All Broadcast articles in 5 June 2015 – Page 2
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News
In brief: GroupM; TOWIE; UTV; Shiver; 12 Yard
GroupM has picked up a gameshow commission for ITV2 as ITVBe has committed to The Only Way Is Essex until at least 2017. Read on for more.
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Critics
TV Critics: Modern Times: Weekend Warriors; Long Lost Family; Doll & Em
“Luke Sewell’s skilful film wasn’t really about the Tough Mudder. It was about modern masculinity and relationships. As such, it was disarmingly intimate.”
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Ratings
Long Lost Family moves 4.5m
WEDNESDAY: Long Lost Family made a solid return to ITV at 9pm as BBC1’s extended Panorama failed to outrun Channel 4.
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News
BBC News extends freeze on compulsory job cuts
The BBC has extended its moratorium on compulsory redundancies for a second time following a meeting with broadcasting unions on Tuesday.
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Features
Work with all the perks
From yoga classes to morning toast, away days and creative ‘breakout’ spaces, there is no shortage of ideas when it comes keeping the TV workforce happy. Will Strauss reports
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News
Screen Yorkshire converts RAF base into production facility
UK funding body Screen Yorkshire has struck a deal with property investors Makin Enterprises to convert a former RAF site in Church Fenton, Yorkshire, into a film and TV production facility.
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Features
Docs in rude ratings health
From series to one-offs, ratings for the past 18 months show documentaries remain a key part of the schedule - and putting ‘cats’ in the title usually pays off. Stephen Price examines the figures.
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News
Discovery launches SVoD service
Discovery is launching a general entertainment and live sports subscription VoD service across Europe.
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News
The Farm to take on post for UKTV in-house team
Soho-based post-production company The Farm is to run the post operation of UKTV’s newly formed in-house creative department, which will produce more than 2,500 on-air promos and 300 pieces of navigational content from July.
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Behind The Scenes
Britain's Busiest Airport, ITV
Ensuring our ob-doc series would avoid becoming a puff piece for the UK’s biggest airport demanded buy-in from every corner of this ‘mini city’, writes executive producer Tim Wardle
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Features
Where the BBC axe could fall
With the corporation facing tough negotiations over charter renewal and the licence fee, Neil Midgley takes a look at where further cuts might be made
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Behind The Scenes
The Tribe, C4
With long days, floods and intense heat, C4’s first foreign fixed-rig series took me out of my comfort zone, says Paddy Wivell. But focusing on the basics of storytelling carried us through
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Features
Roundtable: the future of factual
Film-makers discuss the state of the genre, from brands’ over-the-top demands in exchange for access to the impact of subscription platforms and BBC3’s move online. Robin Parker reports
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The Broadcast Interview
Sean McAllister: A Syrian Love Story
Seasoned documentary-maker Sean McAllister talks to George Bevir about filming during the Arab Spring, and why commissioning editors should reject the urge to play it safe
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Features
Nigel Slater: Eating Together
Create a striking look and sound design for the six-part cookery series.
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Features
T.Rex Autopsy
Bring to life a Tyrannosaurus rex in a six-week timeframe to illustrate how the creature looked and behaved
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News
Films at 59 set to lay off staff after dip in turnover
Films at 59 is to make 15% of its workforce redundant following a slower than expected start to the year.
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Comment
Capturing reality to dramatic effect
Drama elements enhance a documentary, but it’s real life that packs the punch, says Ruth Kelly
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Comment
British TV depends on a licence fee-funded BBC
If the corporation’s critics have their way, we will all be in trouble, says Andrew Chowns
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Comment
Want to write for the BBC? Welcome to the breadline
Bernie Corbett argues that the BBC’s offer of a 1% hike in fees for writers is derisory