All Broadcast articles in 3 February 2017 – Page 2
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Features
Boost for kids’ production
A government plan to give children’s programming a share of a contestable funding pot has met with cautious optimism, but questions remain over how it will work.
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The Broadcast Interview
Sarah Muller, C5
Channel 5’s new head of children’s Sarah Muller speaks to Ann-Marie Corvin about improving its digital offering, working with Viacom - and finding the next Peppa Pig
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News
BBC3 acquires Irish comedy-drama
BBC3 has acquired Irish millennial comedy-drama Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope from Line of Duty distributor Content Media.
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News
VFX duo set up northern post-production facility
Bafta award-winning VFX artist Chris Birks has teamed up with Chris Brearley to launch a post-production facility in West Yorkshire.
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News
Evolutions bolsters team with dubbing mixer hire
Evolutions has recruited dubbing mixer Dan Chapman from The Farm.
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Ratings
Women Who Kill locks up 800k
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4 documentary Women Who Kill pulled in an audience in line with slot average.
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News
Trump ban to affect ITN Oscar trip
ITN Productions has landed its first Oscar nomination for Watani: My Homeland, though US president Donald Trump’s refugee travel ban may prevent the film’s Syrian subjects from attending the LA ceremony.
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News
In brief: Eleventh Hour; House Productions
Safe House indie Eleventh Hour and Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s House Producitons have each made senior hires.
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Features
A remarkable survivor
It’s been 25 years since Jools Holland ambled into shot and introduced the first artists to appear on Later – a quartercentury of steadfastness in a world of music that never stands still.
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News
Turner backs Bigballs
US media firm Turner has acquired a stake in You, Me and the Apocalypse co-producer Bigballs Media.
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News
BBC underestimated licence fee evasion
The BBC has underestimated the level of licence fee evasion and will struggle to meet its targets to reduce it by 2020, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO).
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Critics
TV Critics: The British Empire; The Great Literary Scandal; Hospital
“It is a bit too diplomatic for such deeply divided and egregious times.”
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The Broadcast Interview
25 years of Later… With Jools Holland
The team reflect on its inauspicious start and the reasons for its longevity
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Comment
We are all to blame for Trump
Reality TV spawned this dystopian nightmare, says Steven D Wright
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News
Showdown at Realscreen
US producers and broadcasters face off in debate around falling margins and rising costs
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News
Games developer urges TV writers to experiment
Former Tern TV head of digital Simon Meek has urged TV writers and directors to embrace games production as he prepares to launch a second interactive adventure.
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News
Sky Vision hunts drama partners
Sky Vision is hunting for new forms of drama funding as it ramps up its own investment in the genre following its acquisition of Chrysalis Vision.
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News
Indies question BBC tender process
The BBC tendering process is in the spotlight after BBC Studios fought off competition from more than a dozen indies to win the first competitive pitch to make A Question Of Sport.
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News
BBC and ITV set to revamp daytime schedules
ITV is eyeing “marmite” daytime formats that can move into primetime, while the BBC is searching for diverse, live series that appeal to the whole country, as both broadcasters freshen up their daytime schedules.