All Broadcast articles in 29 July 2016
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News
VI Rental takes six VariCam LTs
VI Rental’s Bristol office has taken delivery of six VariCam LTs, giving the hire firm the largest UK fleet of the Panasonic cameras.
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News
A+E inks compliance and media management deal with TVT
A+E Networks UK has signed a deal with media services firm TVT for the provision of compliance, reversioning and media management services for its channels.
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Ratings
Celebrity Big Brother peaks with 3m
THURSDAY: Celebrity Big Brother nudged ahead of the performance for last summer’s opener - as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shed 1m viewers on BBC1.
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Podcast
Talking TV: Fleabag and ITV Studios
Talking TV returns with a brand new host as the latest edition assesses the increasing importance of ITV Studios to its parent company and hears from the producer of BBC3’s drunk and dirty comedy Fleabag.
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News
Keo Films makes trio of hires
Keo Films has made a raft of new appointments: a head of digital and executive producer in the UK, and a managing director in Australia.
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Features
Media Asset Management
The cloud is now capable of handling many of the processes involved in TV production, but can it be extended to include content management as well?
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News
Electric Ray explores parenting for C4
Electric Ray is to take a light-hearted look at the reality of parenting for Channel 4.
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Focus Music beefs up catalogue
Production music company Focus has relaunched – tripling the size of its catalogue and opening 30 new labels.
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Critics
TV Critics: Hugh’s War on Waste; Roger Bannister: Everest on the Track; Full Steam Ahead
“Unlike an Amazon parcel, this programme was densely packed – with good fact-finding, attention-grabbing stunts and solid campaign journalism”
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News
BBC Studios hunts popular factual chief
BBC Studios is launching a popular factual division and is hunting for a creative exec to run the unit as it searches for the next generation of shows such as Crimewatch.
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News
Fox eyes original UK drama
UK pay-TV channel Fox is set to kick off a hunt for a British drama to match The Walking Dead after hiring Keshet exec Sara Johnson as its scripted drama chief.
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News
No charges for Chris Evans over sexual assault claims
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that it will not be pursuing further action in relation to historical sexual assault claims made against former Top Gear presenter Chris Evans.
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Icon Films dramatises natural history for Nat Geo
Icon Films is to produce a scripted drama-style natural history mini-series for National Geographic’s Wild channel.
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Behind The Scenes
The Fall, Sky Atlantic
Reuniting Mary Decker and Zola Budd for the first time since their 1984 clash, it was clear how much it had affected both their lives, says Karen Emsley
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Critics
TV Critics: The Three Day Nanny; Masters of the Pacific Coast; Long Lost Family
“Even if you don’t totally believe this happy-families journey, Three Day Nanny does have some good advice and tips.”
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News
ITV returns celebs to childhood homes
So Television has teamed with Sunnyside Productions to co-produce an ITV factual entertainment series which will delve into the former homes of celebrities.
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Ratings
Saving Lives at Sea rescues 3m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s Saving Lives At Sea surged to a series high of over 3m as Gold sitcom The Rebel maintained its solid performance.
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News
C4: Blaps tackles 'closed shop' of scripted comedy
Taking risks to help emerging talent and wacky ideas break into “the closed shop” of scripted comedy is at the heart of Channel 4’s online Blaps strategy as it prepares to open up its next commissioning round.
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Features
Music placement: the rise of sync
Leading industry figures discuss how the commercial placement of songs is striking a chord with artists, the music world and broadcasters.