All Broadcast articles in 13 August 2015 – Page 3
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Features
The Three Day Nanny
Manage post-production, including editing, grading and audio mixing for the six-part factual series
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Critics
TV Critics: Horizon; Supervet In The Field; The Great British Bake Off
“This was a balanced assessment. It was also, surprisingly for a medical-focused film, evocatively shot.”
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News
Pixit Media teams up with Google for cloud offering
Storage, archive and network systems company Pixit Media has teamed up with Google to make its PixCache and PixStor systems available as Google Cloud Platform offerings.
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News
Bexel looks to reality and sport in UK flypack push
Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions (BGBS) is eyeing sports and reality productions as it looks to ramp up its flypack and outside broadcast business in the UK.
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News
Trickbox TV invests in 4K production setup
Broadcast services provider Trickbox TV has bought the UK’s first 4K MultiDyne camera fiber system as part of its investment in a 4K portable production unit.
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News
Maverick hires chief exec from Ricochet
Maverick TV has poached Ricochet creative director Simon Knight to replace Jim Sayer as chief executive.
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Comment
Skinny bundles shake US giants
OTT deals pose greatest threat to status quo, writes Kate Bulkley
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News
Amazon reverses declines as Netflix extends lead
Amazon Prime Instant Video reversed declines during 2014 to reach 1.2 million UK homes this year – but it remains well behind rival VoD service Netflix, according to the latest Ofcom study.
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News
Humans creator lifts lid on slate
The Scandinavian indie behind the series that Kudos remade as Channel 4’s ratings smash Humans is lining up its first English- language project.
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News
BBC reveals BAME fund spend
The BBC’s six new BAME assistant commissioners have revealed their aims and wishlists, and details have emerged of how the corporation has spent £1.5m of its Diversity Creative Talent Fund.
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News
C4 invests in sports indie
Channel 4’s latest Growth Fund indie investment is in a sports production company established by Sunil Patel, BT Sport presenter Jake Humphrey and ex-Formula One driver David Coulthard.
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Comment
Playing it safe is not an option
TV may have moved on from The Word, but risk-taking is essential
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News
Channel 4 Shorts strategy revealed
Channel 4 digital chief Richard Davidson-Houston has lifted the lid on the broadcaster’s burgeoning short-form content strategy after it spent around £1m in its first year.
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News
Commercial rivals could secure BBC3 spectrum
BBC3’s HD slot could be leased to commercial rivals following the decision to close the linear channel.
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News
Online move will double BBC3 marketing spend
The BBC is set to more than double its spend on marketing BBC3 as it works up plans to drive viewers to the online-only proposition.
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Comment
Future-proofing BBC3
New-look BBC3 would allow for more, not less, creative risk-taking, says controller Damian Kavanagh
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News
BBC3 programming strategy revealed
The BBC has laid out its programming plans for BBC3 content when it moves online, including scrapping long-running formats and earmarking slots on BBC1 and BBC2 which will house its shows.
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News
C4 visits Gretna Green for wedding format
Big Fat Gypsy Wedding indie Firecracker Films has landed a 15-part daytime commission about marriages from Channel 4.