All Broadcast articles in 1 May 2014
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NewsBlackmagic launches Ultra HD demo truck
Blackmagic Design has built an Ultra HD demonstration vehicle to show off some of the manufacturer’s latest kit.
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NewsSIS Live to offer UK stadium connectivity
SIS Live is commissioning high bandwidth dedicated fibre networks to key sports and leisure venues across the UK.
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NewsSTV adds Sony cameras for local news crews
Scottish TV has invested in 25 Sony PMW-400L cameras for its local news service.
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CommentThe script is the start of a conversation
Good or bad, right or wrong, every writer can learn from notes, says writer/director Julian Simpson
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NewsJamaica Inn team defend sound
Concerns about the audibility issues that affected Jamaica Inn were raised by crew during the production, it has emerged.
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RatingsBeach beats Valleys for MTV
In cupboard lore, it’s well known that you have to salvage the stuff others have stored before you can flog it. Appropriately enough, Quest has found those very salvagers to decent effect.
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RatingsChipper start for C4’s Fargo
Some movie scenes stick with you, like David Niven and Robert Wagner dressed as gorillas driving a sports car and being chased by Peter Seller’s Clouseau, the opening to Saving Private Ryan, or when Mr Vader owns up to being Luke’s dad.
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RatingsBBC2’s seed fails to grow
Given the furore over BBC1’s ‘Mumblegate’, it’s perhaps ironic that BBC2 should this week show a subtitled drama and the next night play a silent film.
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RatingsMushroom doc is magic
This week, in its studious fashion, BBC4 tapped into the magic world of fungi. Elsewhere, ITV2 spawned a new panel show, while E4 banged on with its geeks.
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RatingsSteady losses at BBC’s Jamaica Inn
Some scraps of dialogue have been found from Daphne du Maurier’s original draft of Jamaica Inn.
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NewsSky Arts beefs up South Bank Show
Daniel Radcliffe and Abi Morgan are to feature in the South Bank Show when it returns to Sky Arts with six new episodes later this month.
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RatingsBBC4 beats BBC2, C4 & C5 with The First Georgians
BBC4 documentary The First Georgians was the channel’s highest-performing programme of the year, pulling in 1.2m viewers on Thursday to beat BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
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CommentDiversity matters
The under-representation of ethnic minorities in the creative sector was highlighted at a Creative Access showcase
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NewsBroadcast and DPP to host file delivery deadline event
Broadcast has partnered with the Digital Production Partnership (DPP) for a half-day event about the shift to file-based delivery.
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FeaturesWhen Corden Met Barlow
Picture and audio post for the BBC1 documentary about the Take That singer’s career
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NewsSTV develops Rob Roy drama
STV Productions and FremantleMedia are jointly developing a new action-adventure drama series about Scottish folk hero Rob Roy.
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CommentLondon Live: where is everyone?
There must be some head-scratching at the owners of the new channel, says Stephen Arnell
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CriticsTV Critics: The First Georgians; Heston’s Great British Food
“A well-planned, easily-followed hike over the Hanoverian foothills.”
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NewsLipSync recruits re-recording mixer
LipSync Post has appointed re-recording mixer Sven Taits to its sound team.