All Broadcast articles in 14 November 2013
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NewsComux kicks off local TV
Comux has launched its Birmingham-based local TV Network Operations Centre (NOC) to provide the infrastructure for local television companies to broadcast on Freeview.
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NewsPost firms set to take charge of QC process
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has confirmed that it wants production companies and their post production partners to take responsibility for QC checks.
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NewsLime Pictures recruits Boyle
Lime Pictures has recruited former ITV Studios director of post production David Boyle.
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FeaturesAhead in the cloud?
When it comes to the cloud, why do so many execs have their head in the sand, asks David Peto.
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NewsHarris Broadcast makes double appointment
Harris Broadcast has appointed Steve Reynolds as chief technology officer and Skip Sorenson as chief financial officer.
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NewsRapid Pictures adds Nucoda Film Master
Rapid Pictures has invested in a Nucoda Film Master grading system.
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NewsAvid unveils updated Isis
Avid has launched the successor to its Isis 7000 shared storage system.
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NewsBBC religion staff ‘positive’ about colleagues
The BBC’s religion and ethics staff are “particularly positive” about their colleagues - despite Bectu launching a survey on working conditions in the department last week.
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NewsSky to invest £5m in Silicon Valley start-ups
Sky is hunting for Silicon Valley start-ups to buy into as part of an $8m (£5m) investment with US venture capital fund Luminari Capital.
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NewsReally boosts paranormal activity
UKTV channel Really has picked up ghost format Haunting: Australia to boost the channel’s range of paranormal activity.
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NewsBettany Hughes calls for 'radical revolution'
Historian Dr Bettany Hughes battled “extraordinary prejudice” when she first tried to enter the TV industry and believes there has to be “radical revolution” for women to achieve equality.
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NewsC5 to explore stories of West and Shipman
Channel 5 is exploring the lives of murderers Fred and Rose West and Harold Shipman with two factual commissions.
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RatingsC4 Masters a total turn-off
It’s lucky that Mr and Mrs Masters weren’t called Mr and Mrs Terry Fide; Terry Fide Of Sex would have been much less enticing a prospect than Masters Of Sex.
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RatingsHighs and lows for drama
BBC1’s Ripper Street and The Escape Artist lose viewers as ITV’s Downton Abbey goes out on a high
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NewsITV renews X Factor and BGT for three more years
ITV has confirmed that it has commissioned another three series of Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor in a deal thought to be worth £150m.
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RatingsDracula has some bite
Does Downton’s creepy crook in residence Mr Barrow look increasingly menacing to you, even more so after his recent trip to America? His cold dead eyes, scheming grin; is he in fact the evil undead?
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RatingsSport scores over fantasy
Not that we didn’t know it already, but after the Champions League deal, the scrap for the next allocation of Premier League rights is going to be epic.
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CriticsTV Critics: The Science of Doctor Who; Dispatches; The Day Kennedy Died
“A brilliant science lecture which had very little to do with the Doctor.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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RatingsDoctor Who special beats Breathless
Professor Brian Cox’s investigation into the science of Doctor Who confounded Breathless, which bowed out on a series low on Thursday.