All Broadcast articles in 3 June 2016
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News
Azure launches cloud-based post facility Able
Former Smoke & Mirrors executive producer Louisa Thomson has teamed up with Blue 2.0 parent firm Azure World Media to launch a cloud-based commercials post-production company.
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News
BBC Studios hires entertainment chief
BBC Studios has appointed controller of rights, business and legal affairs Roger Leatham as its entertainment and events chief.
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News
The Windsors to return to C4
Channel 4 has ordered a second run of satirical royal comedy The Windsors ahead of tonight’s concluding episode.
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News
In brief: Doc/Fest; CNN
Doc/Fest has appointed its first honorary president and CNN has unveiled its Brexit coverage plans
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Comment
The South Bank Show: opening up the arts
The South Bank Show has become one of the most important cultural records we have, says Phil Edgar Jones
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Behind The Scenes
City in the Sky, BBC2
Russell Levin highlights the challenges of trying to film 300 tonne aircraft taking off from the coldest city on earth.
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Podcast
Talking TV: Top Gear and terms of trade
Pact’s call for a moratorium on terms of trade reviews and its implications for Channel 4 take centre stage - plus the Talking TV verdict on Chris Evans’ Top Gear debut.
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Ratings
England win sets ITV up for Euro 2016
THURSDAY: The final outing for England ahead of Euro 2016 pulled in the biggest crowd of ITV’s run of warm-up matches.
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News
Bizarre ER finds third home with E4
Maverick’s medical format Bizarre ER has found its third home in the UK after E4 ordered a new series of the show that has previously aired on BBC3 and TLC.
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News
Netflix model questioned by Discovery
Discovery’s top brass has raised questions about the global expansion of Netflix – claiming more localised services are more likely to succeed long-term.
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BBC defends BAME hiring policy
The BBC has aggressively defended its decision to offer script editing positions to BAME candidates after tabloid claims that this policy was “anti-white”.
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Sony reshuffles senior US management
Sony Pictures Television has reorganised its senior management in the US following the departure of chairman Steve Mosko.
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Critics
TV Critics: Living with Dementia; Going Forward; The Truth About Healthy Eating
“This was immersive, important television, and inspiring too.”
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Features
Big Brother
Create a series of VFX-driven promos for the return of Big Brother, featuring the show’s presenters Emma Willis and Rylan Clark-Neal.
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Features
Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport
Complete picture and audio post-production on the second series of the doc about Heathrow Airport.
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Features
Creative Access: Building a diverse workforce
Creative Access has been organising internships for young BAME talent for the past three years. Former trainees and their employers tell Ann-Marie Corvin what it has done for them
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Features
Making of a series producer
Producer/director Sreya Biswas is one of 19 delegates selected by Creative Skillset for training to become a series producer. Here she finds out what it takes to make the grade
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News
Zaslav: C4 remit barrier to Discovery bid
Discovery Communications chief executive David Zaslav has acknowledged he would run the rule over Channel 4 and ITV - but indicated that there are barriers to both deals.
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News
In brief: Remedy hire; Sony TV boss leaving; Daniel Craig
Argonon-owned Remedy has hired former NBC Universal producer Matt Tiffin, while Sony Pictures TV chairman Steve Mosko is set to step down and Daniel Craig is to front a 20-part series for Showtime.