All Broadcast articles in 19 March 2015 – Page 4
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Features
Total Combat
Design the look and feel of the show, from the brand logo through to the set and lighting design.
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News
George Osborne cuts drama tax break threshold
UK broadcasters will become more appealing international drama co-production partners after the government lowered the minimum UK spend required for high-end TV drama to qualify for a tax break.
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Comment
Why are Avid and Adobe collaborating?
The integration of third-party products into an Avid workflow is the main premise of the firm’s MediaCentral Platform, says Avid’s Kevin Usher.
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Ratings
Ordinary Lies sets off with 4.7m
TUESDAY: Ordinary Lies got underway with an audience of 4.7m on BBC1, outperforming Red Production Company’s The Driver but failing to surpass Happy Valley.
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News
BBC film to examine legacy of Savile abuse
Olly Lambert is to direct a 90-minute film for BBC1 which will highlight the impact on the lives of those affected by child sexual abuse, including the victims of Jimmy Savile and the crimes exposed by the Operation Yewtree investigation.
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News
Fifty Fathoms boss hints at Fortitude return
Tiger Aspect indie Fifty Fathoms has begun talks with Sky Atlantic about a second series of big-budget drama series Fortitude.
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News
Producers back campaign to halt kids TV 'crisis'
Kids’ television producers have thrown their weight behind a campaign to halt the “crisis” in original children’s content over the past 12 years.
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News
Media firms plan wage rises
More than half of media companies plan to increase wages in 2015, according to a Barclay’s Employers’ Survey.
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News
Twofour's Happy Families heads to Denmark
TV2 Denmark is remaking Twofour’s fixed-rig documentary series Happy Families.
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News
History sails off with US pirate drama
History has acquired the UK television rights to Michael Bay’s US pirate series Black Sails.
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News
Avid to target “untapped” $2bn independent sector
Avid will turn its attention to the “untapped” independent creative sector with the launch of more subscription-based and free versions of its software applications.
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News
UTV Ireland costs to hit £6m
UTV expects to invest £6m in fledgling channel UTV Ireland this year, as group revenues grew by 8% in 2014.
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Critics
TV Critics: Ordinary Lies; Back in Time for Dinner; Fighting the System
“If anything, Ordinary Lies is a victim of bad timing: there’s been an awful lot of duplicity on TV recently.”
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News
Pat Younge co-founds Sugar Films
Former BBC chief creative officer Pat Younge and former Channel 4 executives Lucy Pilkington and Narinder Minhas have joined forces to launch London and Cardiff-based indie Sugar Films.
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News
Ben Stephenson issues rallying call as BBC wins 18 RTS Awards
The BBC walked away with 18 of 28 gongs at the RTS Awards, as well as a special recognition prize for Ben Stephenson, who called on the industry to get behind the corporation during charter renewal.
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News
Dame Janet Smith review due in May
Dame Janet Smith’s review into the culture and practices of the BBC at the time of the Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall scandals is due to report in May after more than two years of gathering evidence.
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News
Drama kit: the most popular cameras and grading systems
Survey shows the kit used to shoot and post the 30 highest-rating dramas of the second half of 2014
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Video
VIDEO: King Richard III: The Reburial, C4
A week of special events will culminate in a live reburial
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News
David Cameron agrees to single leaders' debate
Prime minister David Cameron has agreed to participate in a single leaders’ debate with seven political parties, leaving question marks hanging over the future of the two other proposed broadcasts.
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News
Trust to meet Thoday & Mulville over BBC3
Avalon and Hat Trick bosses Jon Thoday and Jimmy Mulville are preparing to canvas support from the indie community for their proposal to keep BBC3 as a linear channel ahead of a meeting with the BBC Trust.