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    JOSPIN KEEPS FRENCH BROADCASTERS WAITING

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The French broadcasting industry may have to wait until after a parliamentary election later this year for a new broadcasting law. Socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin is thought to be awaiting

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    BROADCAST RATINGS

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    TOP 30 BBC 2, CHANNEL 4 & CHANNEL 5 Title Day Time

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    Red Pepper was commissioned by ITV Sport controller of sport Rick Waumsley to create the title sequence and bumpers for The Nations Cup Snooker Tournament. Directed by Bob Cosford, the sequence

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Red Pepper was commissioned by ITV Sport controller of sport Rick Waumsley to create the title sequence and bumpers for The Nations Cup Snooker Tournament. Directed by Bob Cosford, the sequence

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    Hocking takes the Blue Peter helm

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Steve Hocking, a development executive in BBC Production's children's programmes, has been named as the new editor of flagship BBC kids' show Blue Peter.Hocking, 37, is set to assume his new

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    CHINA BLUE OPENS DOORS TO NEW DUBBING STUDIO

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    China Blue, the audio post-production facility launched by engineer David Hamilton Smith, has opened a new dubbing studio. The studio, which is the largest at the company's Wedgewood Mews base, will

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    CINESITE POACHES KITSON TO BECOME TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Cinesite has lured former Moving Picture Company senior animator Frank Kitson as its new technical director. Kitson, who joins Cinesite after nine months at MPC, previously spent eight years at Alias

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    BBC OVERSEAS JOB SWOP

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    BBC news has appointed Ireland correspondent Mark Devenport as United Nations correspondent, while Nigeria correspondent Hilary Andersson has been made Jerusalem reporter.

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    BBC under fire over 'black ghetto'

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    A group of black media professionals has written to BBC director general Sir John Birt calling on the corporation to rethink its policies on black programming, writes Tim Dams.The group, The

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    Booth-Clibborn departs Bazal

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The founding producer of Changing Rooms, Ann Booth-Clibborn, has left to join Flashback Television, writes Claire Handley.At Flashback Booth-Clibborn becomes the new series producer on 3 x 60-minute show Lost Gardens

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    Geraint bangs the drum for BBC Wales

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    BBC Wales head of production John Geraint issued a rallying cry to the nations on Wednesday (13 January) when he addressed newly appointed director of BBC national and regional broadcasting Mark

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    ASIA WAKES UP TO BBC WORLD SERVICE'S THE WORLD TODAY

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The BBC World Service launched The World Today, a new daily English-language breakfast programme for Asia, on Monday (11 January).The World Service is producing a 170-minute edition of the show for

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    GEARHOUSE PICKS TOMLIN AS CHIEF ENGINEER FOR UK ARM

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Gearhouse Broadcast has appointed former Cinevideo senior engineer Colin Tomlin as the new chief engineer of its UK division. The move coincides with a period of international expansion at the UK

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    BBC FILMS APPOINTS MACTAGGART TO DEVELOPMENT ROLE

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Ivan Mactaggart has been appointed to the new post of business development manager for BBC Films within the corporation's Rights Agency. Mactaggart, who was previously director of the First Film Foundation

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    UK distributors go it alone at Natpe

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Leading UK distributors Carlton International, Granada Media and Itel will have their own stands for the first time at this month's Natpe programming market.The three companies have in previous years shared

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    CORRIE SETS UP LIGHT AGE

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Mersey Television editorial and business development manager Andrew Corrie is leaving to set up an independent and facilities company in Manchester.Corrie, a former personal assistant to Phil Redmond, returned to Mersey

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    Veteran producer King dies after long illness

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Veteran programme-maker John King, creator of Going For A Song and Telly Addicts, has died aged 62 following a long illness.King, who spent the last 11 years of his career as

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    PRODUCER KILLED IN AFRICA

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    A video journalist working for television news agency Associated Press Television News (APTN) has been shot dead covering the civil war in Sierra Leone. Myles Tierney, a Kenya-based producer who joined

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    Chrysalis sells Bentley drama to US A&E network

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Chrysalis Distribution has sold the second series of Bentley Productions' ITV drama, Midsomer Murders, to US cable network A&E, writes Jason Deans.Chrysalis Television International managing director Nick Witkowski said Chrysalis will

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    CHHANEL X MOVES INTO ADS

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Independent TV company Channel X is branching out into TV and cinema advertising. The company has already produced a series of commercials for Thomson Holidays and First Direct. Both are directed

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    MOLINARE ADDS JONES TO VIRTUAL STUDIO DEPARTMENT

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Molinare has appointed Mark Jones to its virtual studio design department.Jones will work under virtual studio head Chris Normile on a range of projects including Sportsweek for Channel 5 and The