All Broadcast articles in 29 October 2010 – Page 2
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28 Oct '10
“It wasn’t a film that was interested in questioning the popular narrative of human spirit triumphant.” Read on for more of last night’s reviews.
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NewsHullabaloo Studios to close
Manchester post-production facility Hullabaloo Studios is to be wound up resulting in the loss of eight jobs.
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NewsReliance Mediaworks expands to tap conversion market
Reliance Mediaworks, the owner of Soho’s iLab, is expanding its visual effects capability in London with a view to post converting 2D features and TV projects into stereo 3D.
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NewsHotCam rolls out X Factor multi-camera rig
Equipment hire company HotCam is making the multi-camera custom studio rig that it devised for The X Factor available to other television producers.
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News3D TV faces ‘cultural limitations’
A professor of graphics and imaging from Cambridge University has warned that despite the current push, 3D TV could still have too many cultural and technical limitations to go mainstream in the UK.
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FeaturesLondon’s loss is the north-west’s gain
The BBC’s move to MediaCityUK in Salford is expected to have a galvanising effect on the region’s TV industry. Will Strauss reports on the issues raised at Broadcast’s roundtable of northern indies
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NewsBin Weevils kids’ site in major content push
Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are to distribute 200 hours of ondemand content as a social video service on kids’ virtual 3D world Bin Weevils.
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NewsMillion Pound Drop back with online success
Channel 4’s The Million Pound Drop has kicked off with 127,000 people playing along online, beating the record for a single episode of 102,000 set during the first series.
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The Broadcast InterviewMade In… Shepherds Bush
Following a string of hits including In The Loop, Tamara Drewe and Made In Dagenham, BBC Films creative director Christine Langan is out to target younger audiences. Catherine Neilan reports
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Behind The ScenesBehind the Scenes: The Love Bus
Ten episodes, 10 locations, shot in five days on a clapped-out, 1960s double-decker. Ben Rigden explains why he loves making low-budget telly
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NewsBBCW signs deal to provide in-flight channels for BA
British Airways passengers will be able to watch BBC shows on four branded channels from December following a deal with BBC Worldwide.
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NewsSky adds 3D magic to Christmas comedy short
Sky is filming one of its Little Crackers comedy shorts in 3D as it bids to add a dose of “magical realism” to the show.
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NewsWorld Service faces overhaul
The director of BBC Global News, Peter Horrocks, has told World Service staff they must adopt “the most radical way of working in any international news operation in the world” to cope with cuts of £67m - to its current budget.
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NewsSony set for Sky EPG slot in move into UK market
Sony Pictures Television is poised to move into the UK linear channel market for the first time and is on the brink of a deal to buy a Sky EPG slot.
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NewsBBC to create digital ‘laboratory’
The BBC is planning to modernise how it develops scripted content by creating a “laboratory” designed to test out the next generation of digital and TV formats.
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NewsTalkBack's Geater stays as chief exec
Sara Geater has become Talkback Thames’ permanent chief executive after being interim boss for the past four months.
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NewsHim And Her returns for a second series on BBC3
BBC3 has commissioned a second series of comedy Him And Her - the most successful sitcom launched on the channel to date.
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NewsOfcom to publish full regional quota data
The details of public service broadcasters’ compliance with their out of London (OOL) quotas will be published in full for the first time next year, when Ofcom outlines an improved register of all programmes made outside the capital.
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NewsCPL hires Oakes to lead commercial content strategy
CPL Productions has appointed its first commercial director as it seeks to wring more value out of its content.