All Broadcast articles in 27 January 2012 – Page 4
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CommentBritain's Gay Footballers, BBC3
Homosexuality is the last great taboo in football – which made producing a doc about it genuinely challenging, writes David DeHaney.
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NewsDPP creates landmark file format agreement
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Channel 5, S4C and UKTV have agreed the UK’s first common file format, structure and wrapper for the file-based delivery of programmes.
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NewsMolinare signs AAM deal
Post house Molinare will offer digital cinema services after signing an agreement with Arts Alliance Media (AAM).
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NewsFirst Sony F65s reach UK
The first Sony F65s will be delivered to UK dealers CVP and Top Teks this week.Sony said that around 400 of the 8K cameras have been pre-ordered globally. There will be an initial batch of 11 in Europe, with the UK dealers to receive three cameras each.Sony’s UK media channel ...
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Vislink opens office in Australia
Wireless, video and IP technology company Vislink has opened a sales and support office in Melbourne, Australia.
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NewsConnected TV takes over
Connected TVs are expected to dominate global TV shipments this year, with 80% of TV units shipped by 2015 predicted to be internet enabled, according to research from Futuresource Consulting.
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MPs back creative skills scheme
A Skillset-backed report calling for better training across the creative sector has won the backing of culture secretary Jeremy Hunt and business secretary Vince Cable.
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NewsOfcom proposes core principles for digital future
OXFORD: Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has outlined proposals for regulation in the digital future - but rejected the idea of a “single super regulator”.
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NewsSimon Cowell teams with Will Smith for DJ talent show
X Factor mogul Simon Cowell is developing a live DJ talent show with Hollywood stars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith.
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NewsThompson emails staff on DQF rejections
BBC director general Mark Thompson has written to staff to warn more cuts may have to be made following the Trust’s rejection of several of its Delivering Quality First plans.
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NewsBBC reveals iPlayer data usage plans
OXFORD: The BBC is working on “ambitious” plans to use licence fee payer data to serve online audiences better.
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NewsBBC local radio cuts rejected
The BBC will have to find a further £10m savings as the Trust has rejected proposals around cuts to local radio and current affairs.
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NewsBennett to outline BBC3 vision
BBC3 boss Zai Bennett is to explain his vision for the channel at the next RTS Futures event and will invite producers to pitch fresh ideas.
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NewsChoccywoccydoodah heads to Lat Am
Good Food’s cake shop series Choccywoccydoodah has been snapped up by Fox Latin American Channels.
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NewsPsychic Challenge picked up in Chile
Zodiak Rights has secured its first Latin American format deal for reality show Psychic Challenge.
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NewsStrictly to be remade in Panama
Strictly Come Dancing is to remade for audiences in Panama, expanding the format’s reach in Latin America.
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NewsMoore picks up Lansdown's reins at BBC3
BBC head of documentaries Charlotte Moore is taking on the role vacated by Harry Lansdown earlier this month.
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RatingsJunior Doctors returns with 1.15m
TUESDAY: BBC3’s hit ob doc series Junior Doctors returned with more than a million viewers, easily winning the multichannel primetime slot.
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NewsC4 docs get Oscar nominations
Two Channel 4-backed documentaries, Hell and Back Again and Saving Face, have been nominated for Oscars.
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NewsBBC wins praise for dangerous dogs doc
The Pet Education Trust (PET) has praised the BBC1 documentary Death Row Dogs for further highlighting concerns about the Dangerous Dogs Act.