All Broadcast articles in 22 January 2016 – Page 3
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NewsClear Cut switches offline suite to Avid Symphony
Clear Cut Pictures has converted an offline suite at its Bloomsbury facility to an Avid Symphony online and grading suite (pictured) capable of working in both HD and Ultra HD.
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NewsFoundry’s Mari team to be recognised with award
The development team behind Mari, The Foundry’s texture painting software, will be honoured at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ annual Scientific and Technical Awards next month.
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NewsEMA and MovieLabs release specification
The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) and MovieLabs have released the Media Manifest Delivery Core (MMDC) specification, a simplified schema for the delivery of online media assets related to feature films and TV shows.
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NewsNetworking bid to help women in non-craft roles
A networking and discussion group for women working in non-craft roles in television has been launched.
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NewsBase Media migrates data for Loft London
Base Media Cloud has helped digital media and post firm Loft London move its ongoing content and media projects from Chiswick to a new site in St Johns Wood.
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NewsThe Getaway Car, BBC1
Design, animate and produce the branding and graphics for a new Saturday night show in which five couples go head to head on a series of driving and quizzing challenges.
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FeaturesJericho, ITV
Complete conform, grade and VFX, and deliver the 8 x 60-minute drama about a shanty town in the Yorkshire Dales that springs up around the construction of a railway viaduct in the 1870s.
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NewsFountain Studios sale causes alarm
TV execs have voiced frustration that Greater London’s diminishing stock of TV studios is set to decrease further following the sale of Fountain Studios’ premises to a property developer.
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NewsKevin Lygo primed for ITV renewal
ITV’s incoming director of television Kevin Lygo will have to call upon all his quick wit, charm and industry nous to tackle a number of creative challenges brewing at the broadcaster.
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NewsBT takes first step into VR with basketball trial
BT Sport has taken its first step into virtual reality – trialling an immersive experience at the NBA Global Games clash at the O2 arena in London last week.
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NewsBBC overhaul a ‘taste of future’
The BBC’s dramatic TV leadership changes will be a taste of things to come as the corporation bids to make £550m of savings under its new funding agreement.
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CommentBBC and ITV enter new eras
BBC reshuffle in spotlight as ITV prepares for life after Fincham
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NewsMark Linsey unpicks BBC reshuffle
Mark Linsey has revealed how the BBC’s radical TV restructure will work in practice and clarified the division of responsibilities between himself and new content supremo Charlotte Moore.
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NewsTracey Ullman’s Show, BBC1
Complete offline and picture post for Tracey Ullman’s 6 x 30-minute sketch show.
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NewsSBTV partners with PA
Digital music brand SBTV has partnered with the Press Association to launch an online video news service aimed at young audiences.
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NewsDame Janet Smith report due in six weeks
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 to be published within the next six weeks – after launching more than three years ago.
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NewsComedy chief Myfanwy Moore exits BBC
BBC controller of comedy production Myfanwy Moore is to leave the corporation after two years “to pursue new challenges” from next month.
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NewsEvans vetoes new Top Gear producer
The reboot of Top Gear has run into more trouble after the BBC’s preferred replacement for executive producer Lisa Clark was vetoed by presenter Chris Evans.
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RatingsPhone Shop Idol fails to connect
TUESDAY: BBC2’s Phone Shop Idol failed to connect viewers – as ITV’s Saved sunk to become the last-placed terrestrial show at 9pm.
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NewsC4 study finds men twice as likely to appear on TV
Men are twice as likely to appear on primetime television as women, according to a study commissioned by Channel 4.