All Broadcast articles in 7 October 2011 – Page 6
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AMWA, EBU and SMPTE plot greater cooperation
Three media industry trade bodies have announced plans for “unprecedented” collaboration in a bid to drive common standards and increase interoperability among media organisations.
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NewsEU blocks pubs showing "decoded" Premier League games
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the FA Premier League cannot prevent the sale of foreign decoder cards for domestic use but broadcasting matches publicly is an offence.
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NewsHorror Channel schedules "banned" season
Chello Zone’s Horror Channel has acquired eight of the “most controversial films made in the history of horror” for a new season of content dubbed Season of the Banned.
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NewsSunset+Vine hire FM exec
Sports indie Sunset+Vine has appointed a FremantleMedia exec as its new commercial director as part of its push to become a more global business.
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NewsJapan to explore Wild Wales
MIPCOM: Content Television has sold BBC2 doc Wild Wales to NHK Japan – one of several new deals from its Cardiff-based Content West portfolio.
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NewsJamie Oliver gets new Dutch home
MIPCOM: FremantleMedia Enterprises has secured a five-year deal with Fox International Channels that will see new digital channel 24Kitchen become the new home for Jamie Oliver series in the Netherlands.
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NewsZodiak acquires ITN’s Showmen
MIPCOM: A new Channel 5 series that follows fairground families has been picked up for global distribution by Zodiak Rights.
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NewsDancing on Ice slides to Greece
MIPCOM: ITV format Dancing on Ice is to be remade in Greece in a series of new deals that will also see Four Weddings adapted for Romania and Come Dine With Me served up in Eastern Europe.
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NewsBarb planning ratings update
Barb plans to launch a cross industry forum that will aim to establish a more coherent way of measuring total TV consumption.
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NewsBBC ties with Ridley Scott on crowdsourced doc
The BBC is working with director Ridley Scott to capture a snapshot of a day in Britain using footage submitted by people from across the country.
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NewsMediasmiths opens Belfast R&D unit
Technology consultancy Mediasmiths has opened a research and development facility in Belfast.
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NewsSingular Software to add support for FCPX
Workflow automation software company Singular Software is updating its audio and video synchronisation tools to support Apple’s Final Cut Pro X.
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NewsNEP Cymru covers surfing contest
Outside broadcast firm NEP Cymru is set to trial a new camera setup at the Quiksilver Pro France surfing contest that begins today.
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NewsAlias invests in Alexa
Alias Hire has invested £100,000 in an Arri Alexa camera, lenses and grip equipment.
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NewsHorse & Country TV forms Euro network
Horse & Country TV has joined forces with two European equestrian broadcasters to form a specialist network with a combined potential reach of 35 million homes.
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NewsBBC staff encouraged to contact DG over cuts
Mark Thompson has told staff they can email him “any time” following tomorrow’s Delivering Quality First announcements, which will see budget cuts of around 20% totalling £1.3bn.
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RatingsBake Off final serves 4.6m
TUESDAY: The final of this year’s Great British Bake Off cooked up one of BBC2’s biggest audiences of the year to date.
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NewsSoho Editors joins Avid training scheme
Soho Editors Training has joined Avid’s Learning Partner programme.
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NewsBBC1 acquires Usain Bolt doc
MIPCOM: BBC1 has secured a new two-part documentary about Olympic and 100m record holder Usain Bolt.