All Broadcast articles in 12 October 2012 – Page 5
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NewsTSL wins BBC Nations HD contract
Systems integrator TSL has won the contract to upgrade BBC Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales’ playout operations to HD.
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NewsAtlantic Productions hires digital head
Atlantic Productions has recruited Ross Burridge from digital publishing consultancy Boto Media as its head of new media.
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NewsPanorama Savile doc to scrutinise current presenters
The BBC’s Panorama team is understood to be broadening out its investigation of Jimmy Savile to look at the conduct of BBC presenters past and present.
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RatingsBake Off cooks up record audience
The Great British Bake Off continued its remarkable run of ratings with a new high of more than 5.5m viewers, as Fresh Meat returned with its lowest audience to date.
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CommentObituary: Cynthia Charles
Cynthia Charles, casting producer at the BBC and, more recently, Darlow Smithson, has died aged 50.
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NewsClaudia Rosencrantz joins Fresh One
Fresh One is planning a push into entertainment with the appointment of former Virgin and ITV executive Claudia Rosencrantz as director of programmes.
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NewsBBC S&PP hosts Scandinavian chat show
BBC Studios and Post Production is hosting four episodes of prime-time Scandinavian chat show Skavlan.
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NewsRoot6 partners with Front Porch
Root6 has signed a reseller agreement with content storage firm Front Porch Digital.
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NewsTwofour to make splash for ITV
Mipcom: Twofour is set to produce ITV1’s latest big entertainment hope - a celebrity high diving competition.
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NewsShine sells Minute To Win It to China
Mipcom: Shine Group has signed a double deal with Chinese commercial broadcaster Shanghai Media Group.
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NewsFlovel and FOR-A unveil high sensitivity camera
Japanese firm Flovel has teamed up with FOR-A Corporation to launch the FZ-B1 high-sensitivity HD camera.
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NewsCITV signs Ninja Turtles
Mipcom: ITV has picked up the rights to air Nickelodeon’s CGI version of classic cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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NewsHulu and BBC in second co-pro deal
Mipcom: BBC Productions has agreed its second co-production deal with US VoD service Hulu to create comedy thriller The Wrong Mans.
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NewsMedia growth seen in Abu Dhabi
Al Mubarak says 3,000 new jobs in media sector have been created in last four years.
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NewsWME's Emanuel says now is 'greatest time' for content creators
Ari Emanuel says range of distribution options opens up more money for content creators. He says Silicon Valley is now taking steps to work more closely with Hollywood, and Madison Avenue also needs to come into the mix.
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NewsBill Gates says media can be 'conscience of the world'
Bill Gates discusses the media’s role in eradicating poverty and disease, Microsoft as a platform for the creation and distribution of filmed entertainment, his “friend” and “competitor” Steve Jobs, and says he won’t be running for president any time soon.
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NewsPaul Abbott calls time on Shameless
Channel 4 has called time on long-running comedy-drama Shameless – just six months after creator Paul Abbott declared it could run for 40 more years.
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NewsPeter Rabbit hops onto CBeebies
Mipcom: CBeebies has acquired CGI series Peter Rabbit from Penguin, Silvergate Media and Nickelodeon US, 110 years after the first publication of the classic children’s book.
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NewsCineflix signs distribution deal with LMNO
Mipcom: UK distributor Cineflix Rights has secured the rights to distribute US producer LMNO Productions back catalogue of programming.