Broadcast 1999 - Abstracts

Broadcast 1999
TitleSubjectAuthors
24-hour World Service news attacked.Mass communications 
Abramsky review heralds R4 overhaul.Mass communications 
Arts and graft.(effects of cable and satellite television stations on arts programming in the United Kingdom)(Abstract)Mass communicationsJane Marlow
Atlantic 252 co-founder Baxter in surprise departure.Mass communications 
Barron to quit Worldwide for BBC job in the autumn.Mass communications 
BBC 2 orders new sitcom from rookie writer Nickson.Mass communications 
BBC 2's Root to success.(controller Jane Root)(Abstract)Mass communications 
BBC policy chief moves to Number 10.Mass communications 
BBC to implement digital info system.Mass communications 
Birth of the content factory.(print publishing, television, joint ventures)Mass communicationsKaty Elliott
Brits abroad; Pearson Television; patchwork planet.(Although Pearson TV is founded on local production in 30 markets, its future under Jamie Bennett requires greater control over broadcast platforms, writes Liz Shackleton.)Mass communications 
Broadcast Hotshots.Mass communications 
Broadcast's golden era; Patti Williams, editor of Broadcast from 1978 to 1984, recalls the exciting years of the early eighties, when the launch of Channel 4 opened up new sources of revenue for the magazine and saw its readership double in two years.Mass communicationsPatti Williams
BSkyB adds duo to digital platform.Mass communications 
C4 cashes in on Lewinsky scoop.Mass communications 
C4 launches raid on US with drama.(UK channel in negotiations with U.S. companies)(Brief Article)Mass communications 
C4 to get first-ever fine for Chickens.(Documentary included faked scenes about gay prostitutes.)Mass communications 
Captain America.(Peter Phippen of BBC Worldwide Americas)(Statistical Data Included)Mass communicationsClaire Atkinson
Carlton secures Spanish DTT win.Mass communications 
Charity launches Writernet.Mass communications 
Chatsworth and Flicks launch TV4C.Mass communications 
Children's; boom time for kids.(Children's programming is flooding the foreign market, much with an eye on related marketing opportunities.)Mass communications 
Choice lines up Sisters for summer.Mass communications 
Commercial revolution.(Statistical Data Included)Mass communications 
Covering the eclipse.(Broadcasters and the solar eclipse)Mass communicationsJames Curtis
Documentary in danger?Mass communicationsMeg Carter
Drake Automation sold to Columbine.Mass communicationsNick Radlo
Environmentally friendly TV.(Statistical Data Included)Mass communications 
Fifty posts at risk as Carlton gets ready to axe pay-TV channels.Mass communications 
Flextech and Telewest merger eyes sport.Mass communications 
Getting on course.(candidates for Broadcast sponsorship)Mass communicationsEsther Eley, Helen Hayes Roberts
Glum times for Scots?Mass communications 
Guardian launches radio outfit.(Abstract)Mass communicationsLiz Shackleton
Half of UK to go digital within three years.Mass communications 
High-brows raised in arts TV; are serious arts programmes in danger of being squeezed out by a more populist, 'docu-soap' approach to the genre?(British television networks)(Abstract)Mass communicationsJane Marlowe
Hollywood under scrutiny; after the boom years of the mid-nineties for the Hollywood studios' international TV arms, European broadcasters may be more cautious in the next round of deals.Mass communications 
Humour failure.(United States, situation comedies, United Kingdom, marketing)Mass communicationsHilary Curtis
In a real world.(Tony Steyger, recruitment, Victoria Real)Mass communications 
ITK's millenium machine limbers up for IBC debut.Mass communications 
ITV orders second series of Granada A&E drama.Mass communications 
Licensing and merchandising; spinning off profits.(Licensing is big business these days but, as smaller players flock to join the likes of Disney and Warner Bros in the gold rush, the market has quickly become saturated, writes Tim Westcott.)Mass communications 
Life of Brian.Mass communications 
Life support for toons: does UK animation industry need a lifeline in the shape of government subsidies to stem the flow of productions, such as Hilltop Hospital, overseas?Mass communications 
Live and kicking.(Radio 3's Roger Wright)(Interview)Mass communicationsPeter Fiddick
Lygo heads search for animation.(Channel 4 seeks its own animated sitcom)Mass communications 
Megalomedia posts 5.3 million pound sterling pre-tax losses.Mass communications 
Men & Motors job given to Hamilton.Mass communications 
Miles better?(Annie Miles becomes managing director of Fox Kids UK)Mass communications 
Moore named UK Play channel editor.(Brief Article)Mass communications 
Murdoch eyes new Italian pay-TV deal.(Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation Europe and France's Societe Nationale Television Francaise 1 and Canal +)Mass communications 
Nothing to grab onto: Richard Eyre's MacTaggart Lecture set the tone for last weekend's Edinburgh TV Festival - well-structured, carefully thought out, but with little to say.Mass communicationsAlice Macandrew
Off message.Mass communications 
Off message.(broadcast programming)(Editorial)Mass communicationsCathy Newman
On Digital unveils interactive plans,.Mass communications 
Parry-Davies to shut Rewind Productions.Mass communications 
Pearson TV buys into Germany..Mass communications 
Platt parts company with United.Mass communications 
PPV art film operator is near launch.(New pay-per-view television network to begin broadcasting.)Mass communications 
Prebble named as Grabiner pulls out.Mass communicationsLiz Shackleton
Resources posts loss.Mass communications 
Scots tabby to air on kids' ITV.Mass communications 
Sexual healing.(TV censorship)Mass communicationsJulian Petley
Shot down in flames.(Newpaper's allegations against documentary makers ruled to be unfounded)Mass communications 
Simons quits ITN's new-look LNR.(Changes at London News Radio as Independent Television Network takes over)(Brief Article)Mass communications 
Sony merges B and P and DNS arms.Mass communications 
Speaking in tongues.(Television Trust for the Environmental)(Statistical Data Included)Mass communications 
Talking loud.(Kelvin MacKenzie has restructured Talk Radio)(Abstract)Mass communicationsClaire Handley
The British disease.(docudramas, international television programming)Mass communicationsAndy Fry
The business habit.(Marga McNally, former nuns, CNBC Europe)Mass communicationsAlice Macandrew
The chill-out zone.(television distribution, online services)Mass communicationsKaty Elliott
The eagle has landed.Mass communications 
The good, the bad and the worthy.(key speakers at Edinburgh)Mass communications 
The new cultural evolution.(interview with Media Secretary Chris Smith)Mass communications 
Travel sickness.(British television drama, marketing, international buyers)Mass communicationsAndy Fry
TVE Weekly reoprt unearths green entrepreneurs.(Television Trust for the Environment)(Statistical Data Included)Mass communications 
TV exports inquiry backs tax breaks.(Report issued by UK government)Mass communications 
TV moves into the modern age; Rod Allen, editor of Television Mail/Broadcast from 1967 to 1978, looks back to a time when ITV entered the modern age with the license-renewal process and when the idea of a fourth channel was first mooted.Mass communicationsRod Allen
TX.(Auschwitz: Slaves of the Nazi Gas Chambers,)(Channel 5, United Kingdom)Mass communicationsMike Shallcross
TX.(Surrogate babies)Mass communicationsPaul Donovan
TX.(Truly Weird)Mass communicationsJane Marlow
View from the top; with Marcus Plantin completing his first year in his old job as programme director, LWT has regained something of the 'family' feel of old.(British television broadcaster LWT PLC)Mass communications 
What crisis?(British Broadcasting Corp. Ltd., television drama programming)(Column)Mass communicationsColin Adams
What's the story?(radio executive Mark Story)(Statistical Data Included)Mass communicationsJohnathan Plunkett
Where are they now?(last year's list of twenty-something hotshots)Mass communicationsDavid Wood, Leigh Holmwood
Who's top of the class in UK TV?(United Kingdom)Mass communicationsSteve Clarke, Martin Jackson, Sarah Thane
Worldwide pumps 40 million pound sterling into film.Mass communications 
Wragg departs Resources to climb on board Omnibus.Mass communications 
Writing a new script.(Independent Television, drama programming)Mass communicationsMeg Carter
Zoning in on the viewer.(television programming strategies)Mass communications 
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