All Broadcast articles in 26 February 2015 – Page 4
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News
The Bastard Executioner to film in Wales
The Bastard Executioner, the latest project from Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, is to be shot in Wales from March.
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Crackit finds disaster homes for C5
Channel 5 is to investigate domestic disasters including family homes being left flooded in raw sewage for a six-part order from Crackit Productions.
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Treasury invests £80m in drama tax credits
The British government spent nearly £80m on tax credits for high-end TV dramas including Wolf Hall and Game of Thrones in the first year of its incentive scheme.
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Ratings
Immigration Street brings in 1.4m
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s controversial documentary Immigration Street failed to make the same waves as its Benefits Street predecessor – pulling in 1.4m viewers.
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ITV orders consumer review format with a twist
ITV has commissioned a Gogglebox-esque format in which families will be filmed in their homes reviewing consumer products.
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Trio of BBC shows lead RTS Awards nominations
Marvellous, Harry & Paul’s Story of the Twos and Happy Valley have all received three nominations for the Royal Television Society Awards 2013/14.
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Critics
TV Critics: Critical; Immigration Street; Mary Portas: Secret Shopper
“If Casualty and Holby are medical drama administered by drip, this is television defibrillation with a triple shot of adrenaline in the arm at the same time.”
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News
Discovery develops 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy for US
US broadcaster Discovery is developing a local version of Sky 1’s 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy.
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Sony debuts 4K monitor
BVE 2015: Sony’s latest Trimaster EL grading monitor was shown in the UK for the first time at BVE.
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Channel 4 uses Aspera for 4oD content transfer
BVE 2015: Channel 4 is working with Aspera for the transfer of its video content to the cloud for video-on-demand service 4oD.
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Molinare boss highlights threat of rising Soho rent
BVE 2015: The spiralling cost of rent in Soho is one of the biggest challenges facing the post-production sector, according to the managing director of Molinare.
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Ratings
Indian Summers becomes C4's biggest drama in 20 years
Indian Summers has become Channel 4’s best performing drama in more than two decades after its opening episode drew a consolidated audience of more than 5m viewers.
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BBC unveils VE Day season
Testimony Films, Fresh One Productions and Oxford Film and Television are among the indies to have picked up commissions as the BBC unveils a season of programming to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
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Features
Guide to...File-Based Storage
With the industry moving to file-based programme delivery, how should all this digital content be stored
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BBC Worldwide Showcase: first deals emerge
BBC Worldwide has struck a slew of deals at its annual programming conference including agreements for forthcoming natural history series The Hunt and a major live music event curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin.
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Comment
Future of hire is in the post
Following Panavision’s purchase of post firm Light Iron in December, Dan Mulligan asks if there is greater emphasis on all-in-one rental models - and makes the case for open-source technology
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News
Danny Cohen aims to rid BBC of 'addiction' to overnight ratings
Danny Cohen will attempt to wean staff off their “addiction” to the overnight ratings by introducing sophisticated internal data, which will also how reveal how the BBC is reaching underserved viewers.
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BBC Trust probes potential EU rule breach over local TV
The BBC Trust is investigating whether EU rules may have been breached after £25m of licence fee funding was ploughed into launching local television.
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In brief: Would I Lie To You?; MTV Trax; DAB trial
Would I Lie To You? returns for a ninth series as MTV launches a mobile music service. Click for more in today’s round-up.
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Behind The Scenes
Africa's Fishing Leopards, BBC2
It took two years to gain the trust of the leopards we were filming. It was worth it, says Brad Bestelink