All Broadcast articles in 12 February 2015 – Page 2
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News
First round of redundancies sweeps Endemol Shine
Endemol Shine Group is preparing for the first wave of redundancies since its mega-merger with around 20 roles set to be axed across its international distribution business.
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Immigration Street downsized to single film
Channel 4’s controversial documentary series Immigration Street has been scaled back to just a single episode after disruptions to filming resulted in a lack of footage.
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In brief: Bad Robots; Yesterday; Snapchat; Bear Grylls; Freeview; Power
Bad Robots return to haunt E4 and Sky News & Sport launch on messaging service Snapchat. Click for more in today’s news round-up.
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Big Talk comedy for E4 set in disused hospital
Big Talk Productions is to make a sitcom for E4 following six property guardians who live together in a disused hospital.
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News
INFOGRAPHIC: What £5.1bn would buy
Click to discover what the money BT and Sky spent on Premier League rights could have bought.
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Critics
TV Critics: The Great Comic Relief Bake Off; Wolf Hall; An Idiot's Guide to Politics; Exposure: The Kill List
“It was such fun you might forget the horrible irony of cooking ingredients going to waste in the cause of the starving.”
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Ratings
Comic Relief Bake Off stirs up 6.4m
WEDNESDAY: The Great Comic Relief Bake Off move to BBC1 helped it add 3m viewers, as Wolf Hall continued to roar on BBC2.
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BBC2 leads BPG Awards nominations
BBC2 has racked up nine nominations for the 2015 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, as the likes of Marvellous, Line of Duty and W1A all vie for gongs.
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Comment
Premier League: was £5.1bn a price worth paying?
Was the Premier League’s £5.1bn bonanza a price worth paying?
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Comment
Premier League rights and the future of pay-TV
Guy Bisson ponders the impact of the Premier League cash bonanza on the wider TV market
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Behind The Scenes
Twirlywoos, CBeebies
We used a mix of animation and live-action to teach kids about the world around them, says Chris Wood
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News
SMPTE chair: UHD television in need of the ‘wow factor’
Early providers of 4K content like Netflix may have moved too soon, according to SMPTE UK section chair and Sky chief engineer Chris Johns.
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Features
The Casual Vacancy
Provide picture post-production services on the 3 x 60-minute adaptation of JK Rowling’s novel.
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Features
Indian Summers
Create a title sequence and provide VFX that enhanced the sense of scale and placed the colonial buildings, shot in Malaysia, against a Himalayan backdrop
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News
Bait and Cloth Cat set up home in Cardiff's GloWorks
Cardiff-based VFX and motion graphics facilities Bait Studio and Cloth Cat Animation have taken over 3,500 square foot of space at GloWorks, the creative industries centre in Cardiff Bay.
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News
C4’s Orpheus Warr to become chief technology officer
Channel 4 has appointed Orpheus Warr to the role of chief technology officer.
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News
TIMA and Reuters team up to offer location services
Reuters has partnered with facilities firm TIMA to offer location services including studio facilities and logistical support to broadcasters and online media outlets.
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Features
Training in drama: solving the skills problem
Drama experts examine what can be done about the growing shortage of skilled TV production crew