All Broadcast articles in 17 July 2014 – Page 3
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News
MCN Videojug eyes comedy
Former ITV comedy and entertainment boss Paul Jackson has commissioned a series of comedy shorts from the producers of rugby mockumentary Don’t Drop The Egg for emerging multichannel network (MCN) Videojug.
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Comment
Buyout fever strikes online
MCNs are hot property, but market is fragmenting, says Kate Bulkley
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Features
On the Yorkshire Buses
Provide rushes management and audio and picture post for the eight-part series about two Yorkshire bus companies.
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Comment
BBC faces some tough questions
How the corporation tackles them could decide its future direction, says Chris Curtis
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FilmLight hires experts for Baselight customer team
Daniele Siragusano and Ram Krishna Tripathi Samaveda have joined FilmLight to provide workflow information, consultancy and training to customers who use the firm’s Baselight grading system.
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EBU buys Snell Alchemist for Eurovision network
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has made a further investment in Snell Alchemist Ph.CHD standards conversion systems (above) for its Eurovision network.
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S4C sport show to integrate Blurrt Twitter data
Blurrt, the Twitter analysis business backed by S4C, is to integrate its technology into the broadcaster’s sport magazine strand S4/ChwaraeON.
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Salford's Dock10 to join Sohonet Media Network
Dock10 has joined the Sohonet Media Network (SMN). The production facility will migrate services, including the sending of clients’ studio rushes to postproduction partners and finished master delivery to DPP broadcasters, to the Sohonet connection.
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BBC to meet C4 to discuss technology proposals
The BBC is ready to discuss sharing with Channel 4 its resources and expertise around developing video-on-demand technology in the UK.
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imagineer releases Mocha Plus to replace Mocha AE
Imagineer Systems has released Mocha Plus, which replaces the company’s Mocha AE product.
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Comment
Let the indie Hunger Games begin
BBC in-house must be prepared to ‘do or die’ in commissioning arena
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BBC Productions eyes ‘creative headroom’
BBC Productions’ factual and daytime division hopes to revel in the “new creative headroom” afforded by the proposed quota overhaul, while remaining true to its traditional public service values.
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BBC in-house fallout continues
Further details of the BBC’s radical production shake-up emerged this week, as some in-house producers voiced fears for their future in a commercial environment.
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Bectu seeks meeting with DG over BBC plans
Bectu has demanded a meeting with BBC director general Tony Hall after raising concerns over the corporation’s plans to radically transform in-house production.
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Watch reveals Formats Lab pilots
Watch is helping first-time buyers get on the property ladder and pitting tradesmen against each other for its Formats Lab initiative.
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BBCW faces production challenge
International broadcasters have welcomed the idea of original pitches from an independent BBC Productions – but warned that it could impinge on BBC Worldwide’s existing global production strategy.
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Immigration to get Benefits Street treatment
Love Productions wants to build on the success of controversial series Benefits Street by creating another UK-wide debate, this time around immigration.
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The Garden lands access double
High-street bank NatWest and airline Virgin Atlantic are the latest companies to open their doors for access documentaries made by The Garden Productions.
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Surge in indie digital income
The indie sector’s digital revenues tripled to £100m last year on the back of more “credible” moneymaking opportunities in the space, according to a Pact report.
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Behind The Scenes
Survive The Tribe, Nat Geo UK
Travelling to remote places without a fixer made our job harder - but enriched our film says George Pagliero