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    NOTTINGHAM STUDIO OPENS

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's new£4.5 million digital studio complex for the East Midlands opens in Nottingham on Sunday (10 January). The state-of-the-art development will be home to the regional news programme East

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    Popescu takes reins at Six O'Clock News

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has appointed former ITN editor Mark Popescu as the new editor of the Six O'Clock News just three months after joining BBC News 24, writes John Plunkett.Popescu, 38, will

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    PRIMETIME TO UNWRAP NEW OUTPUT FOR NATPE

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    UK distributor Primetime will be unveiling new output including The Royal Variety Performance 1998 (1 x 150-minutes) at the Natpe programming market in New Orleans later this month. Other new offerings

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    MBC North welcomes Stevenson

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Mentorn Barraclough Carey North has recruited former Channel 4 commissioning editor for youth programmes David Stevenson as its head of programmes, writes Tim Dams.His arrival forms part of a restructure at

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    MOTORWAY LIFE TO RETURN

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV has postponed the return of its docu-soap, Motorway Life, which was pulled last year after three episodes. The series was expected to return on 19 January but will now not

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    O'FLAHERTY LEAVES THE MACHINE ROOM FOR VTR

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The Machine Room's sales manager, Brendan O'Flaherty, has been promoted to new business development manager at commercials facility VTR. O'Flaherty, who had been at the video duplication facility for 18 months,

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    Story named MD in Kiss restructure

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Emap Radio executive Mark Story has been made managing director of London dance station Kiss 100 FM as part of a radical company restructure.Story, a former Virgin Radio programme director, has

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    OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Hird's Lost For Words not lost for ratings

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Thora Hird took on the SAS in a Sunday night ratings showdown and won hands down, writes John Plunkett.According to unofficial overnight figures, Hird's 90-minute one-off drama for ITV, Lost For

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    PACT VOTES FOR GRAHAM

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Wall to Wall managing director Alex Graham has been elected unopposed as the vice-chair (television) of producers' alliance Pact, working alongside new chairman Beryl Vertue.Graham briefly held the vice-chair position two

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    Talk gets go-ahead for music increase

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority has approved a radical change in Talk Radio's Promise of Performance that allows the speech-based station to increase the amount of music it plays.Originally written in 1994, the

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    Mill to get new media wing

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The Mill is on the verge of establishing a dedicated new media division to exploit what it sees as the converging markets of television and advertisement creation, writes Adrian Pennington.Mill Film

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    Gallagher to head Ginger's TV outfit

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Former LWT managing director Eileen Gallagher has joined Chris Evans' Ginger Media Group (GMG) to head up the company's TV interests.Gallagher, who has been appointed managing director of Ginger Television Productions

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    Hilary in front to replace Root at ICG

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Bill Hilary, BBC independent commissioning group (ICG) head of entertainment, has emerged as the most hotly tipped candidate to replace Jane Root as head of the ICG, writes Jason Deans.Hilary has

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    TELETEST TO LAUNCH HANDHELD MONITOR AT VIDEO FORUM

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    UK electronics company Teletest will launch what is claimed as the world's first hand-held, widescreen LCD monitor at next month's Video Forum exhibition.The portable monitor, which has a screen size of

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    LWT'S FIRST INSIDE STORY SET FOR FEBRUARY SCREENING

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    LWT's first Inside Story documentary for BBC 1 is due to go out during the strand's next run, on Wednesday 3 February. Supergrass, which has been made by director/producer Todd Austin,

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    FAVOURABLE VERDICT FOR FOURTH TRIAL BY JURY SERIES

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC documentaries and history has been commissioned to make a fourth series of Trial By Jury for BBC 2. The new outing of the format, which features a fictional case tried

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    EX-TV PRODUCER MP WILLS MOVES TO TRADE AND INDUSTRY

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Michael Wills, the former TV producer who is now MP for North Swindon, has been appointed a trade and industry minister and is likely to take direct responsibility for telecoms policy.

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    SGI set to enhance UNIX workstations

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Silicon Graphics (SGI) is understood to be planning a wholesale revamp of its desktop UNIX-based O2 and Octane workstations, following the launch of its new Windows NT range, which was finally

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    TRINDER AND KAZMI MOVE TO ENGLISH & POCKETT

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    English & Pockett (E+P) has taken on two designers bringing its core team up to 25. Aaron Trinder joins as technical designer for the interactive side of its new media division

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    Ellender picked to lead Universal's Euro push

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Polygram Television International (PTI) president David Ellender has been appointed managing director of Universal International Television's (UIT) European operations, writes Jason Deans.The appointment is the first step in the integration of