All Broadcast articles in 20 November 2014 – Page 3
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Features
Storage Hunters UK, Dave
Catherine Catton discusses adapting a high-energy US format without shortchanging fans of the original
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Comment
Industry should take risks on talent to boost diversity
London Live cutbacks have dealt a blow, says Edward Adoo
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Comment
The art of arousing the viewer
C4 is buzzing about its latest advertising research, says Kate Bulkley
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News
Halo Post MD Jo Beighton steps down
Halo Post managing director Jo Beighton is set to leave the postproduction firm at the end of the month.
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News
StyleHaul plans for growth
StyleHaul is to accelerate its growth plans, including the development of 10 online pilots with Fremantle Media, after RTL Group invested nearly £80m in the multichannel network (MCN).
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News
Lionsgate set for UK TV push
Mad Men producer and distributor Lionsgate is to ramp up its push into television production in the UK and is looking to hire development and production executives.
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BBC2 plans super-rich season
Plum Pictures has secured access to Richard Branson’s Necker Island as part of a BBC2 season that will provide a window onto the lives of the super-rich.
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News
Indies set to lose out in Electric Sky collapse
The collapse of distributor Electric Sky has left dozens of UK indies out of pocket to the collective tune of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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Amazing Spaces’ George Clarke launches indie
Amazing Spaces presenter George Clarke has established a production company and won his first commission: a Channel 4 property series co-produced with Betty.
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Mishal Husain hails women on the frontline
BBC Radio 4 Today programme presenter Mishal Husain has hailed the role that women can play in reporting from the frontline of conflict zones.
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Eleven Film’s plans for C4 cash
Eleven Film will use its Growth Fund investment from Channel 4 to appoint a drama boss as it bids to add to its burgeoning slate in the genre.
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Sky Vision boss sets out stall
Sky is planning further investment in the UK indie sector as part of a long-term plan to become a primetime production and distribution powerhouse.
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Three in the running for chair of Pact council
Sara Geater, Cat Lewis and Laura Mansfield are battling it out to become Pact council chair in the organisation’s first contested election in at least 14 years.
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BBC Pitch opens for business
The BBC has formally relaunched its e-commissioning system as part of Danny Cohen’s mission to improve indie relations.
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Comment
Diversity: time for the final push
Equalities Act is a stumbling block, but industry must battle on
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News
First-look deals double in 2014
A new generation of indies and film producers turning to TV have contributed to the doubling of first-look distribution deals in 2014.
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BBC reveals bold drama slate
Waterloo Road’s potential successor, a two-part Luther special and an Israeli autism series are among 40-plus hours of drama unveiled by the BBC as it bids to make a case for the licence fee.
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Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen to star in BBC2 drama
Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sir Ian McKellen are to star in a BBC2 adaptation of Sir Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser and BBC1 is planning a drama from a duo of James Bond writers.
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Ofcom mulls investigation into BBC Norfolk DJ rape comments
Ofcom is considering opening an investigation into BBC Radio Norfolk after receiving complaints about comments made by presenter Nick Conrad about rape this week.
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Red triumphs at RTS North West Awards
Red Production Company picked up the judges award for making a significant contribution to the region at the RTS North West Awards as the BBC scooped 16 awards.