All Broadcast articles in 26 February 2016 – Page 3
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CommentDear diary, what of TV’s future?
Can we trust tomorrow’s shows to today’s teens? asks Steven D Wright
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FeaturesThe Last Leg, C4
Create an epic new title sequence for The Last Leg in which the presenters battle through a fierce storm to make it to the studio.
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FeaturesStag, BBC2
Provide full post-production for a 3 x 60-minute dark comedy about a deer-stalking expedition in the Scottish Highlands.
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FeaturesFight Night London: UFC Breakdown
Complete grade, audio and online on a 1 x 60-minute show previewing an upcoming UFC bout between Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping.
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NewsAbraham hails terrestrial TV and sets out vision for C4
BVE 2016: Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham hailed the importance of terrestrial TV during his keynote speech at BVE earlier this week.
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NewsEnders: embrace short-form to reach millennials
Media brands must create short-form video to take advantage of ‘Swiss army knife-style’ smartphones, if they are to meet millennials’ platform-switching habits.
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NewsDiscovery talks tough on pay-TV
Discovery has hinted that it may offer exclusive content or channels to UK pay-TV platforms, given the intense competition between the likes of Sky, Virgin Media and BT.
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NewsSTV boss upbeat despite production revenue dip
STV chief executive Rob Woodward has claimed that the tide is already turning for the broadcaster’s production arm, despite it failing to hit its revenue targets for the second year in a row.
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NewsTransparent TV targets daytime and digital push
A Very British Brothel producer Transparent Television is making a new push on daytime formats and BBC3-style multiplatform projects as it eyes its next stage of growth.
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NewsBBC refreshes daytime line-up
Dan McGolpin has argued that there is still much work to be done to revamp BBC daytime, despite unveiling more than 70 hours of fresh commissions and a record order of Pointless this week.
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NewsUKTV eyes Freeview move for more pay-TV channels
UKTV is considering making more of its pay-TV channels available for free as it gears up to launch Home on Freeview next month.
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CommentTime to tackle licence fee process
Consensus is that last summer’s agreement was unsatisfactory
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NewsEU vote could delay TV issues
Culture secretary John Whittingdale’s decision to campaign for the UK to leave the European Union could delay critical decisions over the future of the BBC and Channel 4, according to industry figures.
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NewsIndustry confronts Brexit fears
Producers and distributors have begun to draw up transition plans for if the country votes to leave the European Union.
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NewsIn brief: RTS; BBC Music; Denhams; Monterosa
A raft of industry executives have been recognised by the RTS while the BBC has unveiled a music app. Click for more
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CommentWhy The X Factor remains on song
Executive producer Richard Holloway explains why The X Factor remains part of the fabric of the nation, despite declines in ratings and reports of the show’s demise
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NewsHolloway: X Factor part of the ‘fabric of the nation’
Richard Holloway has argued that The X Factor is as much a part of the “fabric of the nation” as Coronation Street and expects the ITV format to continue for “many years to come”.
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RatingsC4's Lost Tribe doc locates 2.4m
TUESDAY: Channel 4 doc Lost Tribe of the Amazon located a larger audience than BBC2 and ITV as Who’s The Boss? and The Inspectors Are Coming struggled.
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NewsRoots to world premiere at MIPTV
A+E Studios’ adaptation of Roots is to receive its world premiere at MIPTV in Cannes on April 4.
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Behind The ScenesThe Prosecutors, BBC4
You learn to be patient when there’s no guarantee you’ll be able to use the cases you’re following, say Sara Hardy and Blue Ryan