All Broadcast articles in 2 October 2014
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NewsShine, Endemol & Core merger: the story of the deal
Shine Group, Endemol and Core Media’s coming together will create the world’s biggest production company. Broadcast re-treads the path to the first mega-indie.
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Vision247 to relaunch Vision TV on Freeview
Vision247 is using the Strategy & Technology-owned Synapse TV to relaunch Vision TV on Freeview.
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NewsRacetech upgrades lenses in five-year Fujifilm deal
Racetech, the technical and broadcast services provider to the horseracing industry, is to upgrade all of its camera lenses after signing a deal with Fujifilm’s Optical DevicesDivision.
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NewsRe:fine looks to Tedial for MAM system
Re:fine, the London-based content processing and media management service provider, has installed Tedial’s TarsysMedia Asset Management system.
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Edmond de Rothschild seeks Thomson stake
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners is preparing to take an equity stake in Thomson Video Networks.
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NewsBBC1 to adapt The Night Manager
The producer of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s A Most Wanted Man is to adapt John le Carré’s 1993 novel The Night Manager for BBC1.
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NewsBBC diversity leadership schemes open for business
The BBC has formally launched its black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) leadership and commissioning schemes.
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NewsAuschwitz liberation commemorated by BBC
The BBC has commissioned a Martin Freeman drama and five documentaries to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of prison camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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NewsBBC2 gets interactive with Cat Watch
BBC2 is to publish interactive videos and an e-book to support its follow-up to The Secret Life of the Cats.
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NewsBBC1 eyes return for Hill comedy
BBC1 wants to build its Professor Branestawm adaptation with Harry Hill into a returnable brand after ordering a one-off episode of the comedy drama this week.
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NewsBBC moves Children in Need to Salford
Children in Need is to move the bulk of its team to Salford in an attempt to remain cost-effective and extend the reach of the BBC-run charity.
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NewsBAME execs urged to return to TV
BBC Academy, Creative Skillset and The TV Collective are teaming up to host an event encouraging 50 black Asian and minority ethnic professionals to get back into the TV business.
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PodcastTalking TV: Plebs & TV sexism
Broadcast podcast Talking TV returns with news on the Shine/Endemol mega-merger, TV sexism and a glimpse into the world of ITV2 comedy Plebs.
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CommentHow to disrupt existing models
TV is changing, but the biggest change we’re seeing is the way we sell it, says Nick Brampton
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NewsRaw Cut hires creative chief
Police Interceptors producer Raw Cut has appointed Fiona Scott as creative director.
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NewsTop Gear forced out of Argentina
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson and his production team have been forced to leave Argentina amid protests over their use of a car number plate which appeared to refer to the Falklands War.
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NewsCreative Skillset opens Play Your Part survey
Creative Skillset has launched a Workforce Survey designed to help improve the career development of creatives in the broadcast industry.
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NewsJoe Godwin to run BBC Academy
BBC Children’s director Joe Godwin is stepping down after five years to lead the BBC Academy.
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RatingsPeaky Blinders returns with 1.7m
THURSDAY: BBC2 drama Peaky Blinders returned for a second run with 700,000 fewer viewers than the first series debut last year.