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    Poushkine signing bolsters Glassworks

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Glassworks has appointed former Clear director Georgina Poushkine as general manager. She will work alongside head of production Sean Feeney and be responsible for managing the post-production operation.Glassworks managing director Hector

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    Darlow Smithson to look at war blunders

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Station X producer Darlow Smithson Productions is to make a new six-part series for Channel 4 chronicling history's Great Military Blunders.The show, being developed jointly with PBS in the US, will

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    Replacement for Birt may be revealed in early June

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Sir John Birt's successor as BBC director general could be announced in early June, with chairman Sir Christopher Bland said to favour an internal appointment, according to senior corporation sources, writes

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    INTERVIEW - Hilary fits the bill

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Jane Root will be a tough act to follow as head of the BBC's independent commissioning group. Except for a few dissenting voices, most indies believe that Bill Hilary has got what it takes to move the group onwards.

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    Talk joins Guardian for digital radio bid

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Talk Radio has joined forces with the Guardian Media Group (GMG) to provide a rock and sport format for the proposed Manchester local digital radio multiplex, writes John Plunkett.The new service,

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    CHOICE CHOOSES TO BID

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    South London radio station Choice FM is bidding to run the new FM local licence in north London. The station would provide local news and community information for an African-Caribbean audience,

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    BBC rejigs its business coverage

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC News hopes to boost the profile of its daily business coverage by launching a business and economics centre within the newsgathering department.The centre will replace the existing business programming unit,

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    CONFERENCE PROBES BBC

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    The Voice of the Listener & Viewer holds its fifteenth annual spring conference, Public Service Broadcasting in a Commercial Age: Value for Money, next Thursday (22 April).The one-day event in London

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    BBC SNAPS UP CHELSEA

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has bought the live TV rights to Chelsea's semi-final second leg match against Real Mallorca in the European Cup Winners' Cup. The BBC, which will show the game on

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    BBC reveals details of election coverage

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has unveiled details of its Scottish, Welsh and English election coverage, which will be broadcast on BBC 1 in May.Vote 99 will start on the evening of 6 May,

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    BBC Resources Birmingham's graphic design department was commissioned by BBC Network Production to create the titles for the forthcoming television version of legendary radio show Just a Minute. Desig

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC Resources Birmingham's graphic design department was commissioned by BBC Network Production to create the titles for the forthcoming television version of legendary radio show Just a Minute. Designer Tony Fisher

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    WAR ZONE: MID-MORNING - Battle of the divas

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Three chat show hosts are fighting it out for supremacy on mid-morning TV. Peter Fiddick figures out who's winning.

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    BASHIR 'THREATENED'

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Martin Bashir is understood to have received threatening phone calls, after his interviews with the five men connected with the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry were shown on ITV's new Tonight programme

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    Barry Cox

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Says the UK television industry is too complacent in its approach to selling programmes to the world.

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    LATEST BANFF ROCKIE NOMINATIONS DOMINATED BY UK

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    British entries dominate the nominees for the 20th Banff Rockie Awards, with 24 of a total 81 shortlisted programmes from the UK - more than from any other country. The BBC

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    Double Exposure bags Disney deal

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    The Disney Channel has commissioned a docu-soap about a children's travelling circus from UK indie Double Exposure.Circus Kids, a working title, is based on the world's only international youth travelling circus,

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    CLARKE CLAIMS UNFAIR DISMISSAL FROM BAFTA

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Ousted Bafta chief executive Jane Clarke is to bring a case of unfair dismissal against her former employers. Clarke, who has started employment tribunal proceedings, was dismissed suddenly in December following

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    Topless Darts axed in Live relaunch

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Live TV is axing some of its best-known programmes, including Topless Darts, as part of a channel relaunch which takes effect from 7 June, writes Alice Macandrew.The new look, which features

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    BUILDING A GLOBAL AUDIENCE - KEY RECOMMENDATIONS

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    - Government and regulators should consider if domestic regulation hinders export performance- Incentives, including tax breaks, might encourage investment in original TV production- An assessment should be made of the support

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    BRIGHTER PICTURES EXPANDS FLAVA WITH ASIAN SPIN-OFF

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Indie Brighter Pictures has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a pilot of a new Asian music show. Asian Flava is a spin-off of Flava, the indie's soul, rap, ragga