All Broadcast articles in 27 May 2016 – Page 2
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Comment
BBC drama can only thrive with ambitious leadership
Whoever takes the helm will need to have strong creative vision - and a thick skin
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News
BBC extends Alice Webb and Joe Godwin’s roles
BBC children’s boss Alice Webb and Academy director Joe Godwin have had their roles extended under changes announced by director general Tony Hall.
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Ratings
Secret Life Of The Human Pups lacks bite
WEDNESDAY: Secret Life Of The Human Pups’ bark proved bigger than its bite, as Channel 4’s heavily trailed documentary failed to pull in a big audience.
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Comment
eSports makes a play for TV
Gaming could sit next to football on Sky or BT Sport, says Kate Bulkley
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News
C4 turns spotlight on teenage mums
The stories of five teenage mothers will be told in a one-off documentary for Channel 4.
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Features
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Create more than 300 shots, including a CG world that features Athens above a magical forest, for Russell T. Davis’ adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic.
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Features
My Beautiful Broken Brain
VFX for the film by Lotje Sodderland, David Lynch and director Sophie Robinson about Sodderland in the weeks after she woke from an induced coma following a stroke.
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News
Tony Jordan pens Barbara Windsor biopic
Former EastEnders writer Tony Jordon is to create a 90-minute biopic about actress Dame Barbara Windsor’s life to air on BBC1 later this year.
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Critics
TV Critics: Going Going Gone; Hidden Killers; The Making Of An Ice Princes
“You did not need to share Broomfield’s nostalgia to admire these two sad, belligerent portraits of communities that were allowed to die.”
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News
EuNetworks expands to MediaCityUK
Fibre infrastructure provider EuNetworks has expanded its Media Connect connectivity and cloud access offering into Salford’s MediaCityUK.
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News
Outpost VFX strengthens team with new recruit
Outpost VFX has recruited Geraint Hixson to the role of VFX producer.
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News
Megahertz opens office in Singapore for local project
UK-headquartered systems integrator Megahertz has opened an office in Singapore.
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News
Cooke Optics wide-angle zoom to make UK debut
Cooke Optics’ new 35-140mm Anamorphic/i wide angle zoom (pictured) will make its UK debut at next month’s Media Production Show in London.
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News
Spun Gold builds in-house facility
Spun Gold is setting up an in-house post-production facility in a bid to boost profit margins in the face of stagnant production budgets.
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News
NewTek and Marquis join up for automated workflow
NewTek has partnered with Marquis Broadcast to enable automated ingest of content to Avid.
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News
China's BISLT buys into OB truck maker ASGB
Outside broadcast truck builder A. Smith Gt. Bentley (ASGB) has agreed to sell a 60% stake in the business to BISLT, the holding company of Chinese coachbuilding firm New Long March.
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News
Vislink unveils camera-mounted 4K UHD encoder
Vislink has launched Ultralite, a lightweight 4K UHD video encoder system that mounts onto a camera to provide broadcasters with an end-to-end wireless 4K UHD live video solution.
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News
Cantemo releases update for MAM system Portal 2.4
Cantemo has released the latest version of its media asset management system Cantemo Portal 2.4.
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Comment
TV and online worlds collide
Netflix, touted for years as the bogeyman for linear broadcasters, is beginning to work closely with its traditional rivals in the latest phase of its global expansion.