All Broadcast articles in 10 April 2015 – Page 3
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NewsBob The Builder leaps to YouTube
Bob The Builder is set for a move onto YouTube after Hit Entertainment kicked off production on a raft of shorts for the VoD platform, along with a second series of the CGI reboot.
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NewsITV brings back Prey as drama format
ITV crime thriller Prey is to return for a second series with a fresh story starring Life On Mars actor Philip Glenister.
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NewsITV tackles bullying with Fresh One format
ITV is to tackle teenage bullying after ordering a remake of a controversial Dutch format.
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NewsRaw lands Heathrow doc for ITV
Raw TV has secured access to Heathrow Airport for a three-part documentary series for ITV.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Non-Scripted
MipTV is prime hunting ground for the next breakout non-scripted format. Broadcast looks at the gameshows, fact ent formats and reality series that might explode at the market.
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RatingsThe Island transports 1.9m
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4 headed back to The Island with fewer than 2m viewers – around 300,000 short of last year’s opener.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Hindsight
VH1’s Hindsight is a time-travelling drama largely set in New York in the 1990s
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CriticsTV Critics: The Island with Bear Grylls; Secret Britain; Britain's Jihadi Brides
“It’s worth tuning in tonight just to check that the girls can’t possibly be such dumbheads.”
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FeaturesHot Picks: Scripted
High-end drama will continue to be a main focus at MipTV, with global players such as Netflix becoming aggressively involved alongside local broadcasters keen to differentiate their schedules. Broadcast looks at some of the hottest international scripted projects set to launch in Cannes.
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FeaturesUHD takes to the air
Manufacturers are competing to be the first to offer workable UHD RF camera links, but the technology is still at least a year away from the market.
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FeaturesInside MTG’s new facility
Sweden’s Modern Times Group’s move to a new London playout facility provided an opportunity to make changes to key technology
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FeaturesHot Picks: Pioneers
Pioneers is a social experiment documentary series that follows four couples as they trade in their 21st century comforts for covered wagons, campfires and the harsh reality of the American prairie.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Best of British
British series are often among the hottest titles in Cannes, and this is even more apparent at MipTV than at Mipcom, where the latest US titles sometimes take over.Broadcast looks at the latest British big-budget dramas, shiny-floor studio shows and fact ent formats.
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FeaturesTerritory Focus: Germany
After the success of Scandinavia and Israel, it’s the turn of Germany to make its mark internationally, with its history providing great material for drama.
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FeaturesTerritory Focus: Nordics
Nordic producers have proved themselves the masters of noir drama, but what’s next from the region? Jules Grant finds out
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The Broadcast InterviewWayne Garvie, Sony Pictures
Sony’s Wayne Garvie talks to Peter White about the US company’s desire to find the next Millionaire, boosting scripted in the UK and the dangers of messing with terms of trade
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NewsBT Media delivers playout service in deal with Deluxe
BT Media & Broadcast has signed a deal with Deluxe to deliver a playout service to broadcasters.
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FeaturesNAB preview: the highlights
Ahead of the trade show in Las Vegas, delegates reveal what’s on their shopping lists
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NewsCDN appoints diversity guru
An equality heavyweight with 15 years’ experience has been named the first permanent boss of the Creative Diversity Network (CDN).
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Axle Video signs deal with Boris FX over transfer tools
Axle Video has struck a deal to become owner and sole publisher of Boris FX’s Transfer FCP and Transfer AE products.