All Broadcast articles in 1 April 2016 – Page 3
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News
Tektronix to exhibit Prism analysis device
NAB 2016: Tektronix will show a hybrid SDI/ IP media analysis device at NAB.
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Features
Hot Picks: Insta Traveller
Broadcasters around the world are searching for ways to appeal to younger viewers. Norway’s NRK3 thinks it may have found the answer in the form of a travelogue with a twist.
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Features
Hot Picks: Drive
Top Gear has rarely been out of the news over the past 12 months, with multiple controversies, new hosts and a star-studded launch for international buyers at BBC Worldwide’s Showcase event (not to mention the former presenters’ rival show for Amazon) all making the front pages.
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Hot Picks: The Innocence Network
True crime is a tough genre to crack, with unpredictable storylines and drawn-out court cases. No group understands this better than The Innocence Network, a group of 69 international organisations that attempt to exonerate unjustly convicted men and women around the world.
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Hot Picks: Robot Wars
Mentorn Scotland has rebooted its classic entertainment format Robot Wars for BBC2, 13 years after it last aired.
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Hot Picks: NSU German History X
German drama is experiencing an explosion of international interest thanks to the global success of spy thriller Deutschland 83 (sold to Channel 4 in the UK and Sundance-TV in the US) and BBC2 acquisition Generation War.
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News
Shotglass ups football game
Fremantle digital arm targets millennials with live pilots for YouTube channel Football Republic
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Creators to supersize Lip Sync Battle
The creators of Lip Sync Battle plan to add new elements to the celebrity karaoke format and introduce a kids’ version in a bid to create a long-running brand like Saturday Night Live or Top Of The Pops.
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C4 and ESG relations sour
Relations between Channel 4 and Endemol Shine Group (ESG) have hit a low after the broadcaster lost out to Netflix in the battle to premiere the third series of Black Mirror in the UK.
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Drama indies out to conquer US
UK drama producers are looking to tighten their grip on scripted opportunities in the US following an explosion in demand for the genre from cable operators and digital giants.
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Marjorie Kaplan sets out DNI vision
Discovery Networks International (DNI) is looking to supersize its local commissions into global formats and is hunting for ideas that have the sensibility of independent feature docs.
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Comment
Broadcast International - and how ESG is facing start of new era
Broadcast has always had broad horizons, but to mark next week’s Mip TV we have given this issue a truly global perspective.
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ITV reveals US masterplan
UK formats spearhead entertainment and comedy push as ITV America seeks next Hell’s Kitchen
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Features
Hot Picks: Bear Grylls’ Survival School
Extreme-survival expert Bear Grylls is hoping to reach a whole new demographic with this CITV-commissioned adventure show, in which 10 children learn to fend for themselves in the Welsh wilderness.
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Think commercial to get ahead in the US
In such a competitive market, originality counts - but ratings are king, says Ricky Kelehar
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Features
Hot Picks: 1916
Distributor RTÉ GlobalProducer Coco ProductionsLength 3 x 60 minutesBroadcaster RTÉ (Ireland)It’s now 100 years since the Easter Rising, when armed Irish Republicans seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic.Irish public broadcaster RTÉ aired three-part documentary 1916 to coincide with this anniversary.The films examined ...
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Hot Picks: Factual
Serena Williams and Morgan Freeman feature in the hottest factual shows.
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Hot Picks: Real Detective
Netflix’s Making A Murderer and HBO’s The Jinx have helped true crime become an increasingly killer genre in the world of non-scripted programming.
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Hot Picks: Inside Buckingham Palace
The British monarchy is a fascinating subject for people all over the world – a fact that should help distributor TVF International shift Inside Buckingham Palace.