All Broadcast articles in 3 October 2013 – Page 3
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NewsTCB grows with 40 indie deals
TCB Media Rights, the international distributor formed by former Cineflix Rights boss Paul Heaney, is expanding its programming pipeline and is heading to Mipcom with new shows from a client base of 40 UK indies.
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NewsCCTV snaps up fact ent formats
Supernanny and Secret Millionaire are to be remade in China as the country’s burgeoning appetite for factual entertainment formats continues to grow.
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Features
Broadcast in Salford: in pictures
The great and the good of TV in the north came together for Broadcast and dock10’s joint party to round off a week of briefings and roundtables at Salford’s MediaCityUK
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CommentWho wants to be cool anyway?
Now that TV is no longer hip, my weekends won’t be the same, says Steven D Wright
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NewsDiscovery raids YouTube for stars of tomorrow
Discovery Networks International is to hand YouTube stars Pixiwoo a segment in a forthcoming beauty series and is stepping up its use of the site as a resource for discovering new talent.
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FeaturesMediaCityUK: Assessing the benefit
Broadcast’s roundtable discusses the impact of the TV hub
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FeaturesStudios lose out on shoots
A lack of capacity is forcing co-productions into post-industrial spaces or overseas
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The Broadcast InterviewWayne Borg, Twofour54
The media landscape is changing minute by minute in the digital age.
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CommentDiversity problem won’t fix itself
Every time Skillset’s census emerges, the industry professes shock and disappointment
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CommentBuilding a kids’ brand takes more than a great story
Integrating content and products is key, says Michael Carrington
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NewsITV & C4 among Emmy winners
ITV, Channel 4 and UK indies including Hardcash and Clover Films were among the winners at the Emmys and International Emmys.
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NewsVince Cable pledges support for creative industries
Business secretary Vince Cable has pledged to offer greater support to the creative industries, acknowledging that it “doesn’t get the attention or the recognition it deserves” within government.
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NewsNickelodeon orders Zig Zag slo-mo gameshow
Nickelodeon has ordered Zig Zag’s slow motion, physical gameshow Split / Second to series for its website.
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NewsGinx TV expands footprint with Player Channel purchase
International video game broadcaster Ginx TV is expanding its global reach after acquiring betting network The Player Channel.
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NewsFormer ITVS exec launches distributor
Former ITV Studios exec Gary McDonagh has set up an international distribution company called Silverkite Media.
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NewsBBC4 channel editor named
BBC history, science and natural history commissioner Cassian Harrison has been appointed channel editor of BBC4.
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CommentBAFTA Scholarship Programme 2013
Drive and determination can only take you so far says BBC Academy’s Anne Morrison
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NewsBBC2 returns to The Fixer
BBC2 has commissioned a third series of Alex Polizzi – The Fixer from Twofour, in which the former hotelier will attempt to change the fate of failing family firms.
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NewsNew fund hunts UK projects
The UK has been earmarked as a prime market in which to offer financial support for kids, documentary and drama projects by European investor GD Investment Fund.