All Broadcast articles in 16 December 2016 – Page 2
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FeaturesThe Real Marigold on Tour, BBC2
Provide full post-production on a heart-warming two-part Christmas special of the travel documentary series
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NewsAvid users to vote on company strategy
Users of Avid editing and workflow systems are to be given the chance to directly influence how the company provides its technology, products and services in the future.
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NewsHall: charter endorses BBC
Director general Tony Hall has welcomed the BBC’s new 11-year charter and said it provides stability for the broadcaster to “shine even more brightly as a beacon for Britain around the globe.”
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NewsFox makes formal bid for Sky
21st Century Fox has made a formal offer to acquire full control of Sky after broadcaster agreed to an initial offer.
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NewsBBC charter sparks Ofcom reviews
Ofcom has launched five consultations, including extending its code to cover iPlayer, following today’s publication of the BBC charter.
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RatingsThe Big Life Fix lands 1.3m
WEDNESDAY: BBC2’s life overhaul format The Big Life Fix with Simon Reeve grew its audience, adding 183,000 to its debut last week.
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NewsCrown cast earns Screen Actors Guild award nods
Left Bank’s Netflix drama The Crown has picked up three Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award nominations.
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NewsSister Pictures options The Power
Jane Featherstone’s indie Sister Pictures has picked up the rights to Naomi Alderman’s sci-fi novel The Power.
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RatingsSky strikes the right balance
From flying dogs to Ross Kemp’s encounters with Isis, Sky’s factual shows have to both deliver ratings and woo new subscribers. Stephen Price looks at how this year’s offerings performed.
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NewsDragonfly exec joins BBC docs team
Dragonfly executive producer Emma Loach is to join the BBC documentaries team as a replacement for Clare Sillery who has been made head of the division.
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NewsBetty heads up Everest
Betty is to journey to the top of Everest with the helicopter pilots who risk their lives to save stranded climbers facing certain death in a major international Discovery commission.
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NewsDave reloads gaming format
Dave is to supersize Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit by ordering two ten-part series of the video gaming panel show.
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CriticsTimeless; Six Wives; Big Life Fix
“Timeless is what you’d get in a parallel universe where Americans invented Doctor Who.”
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NewsNMR-led ReCap consortium wins €1m EU funding
London-based systems integrator NMR is leading a consortium of European developers that has been awarded €1m (£840,000) of EU funding to build and commercialise content recognition software.
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NewsTMD adapts Mediaflex to work with Quantum storage
TMD has adapted its Mediaflex-UMS media service applications so that they work with Quantum’s Xcellis workflow storage, to allow for content archiving.
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NewsCamera Corps splashes out £2m on raft of specialist kit
Vitec Group-owned Camera Corps has revealed that it will have spent more than £2m on new kit by the end of the year.
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NewsDPP to create spec for IP-based contribution
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) is to put together a UK-only specification for live IP-based contribution as part of its roadmap for 2017.
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FeaturesThe Windsors, C4
Post on a 1 x 60-minute Christmas special satirising seasonal celebrations at Sandringham.
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FeaturesThe Last Dragonslayer, Sky 1
Provide post-production and visual effects for a 135-minute fantasy drama, based on Jasper Fforde’s novel