All Broadcast articles in 6 August 2015 – Page 3
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How to build a career in docs
Daniel Dewsbury shares what he’s learned from the best in the business
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US networks reveal plans at Critics tour
The Television Critics Association (TCA) summer tour being held this week in Los Angeles is the US equivalent of the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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Top Gear’s new boss in spotlight
Top Gear will be in safe hands with former Porsche 911 driver Lisa Clark at the wheel with her old friend Chris Evans, according to her former colleagues.
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How Amazon secured the Top Gear team
Producer Andy Wilman’s full interview, which reveals the promise of a big budget and creative freedom sealed the deal for the SVoD service
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C5 plans Lip Sync litmus test
Channel 5 will use buzzy, karaoke-style format Lip Sync Battle as a litmus test for its entertainment strategy next year.
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C4’s privatisation phoney war
Will overseas interest convince the government to explore a sale, asks Chris Curtis?
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C4 confident of public future
Channel 4 is quietly confident of staving off privatisation despite chancellor George Osborne lining up a £32bn sell-off of public assets.
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Liberty Global boss: ITV a content 'case study'
Liberty Global chief executive Mike Fries has revealed that the cable giant is using its ITV investment as a “case study” for its content strategy and underlined it had “no intention” of launching a full takeover.
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Procam rebrands US hire facility
HotCam New York has been rebranded as Procam New York, following the latter’s purchase of the US hire facility in March.
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Wimbledon Studios reopens for business
The tenant of Wimbledon Studios has reopened the facility for hire by TV and film productions.
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Discovery hit by net income fall
Discovery Communications struggled with a foreign currency crunch, a content write-off and costs relating to its recent acquisition of Eurosport as net income dropped 25% in the last quarter.
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Ed Sayer leaves Nat Geo for Discovery
Discovery Networks International has boosted its commissioning team by hiring Nat Geo’s Ed Sayer.
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Training funds opened to kids' producers
Children’s live-action producers are now able to benefit from funding from the Skills Investment Fund having secured its status as a tax break sector.
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Technicolor readies for UK HDR grading service
Technicolor has begun the process of rolling out its high dynamic range (HDR) grading offering in the UK and France.
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Fox to air Adult Swim block
UK pay-TV channel Fox is launching an Adult Swim-branded block after striking a deal with Turner Broadcasting.
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Arrow commemorates Battle of Britain for C4
Arrow Media will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with two documentaries for Channel 4.
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BBC trials VR to support blue-chip nature series
The BBC is hoping to capture underwater virtual reality footage of some of the world’s most spectacular marine animals as part of a range of innovative content to support live natural history series Big Blue Live.
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Presteigne adopts Calrec desk
Presteigne Broadcast Hire has added Calrec’s Artemis Shine audio desk to its equipment roster.
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Sky to air controversial Scientology doc
Sky has confirmed that documentary Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief will air in the UK and Ireland next month, despite pressure from the Church of Scientology to shelve the film.
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V-Ray for Maya update
The Chaos Group has released V-Ray 3.1 for Maya with 100 new and modified features