth catalyst for video-enabled PCs and will do little to stimulate demand for TV sets, says a new

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    BECTU TO HOLD SEMINARS ON RADIO ISSUES

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Trade union Bectu has announced a day of radio seminars to take place next Thursday (27 May), including a demonstration of digital radio. Issues of copyright, contracts and qualifications will also

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    BIG BEAR GETS TO GRIPS WITH O'HANLON SITCOM VEHICLE

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Independent Big Bear Films is about to go into production with its first commission - BBC 1's new sitcom starring Ardal O'Hanlon. The indie's 6 x 30-minute series, My Hero, was

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    BBC searches for next Simpsons

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    BBC Production head of comedy Geoffrey Perkins has teamed up with the BBC Bristol-based animation unit in a bid to develop a Simpsons-style primetime animation for BBC 2.Development producer Jenny Landreth

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    BBC WORLD TO POST LOSS

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    BBC World, the BBC's international news and information channel, is expected to report losses of£15 million for the year to 31 March. These losses, due to be released next month,

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    BBC will bolster Production

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    BBC Production chief executive Matthew Bannister is to recruit senior development executives to manage the directorate's relationship with TV and radio channel controllers, writes Jason Deans.Bannister, speaking to Production staff last

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    Marchant makes BBC film debut

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Holding On writer Tony Marchant is to make his BBC feature film debut with a new project about a married male escort who falls in love with one of his clients,

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    BBC drama initiative bears fruit

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    A BBC drama new writers' initiative launched last August has resulted in seven 1 x 45-minute drama commissions from BBC Radio 4, writes Colin Grimshaw.One of the writers, Declan Croghan, has

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    UK CREATIVES TO STAR IN BANFF WORKSHOPS

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    A number of UK television industry figures are to feature in creative workshops at the Banff Television Festival in Canada next month. Andrew Davies, the adapter of Middlemarch, House of Cards,

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    BSkyB names Ball as chief executive

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB has confirmed Tony Ball, president and chief executive officer of Fox/Liberty Networks in the US, as its new chief executive.Ball, 43, whose appointment was announced as expected last Friday (14

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    SKY BAGS FIVE-YEAR GOLF DEAL WITH US OPEN

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Sky Sports has beaten off competition to renew the exclusive live rights to the US Open Championship. Under the terms of the contract, negotiated by Sky Sports managing director Vic Wakeling

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    STREAM BAGS TV RIGHTS TO QUARTET OF TOP SERIE A TEAMS

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Telecom Italia's digital TV operator, Stream, has won the rights to televise the matches of four Italian Serie A football teams: Lazio, Parma, Fiorentina and Roma. Stream is to pay L240

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    Morrel quits Meridian to become Bafta chief

    1999-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Bafta has appointed a former Panorama producer, John Morrell, as its new chief, writes Colin Grimshaw.Morrell, who is currently controller of press and regional affairs at Meridian, takes up the new