All Broadcast articles in 1 May 2015 – Page 2
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News
BBC factual boss takes on charter renewal role
Emma Swain is to take a year out from her role as controller of factual to help shape BBC television’s approach to commissioning in the run-up to charter renewal.
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In brief: RTS; Bafta
The RTS Scotalnd Awards nomines have been unveiled, as Tim Hincks prepares to deliver the Bafta TV Lecture. Read on for more.
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BBC4 acquires Icelandic thriller
BBC4 has expanded its international drama slate with a 10-part Icelandic series, produced by Baltasar Kormakur, the director of Denzel Washington film 2 Guns.
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Wingspan explores bohemia for BBC4
Wingspan Productions is to explore what it means to be bohemian in a three-part series for BBC4.
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Ratings
Peter Kay races off with 5.7m
WEDNESDAY: Peter Kay’s Car Share raced ahead of ITV comedy The Delivery Men, adding significantly to the 1m views it had already picked up on iPlayer.
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Adam Richman to front ITV BBQ series
Man v. Food presenter Adam Richman has been lined up to present a five-part BBQ series for ITV, produced by Stand Up To Cancer producer Whizz Kid Entertainment.
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Britespark unearths engineering blunders for Discovery
Sinking skyscrapers and back-to-front bridges are to feature in a BriteSpark Films documentary series for Discovery Networks International.
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Filmmakers' fledgling indie secures ITV investment
ITV Studios has acquired a minority stake in Monumental Television, the fledgling indie set up by film producers Alison Owen and Debra Hayward.
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Critics
TV Critics: Peter Kay’s Car Share; The Trouble With Our Trains; Inside No.9
“Car Share represented a triumphant return to TV form for Peter Kay.”
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Features
A winning tactic for OB
Innovation in technology is enabling broadcasters to improve the audience’s experience of sports coverage. Adrian Pennington reports on the kit that’s helping on location
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Features
Election coverage: battle for the viewers’ vote
As politicians make their final pitches, Adrian Pennington examines broadcasters’ strategies for ensuring their OB teams will be first past the post with the election results
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Behind The Scenes
Ballot Monkeys, C4
C4’s Ballot Monkeys had to be filmed close to the wire to keep it topical. The solution? An unusual OB with four crews crammed into four coaches, writes Jimmy Mulville
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Comment
It’s time to celebrate and support women in tech
WFTV is branching out to promote women in technical fields, says Natalie Samson
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Comment
Where are all the parties’ manifestos for television?
BBC funding is addressed, but there’s little mention of wider industry, says Alan Griffiths
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Comment
Whatever happened to talent?
TV must stop reaching for the Z-list celebs, says Steven D Wright
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News
Broadcasters gear up for 7 May
Broadcasters are improving their virtual sets ahead of next week’s general election, with the BBC set to debut a new Steadicam-operated virtual reality tracking system for its live coverage.
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Features
Thunderbirds Are Go (Picture Post)
Create a workflow that encompasses the conform, grade, online edit and delivery of the 26-part series.
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Features
Thunderbirds Are Go (VFX)
Act as the VFX production hub and provide a VFX workflow, combining New Zealand-based Weta Workshop’s live-action miniatures and Pukeko Pictures’ post-vis plates and CGI characters and vehicles.
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Features
Thunderbirds Are Go (audio post)
Provide the sound mix for the 26 x 30-minute series, a reboot of the 1960s puppet adventure show.