All Broadcast articles in 5 December 2013
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NewsTurning it up to 10
Audio has a huge role to play in creating the overall Strictly Come Dancing experience, says sound supervisor Andy Tapley.
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RatingsWild Burma tames C4 Cats
It remains difficult for me to see a polystyrene cup without wanting to pick it up, place it between my teeth and launch into “sitting at my piano the other day”, followed by throwing an imaginary ball into a paper bag.
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RatingsCops crack it for ITV3
Did the comet Ison have the cosmos’s most useless satnav? After 3 million years of travel, its command was: ‘In 1 million miles take the second exit and head for the big, hot yellow thing.’
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RatingsFairytale result for Disney Jr
The big football-centric beasts may be spending the sort of money that would make Croesus blush, and dominating the press in an Alpha sort of way, but sometimes the big news is about a cartoon princess who turns into a mermaid to visit an underwater city. Oh, and tow trucks.
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RatingsLast but not least for BBC1
How on earth did it get to be December? I had weeks, if not months, to do my Christmas shopping and now, suddenly, there are just a handful of days left.
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RatingsDoctor beats all-comers
It’s a bit like the giant spot on an adolescent’s nose that springs up right on cue as the first date approaches: really hard to miss. But just in case you didn’t spot the BBC’s subtle marketing, Doctor Who was 50 on 23 November (though the Doctor himself is rather ...
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NewsOff the Fence sells 50 hours to Canadian broadcaster
Distributor Off the Fence has sold 50 hours of content to Radio Canada’s French-language Pay TV channel Explora.
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NewsToast to return to C4
Channel 4 comedy Toast of London is returning for a second series next year despite recording low ratings for its first run.
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NewsDSP Mandela doc to air across Discovery network
Discovery Networks International will premiere a Darlow Smithson Productions documentary about the late South African leader Nelson Mandela in the UK tonight.
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RatingsNelson Mandela coverage peaks with 6m for BBC1
BBC1’s coverage of the death of Nelson Mandela was seen by a peak audience of 6.1m on Thursday.
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PodcastTalking TV: Gogglebox and C4 ratings
Discover why the 2011 riots inspired Gogglebox and hear more analysis of Channel 4’s 2013 ratings blues on Broadcast’s latest Talking TV podcast.
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NewsProducers honoured at WFTV Awards
Producers Pippa Harris and Danielle Lux are among those to have been honoured at the 2013 Women in Film and Television Awards.
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NewsTen Alps eyes profitability after cutting losses
Ten Alps has cut its operating losses to just over £500,000 after a “relatively encouraging” first half of its financial year.
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NewsHarris Broadcast to acquire Imagine Communications
Harris Broadcast is set to acquire Imagine Communications.
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NewsPion launches image processor for event, OBs and ENG feeds
Pion has launched its first product, a GPU-based image processing system for outside broadcasts and live events.
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NewsA modern archive
Delivering file-based archive content moves the industry one step closer to fully tapeless workflows, says ITN Source’s Kathey Battrick.
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NewsFox buys Project Parking licences for Avid archive
Fox International Channels (FIC) UK has purchased three licences for Project Parking from content workflows and media integration software firm Marquis Broadcast.
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NewsWarner Bros De Lane Lea completes Soho refurb
Warner Bros De Lane Lea has put the finishing touches to the latest round of upgrades at the Soho facility.
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NewsBBC spends £1.3m on Manchester flights
BBC executives have spent more than £1.3m on flights to Salford over the past two years.
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ERA recruits Bluegfx's Irven
Reseller ERA has recruited Danny Irven to the role of technical sales consultant.