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| Name | NBC Europe |
|---|---|
| Logofile | NBC logo.svg |
| Logosize | 160px |
| Launch | January 30, 1987 |
| Closed date | December 20, 1998 (Europe)September 29, 2005 (Germany) |
| Owner | ITV (1987-1988)Marcucci family/Virgin Group (1988-1993)General Electric (1993-2004)NBC Universal (2004-2005)Deutsche Fernsehnachrichten Agentur (DFA) (1998-2004) |
| Former names | Super Channel (1987-1993)NBC Super Channel (1993-1996) |
| Replaced names | Music Box |
| Replaced by names | GIGADas Vierte |
| Sister names | CNBC Europe |
NBC Europe (formerly Super Channel and NBC Super Channel) was a satellite television channel based in the United Kingdom that broadcast across Europe. It was picked up by various European cable television networks.
Super Channel fared poorly, unable to earn sufficient revenue from advertising or cable networks that carried it, while its British programming, with the exception of The Benny Hill Show, did not appeal to most audiences in mainland Europe. The BBC later went on to launch its own, more successful, subscription-funded channel BBC TV Europe - later rebranded as BBC World Service Television, and then as BBC Prime.
Within a year, the ITV companies sold the channel to the Italian Marcucci family, owners of Videomusic, the first music channel in Italy, with a minority stake being held by Richard Branson's Virgin plc, and the programming changed from British to pan-European, although it continued carrying ITN's World News bulletins.
At the beginning Super Channel was based in the heart of London, 19-22 Rathbone Place, London W1P 1DF, in the same building as Music Box; the building would later become the home of CNN International until 2007. For a number of months the channel's transmission facilities were provided by Molinare at Fouberts Place, London W1. Transmission briefly returned to Rathbone Place before in 1991 Super Channel moved to Melrose House, 14 Lanark Square, in Limeharbour (London).
In 1996 the channel (along with its sister channel CNBC Europe) was transmitted from the GE building in Hammersmith, London. The transmission suite used cutting edge (at the time) Pro-Bel COMPASS and MAPP automation, and Profile video servers for all commercials and promotions. Programmes continued to be played from tape, however.
Most of NBC Europe's prime time programming was produced in Europe, but after 11 pm Central European Time on weekday evenings, the channel aired The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Later and Saturday Night Live, hence its slogan "Where the Stars Come Out at Night." Most NBC News programs were broadcast on NBC Europe, including Dateline NBC, Time and Again and NBC Nightly News, which was aired live. The Today Show was also initially shown live in the afternoons, but was later broadcast the following morning instead, by which time it was more than half a day old. That meant that all news portions had to be replaced with European updates produced by ITN in London. ITN also supplied the network with the main European newscasts before and after the GE takeover. The European weather was produced by the BBC at first, but was later taken over by NBC in the U.S.
NBC Europe carried virtually no prime time fiction entertainment programs shown on NBC in the US, because they were usually owned and distributed by other studios under the fin-syn rule. NBC would have had to buy the rights for each country in order to show them on NBC Europe, which would have been too expensive. Even for shows that NBC Studios owned itself, it was generally more financially viable to sell the rights country by country either to broadcast or cable channels than to air them on NBC Europe. The most notable exceptions to this rule were brief runs of Profiler and The Pretender, as well as short-lived US sitcoms Union Square and Mr. Rhodes. That is widely considered to be one of the main reasons why NBC Europe was ultimately not a success.
NBC Europe stopped broadcasting to most of Europe in 1998, when the DFA (Deutsche Fernsehnachrichten Agentur) took it over and moved it to Düsseldorf. Most of the satellite feeds of NBC Europe became either National Geographic or CNBC. NBC Europe continued to operate on the German cable TV, fed by one digital satellite link from Eutelsat II-F1 (later Hotbird 5). In November 1998 the first German programming started airing. Programming was assembled with content from GIGA and CNBC Europe, as well as other shows. In 2004, NBC Universal took over the DFA and consequently NBC Europe.
On September 29, 2005, NBC Europe was split into GIGA and the new channel Das Vierte. NBC Europe was replaced by Das Vierte. In fact Das Vierte is still broadcasting with the licence of NBC Europe on cable TV; on satellite, IPTV and digital cable it is a new channel. Das Vierte broadcasts a special version on cable TV, including CNBC Europe, and from September 29, 2005, to March 31, 2006, also GIGA. This is necessary to keep the licence and the cable channel.
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Halligan is currently Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management - an asset management firm. Halligan is also an economics commentator. For the last seven years, he has written his “Economics Agenda” column in The Sunday Telegraph – which recently won the titles “Workworld Columnist of the Year” and “Business and Finance Journalist of the Year” at the British Press Awards.
Halligan’s interest in the Former Soviet Union dates back to the early 1990s, when he moved to Moscow and co-founded Russian Economic Trends – a source of data and commentary. During that period, he wrote a column in The Moscow Times and advised the Russian government. He went on to cover Russia for The Economist and The Economist Intelligence Unit.
In 1996, Halligan returned to the UK to become a Political Correspondent at The Financial Times, based at the House of Commons. Halligan moved to Channel Four News – where, until 2006, he was the programme’s Economics Correspondent. During this period, he received some awards – including the World Leadership Forum's "Business Journalist of the Year" award (twice), the "Wincott Award” (three times), the Workworld "TV Programme of the Year" award (four times), and the Bradford and Bingley "Personal Finance Programme of the Year" award.
He also wrote dozens of articles on economics, politics and international relations for, among others, The Wall Street Journal, The Business, The New Statesman, Prospect, House Magazine and The Parliamentary Monitor, as well as presenting Wake up to Money on BBC Radio Five Live and researching, writing and presenting a number of Dispatches and 30 Minutes documentaries for Channel Four.
Halligan left Channel Four in 2006 to join The Sunday Telegraph in the newly created role of Economics Editor.
Having previously been a founding board member for Prosperity Capital Management's inaugural fund, Halligan returned to Prosperity Capital Management as Chief Economist in 2007.
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Born in 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland, Hendry graduated from Strathclyde University in 1990 with a BA in economics and finance. It has been reported that he was the first non-Oxbridge graduate to get a job at the prestigious Edinburgh investment management firm, Baillie Gifford. However, this is not true - the firm started to recruit from other universities in the late 1980's. A number of Baillie Gifford's current partners who joined the firm prior to Hugh are graduates of Edinburgh, Dundee and Bristol.
Hendry has been referred to as "the most high-profile Scot in the controversial (Hedge Fund) sector."
Hendry has recently gained notoriety for railing against government bailouts and moral hazard in interviews and round-robin discussions. On an episode of the BBC’s Newsnight program aired on May 26, 2010, Hendry was featured along with Gillian Tett of Financial Times and Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University. Hendry responded to a question from host Jeremy Paxman about the current European economic situation and the possibility of a Greek sovereign debt default with the comment "I would recommend you panic".
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| Name | The Cheeky Girls |
|---|---|
| Background | group_or_band |
| Origin | Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania |
| Genre | Pop, dance, Europop |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Label | Multiply (2002–2004) XBN (2004-2006) GMI Music (2006-Present) |
| Current members | Monica IrimiaGabriela Irimia |
This was quickly followed up with two more top three hits, "Take Your Shoes Off" and "(Hooray, Hooray!) It's a Cheeky Holiday!". Their style of music is primarily disco-pop, aimed at the pre-teen market. Most of their songs are written by their mother, who also acts as their manager. In January 2004, their first single, "The Cheeky Song (Touch my Bum)" was voted the worst pop record of all time in a Channel 4 poll.
When their record company Multiply went into liquidation in 2004 the girls turned down several deals from other companies and decided to launch their own label XBN, to continue their music career, but with lesser success. From 2004, they began to appear regularly in other media such as television appearances on and The Weakest Link and opening the studios of a new local radio station Big L 1395, along with Cliff Richard. The Cheeky Girls are also involved in a lot of charity work and are very keen supporters of the UK Children's Charity ChildLine.
On 4 August 2006 London newspaper the Evening Standard reported that the Cheeky Girls were already "at rock bottom" and facing bankruptcy action in court owing to not having been paid by their now defunct record company Telstar Records. The article said that the girls owed £4,500 in unpaid taxes, along with other bills due, and that Telstar owes them £2.2 million. Later it was reported that they owed £130,000 in total.
In September 2009 the girls released their Cheeky Girls make-up range, aimed at the young teen market.
In January 2010 Gabriela and Monica auditioned for Britain's Got Talent under the name Cheeky Girls and Darius. They performed a Bollywood dance with a third partner, Darius, in the Hammersmith Apollo, London. The judges reacted favourably and they were voted through to continue in the competition. However, they did not make it to the Semi-Finals.
In November 2010, Gabriela and Monica appeared on the Celebrity edition of Channel 4 reality program Coach Trip 2 days before the series end.
In December 2005 it was revealed by the tabloids that former Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Öpik had broken up with long time fiancée, ITV1 weather presenter Siân Lloyd, and was now romancing Gabriela. He was also involved in a case involving the girls' deportation to Romania. As of 21 April they were engaged, though news of Gabriela breaking up with Lembit was reported in July 2008. It was later reported that Gabriela had miscarried the then Montgomeryshire MP's baby.
On Friday January 7th 2011 Cheeky Girl Gabriela Irimia was arrested on suspicion of stealing groceries in Sainsbury's Wilmslow. She was subsequently given a caution for theft. The report refers to a "26 year old" but in January 2011, Gabriela must be 28 (born Oct 1982)!
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| Name | Sergei Govorkov |
|---|---|
| Caption | |
| First | His Nickname Is 'Beast' (1989) |
| Last | Return of the Furious (2005) |
| Nickname | 30th |
| Alias | Beast, Rex, Furious |
| Title | Sergeant |
| Portrayer | Igor Livanov (1992 film)Dmitry Pevtsov (1989 film) |
| Creator | Victor Dotsenko |
In the novels his name is Savely – a rare Russian name, which was changed to relatively sounding, more common and catchy. He appeared in more than twenty novels, all of them became a bestsellers.
Complicated tangle, eh? And there is no wonder that KGB, Russian mob and Mujahideen wants him dead or alive. Finally he came back in the USSR, but now it's not the same Country he had left a years ago. New trends, new ideas, new liberties are in the air.
Victor Dotsenko "Terminate the Thirtieth!":
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