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    MARS FINISHES BETA TESTING MUSIC SERVICE

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Multimedia Archive & Retrieval Systems (Mars) has finished beta-testing a new service, which, it claims, will enable users to access, download and license over 60,000 music tracks online. The new enhanced

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    THE COMMENT PAGE - Can Byford become World champion?

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    John Birt's attitude to the World Service has always been odd to fathom. From the beginning of his reign until the corporate restructuring unveiled in June 1996, Birt's attitude to the

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    BBC WALES STARTS SHOOTING THE GATEKEEPER

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    BBC Wales will begin filming The Gatekeeper, a£3 million 6 x 50-minute drama set in Cardiff for BBC 1, on Monday (25 January). The series, directed by Tim Lyn, centres

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    BBC Resources wins Scots deal

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    BBC Resources Scotland has won the contract to supply television coverage of the Scottish Parliament, provoking criticism from local independents who were widely expected to secure the contract.The deal, estimated to

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    Wark indie scoops multi-million deal for BBC projects

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has signed a£3 million deal with Newsnight anchor Kirsty Wark and the indie she co-owns with Alan Clements - Wark Clements & Company, writes John Plunkett.The deal will

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    BBC BOOK UNVEILED

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    A book commissioned by the BBC to examine the future purpose and funding of the corporation was launched on Wednesday (20 January). Public Purposes in Broadcasting features essays by academics and

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    BBC, ITV slammed for ignoring Wales

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    The BBC and ITV have been lambasted for their lack of commitment to the Welsh independent production industry in a report out this week.The report, written by David Graham Associates for

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    BBC Leeds studios set to relocate

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's regional studios in Leeds and its 160 staff are likely to be moved to a purpose-built complex near the city's School of Music, writes John Lewis.Executives from BBC Resources,

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    BBC Choice 'most recognised' digital channel

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's digital channel, BBC Choice, is the most widely recognised digital channel, according to research carried out in December by CIA Media-Lab, writes Alice Macandrew.When asked what digital channels they

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    BBC WORLD SERVICE VETERAN MACDONALD DIES

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Alan Macdonald, lately BBC World's head of business development, and regional director South Asia and Middle East, has died aged 53, following an illness. Macdonald joined BBC External Services News, forerunner

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    OFF THE RECORD - Ploughing the money back

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Hats off to Paul Smith, big kahuna at Celador Productions, whose quiz show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, is storming the ratings. OTR was happy to hear that the ITV

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    Celador hits jackpot with brace of awards for ITV's Millionaire

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Celador's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? scooped two awards at the 1999 Broadcast Production Awards on Wednesday (20 January), writes Jeanette Blair.The ITV show won both the best light entertainment

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    SONY AWARDS DEADLINE

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    The last date for submissions to the 1999 Sony Radio Awards is next Tuesday (26 January). The 78-strong judging panel will unveil this year's winners at the annual awards ceremony on

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    Avid restructures UK reseller chain

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Avid Technology has reduced its number of UK premier resellers by 50 per cent as predicted last October (Broadcast, 9.10.98).The move, which is part of a wholesale review of the company's

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    CELEBRITY STARS IN THEIR EYES TO RETURN IN THE AUTUMN

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Granada entertainment has been commissioned to make another Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes. The 60-minute special, presented by Matthew Kelly, will be produced by Nigel Hall, directed by Tony Prescott and

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    Autodesk reduces bid for Discreet Logic

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Autodesk has cut its bid for Discreet Logic for the second time in less than three months.Responding to a Discreet preliminary second-quarter profit warning and what the company's president of corporate

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    FLAME ARTIST MCGLASHAM JOINS FIRST POST

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Former House Flame artist Pete McGlasham has joined First Post. McGlasham, who spent the last five years at the commercial facility, will operate out of First Post's Soho facility in St

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    TELE-CINE TAKEOVER BOOSTS TODD AO PROFITS

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Todd AO's acquisition of Tele-Cine is already contributing to the company's bottom line, according to chairman and chief executive Salah Hassanein. Reporting the company's first quarter earnings ending 30 November 1998,

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    BALDWIN AND HAMMACOTT SIGN FOR NEW OUTFIT ANTHEM

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Eidos Technology head of marketing Jeremy Baldwin and product manager Symon Hammacott are leaving the company to join new entertainment start-up Anthem. The two had been instrumental in launching Eidos's new

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    GOLDBERG PLAYS ANIMAL MATCH-MAKER FOR TIGRESS

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Tiger Aspect wildlife subsidiary Tigress Productions is making a 60-minute special, with Whoopi Goldberg playing an animal match-maker at San Diego Zoo, for US public service broadcaster PBS. The programme, featuring