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    Cinesite hires McAlister to supervise LA operation

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Cinesite Visual Effects has appointed Michael McAlister as senior visual effects supervisor at its Los Angeles facility. McAlister, who spent much of the 1980s at Industrial Light & Magic, worked as

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    MOSEY SPEAKS OUT ON CHANGES TO NEWS PROGRAMMING

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 5 Live controller Roger Mosey will talk about the changing face of news programming at an international symposium organised by the Institute of Public Relations next month. Mosey, who

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    Research error causes Rajar delay

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    The publication of the Rajar radio listening figures for the first quarter of 1999 has been delayed by five weeks because of problems with a new audience research system.The new methodology,

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    ITV cancels repeats of Lie Detector

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Live TV's first show for a terrestrial broadcaster, Lie Detector, has been pulled from its teatime repeat slot on ITV and replaced with repeats of Catchphrase, writes Nicola Methven.Lie Detector started

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    DISNEY SNAPS UP CANADA'S INCREDIBLE STORY STUDIO

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Walt Disney International has picked up the first 26 episodes of Canadian kids' TV series Incredible Story Studio, with options on any additional episodes, for its Disney Channels in the UK,

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    DISCOVERY BUYS VSI DOCU-SOAP WILD THING FROM VSI

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Independent Visionsport International (VSI) has sold 13-part docu-soap Wild Thing to Discovery Channel Europe for transmission on its Animal Planet channel. Wild Thing takes a look at the work of animal

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    Pinnacle buys in technology from Shoreline Studios

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Pinnacle Systems has moved to bolster its position in the broadcast graphics market by acquiring technology from Shoreline Studios - a US firm involved in on-air 3D graphics. Under the terms

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    SKY TARGETS PUB BUSINESS

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Sky Business, a new service dedicated to BSkyB's subscribers in the commercial marketplace, was launched last week with a special package for subscribers. The 30,000 pubs and clubs in Britain that

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    Comedy - The Business Page - Circuit training

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Coaxing comedy talent out from the clubs onto the screen is a fraught business, as Jane Marlow discovers, while gameshows, another genre featured at the Montreux Golden Rose, have a greater international appeal.

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    BSKYB IN TALKS WITH CABLE OUTFITS OVER SKY ONE FEES

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB has confirmed it is in preliminary talks with cable operators about increasing the amount it charges them for its general entertainment channel, Sky One. At present, BSkyB charges cable operators

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    Brown signs up with YTV

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Yorkshire Television (YTV) controller of comedy and entertainment Paul Spencer has appointed Jim Brown to the new position of executive producer, entertainment, writes Nicola Methven.Brown, a former head of entertainment at

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    Warner Bros to distribute Turner and CNN docs

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Warner Brothers International Television is to take on the worldwide television distribution of all current and future documentary and reality programming produced by Turner Original Productions and CNN Productions, as well

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    ITV joins up with BT Broadcast for Rugby World Cup

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    ITV will enlist the support of BT Broadcast Services when it goes to air with coverage of this autumn's Rugby World Cup 99.Although the event is being hosted by Wales, games

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    NICKELODEON DEAL BRINGS COUNTRY MOUSE TO KIDS TV

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Nickelodeon UK has concluded a deal with Cinar Europe that gives it the rights to a slate of new kids' programming, including a 26 x 30-minute run of pre-school animated series

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    BRIGHTER PICTURES POINTS THE CAMERA AT LANDLADIES

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Independent Brighter Pictures has been commissioned by Carlton TV to produce B&B 2000, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about landladies gearing up to put up the thousands of revellers expected in London for

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    Silicon Graphics unveils new brand identity

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Silicon Graphics Inc has adopted a new worldwide brand identity after research by US company Landor Associates showed the computer manufacturer's current image was associated more with high-performance 3D graphics workstations

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    WISE BUDDAH SYNDICATES BOY GEORGE DANCE SHOW

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Radio indie Wise Buddah has syndicated its Boy George Clubversive show to Vibe FM, the commercial dance station in the east of England, and Kiss FM in Cyprus. The weekly 120-minute

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    Granada bolsters international ops

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media is boosting its international production operation with two appointments to lead the drive to win overseas comedy and entertainment commissions.LWT controller of comedy Humphrey Barclay is to become Granada

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    Mavers takes leave for Carlton's Blue Murder

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Television is to make a single drama thriller for ITV starring Peak Practice actor Gary Mavers, writes Nicola Methven.Mavers is to be released from filming series eight of Peak Practice,

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    DNE'S BIRTHDAY DEAL

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) celebrated its tenth anniversary this week by unveiling its first digital cable carriage deal, with Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC). The agreement covers all seven of Discovery's