All Broadcast articles in 15 January 2015
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NewsForbidden to close US office
Forbidden Technologies, the London-based developer of cloud video platform Forscene, is to close its California office as part of a restructure of its North American business.
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NewsGoPro teams up with Vislink for wireless wearable cameras
GoPro has partnered with microwave, satellite and wireless communication systems firm Vislink to develop a live broadcast system for its wearable cameras.
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PodcastTalking TV: Top Gear & diversity
Talking TV returns for its first episode of the year and hears from Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman on the show’s “annus horribilis”.
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NewsAndy Wilman: 2014 was Top Gear’s ‘annus horribilis’
In an interview with Broadcast’s Talking TV podcast from January, the Top Gear executive producer claimed that the BBC did not fully support the show.
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NewsDarroch to reveal Sky Europe plans at Mip TV
Sky chief executive Jeremy Darroch is to lift the lid on the company’s plans to create a European “powerhouse” in a keynote address at Mip TV.
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CommentScheduled and VoD can live harmoniously
Reports of the death of linear TV are greatly exaggerated, says Digital UK boss Jonathan Thompson
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NewsC4 to arm indies with diversity databases
Channel 4 is to compile databases of diverse actors, crews, writers and directors to help indies meet the ambitious targets it has set.
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RatingsCyberbully hacks into 1.4m
THURSDAY: Docu-drama Cyberbully gripped an audience in line with Channel 4’s slot average while ITV’s Bring Back Borstal slipped below 2m.
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CriticsTV Critics: Cyberbully; Brooklyn Nine-Nine; The Super-Rich and Us; The Man in the High Castle; Death in Paradise
“Ben Chanan and David Lobatto’s Cyberbully should be shown in schools, and staged at the National Theatre.”
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NewsKeshet bolsters UK non-scripted team
Rising Star producer Keshet is bolstering its non-scripted division in the UK with the appointment of ITV Studios exec Simon Shalgosky.
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NewsIn brief: Fresh Meat & Wizards vs Aliens
The future of Channel 4’s Fresh Meat and CBBC’s Wizards vs Aliens is revealed in today’s round-up.
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NewsLords: level of women in news 'simply not good enough'
The number of women in news and current affairs broadcasting is “simply not good enough” and “urgent” improvements in monitoring are needed to address the gender gap, according to an influential committee of peers.
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NewsDCD buys Electric Sky assets
DCD Rights has picked up 250 hours of programming from bankrupt producer distributor Electric Sky.
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NewsBBC’s commitment to Birmingham questioned
The BBC’s commitment to Birmingham has been questioned amid plans to move an Asian Network show away from the city and the departure of a key Mailbox executive.
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RatingsFond farewell for Miranda
The last-ever episode achieved 9.5 million/32% on 1 January after 1.7 million recorded and watched.
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NewsRussell T Davies prepares 1980s AIDS drama for C4
Russell T Davies is developing a drama about British gay men facing the impact of AIDS in the 1980s as the follow-up to his forthcoming Channel 4 series Cucumber.
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RatingsCBB launch puts C5 on top
C5’s latest Celebrity Big Brother launched on Wednesday with 3.1 million/15% (179,000 +1) at 9pm
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NewsBBC2 swoops for US political thriller
BBC2 has made a rare major acquisition from the LA Screenings, swooping for big-budget US drama Odyssey.