All Broadcast articles in 8 July 2016 – Page 3
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News
Eikon doubles space with move to Golden Square
Soho post house Eikon is moving to a new facility on Golden Square that is more than twice the size of its previous HQ on Poland Street.
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Arena looks to boost OB fleet on back of Sky deal
Arena Television will “start to look beyond its current OB truck build programme” after winning the contract to provide OB facilities for Sky Sports’ rugby union coverage.
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SNK adds three suites in London facility expansion
SNK Studios is spending £500,000 expanding its Tottenham Court Road facility as its attempts to position itself firmly in the middle of London’s audio postproduction market.
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Critics
TV Critics: Boy Meets Girl; Britain’s Lost Waterlands; Versailles
“It is the most old-fashioned comedy on television.”
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Behind The Scenes
Undressed, TLC
It’s 9am on day one of our auditions. The casting team are briefing a room of diverse women aged between 19 and 62 in preparation for their interviews, to be filmed in their bra and pants.
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Comment
Digital threat intensifies for TV
Social media giants are gaining the upper hand, says Kate Bulkley
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ITV Hub looks to build on Love Island success
ITV is planning to bridge the gap between its commissioning and multiplatform teams following the runaway success of Love Island online.
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CuriosityStream ready for blast-off
CuriosityStream, the ‘Netflix for documentaries’ that recently commissioned UK indies Arrow Media and Bigger Bang, has outlined its growth strategy a year after launching in the US.
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Kids producers prepare for Brexit
A panel of children’s TV executives have pointed to the resilience of the sector in the face of the threat to growth from Brexit.
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BBC2 vision in the spotlight
Senior figures have backed the plan to make BBC2 the home of authored programming, and urged new channel editor Patrick Holland to cast the net wide to find distinctive voices.
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C4 entertainment chief lifts lid on Eden project
Channel 4 head of entertainment Liam Humphreys has lifted the lid on Eden, the blank-slate format that is among the broadcaster’s flagship shows for 2017.
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Top Gear: the inside track
Chris Evans paid the price for attempting to transfer his off-the-cuff approach to live programming to Top Gear, and for underestimating the enormity of the production.
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Comment
Rejig rewards Tony Hall lieutenants
James Purnell and Charlotte Moore are the big winners as their personal empires grow, says Chris Curtis
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Purnell explains BBC Children's move
BBC Children’s new home as part of the strategy and education department will enable the corporation to learn from the “frontline” of changing audience behaviours, according to James Purnell.
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Channel 4 to replenish Growth Fund
Channel 4’s Growth Fund is primed to be extended beyond its initial £20m investment pot and is expected to deliver its first return within 12 months.
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Studio Hamburg launches UK arm
Studio Hamburg Production Group has launched a UK production arm, which will be overseen by BFI executive Vivien Muller-Rommel.
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Sky plans Duck Quacks for kids
Sky 1 shows Duck Quacks Don’t Echo and Big Cats are to be remade for youngsters as the broadcaster continues to push into children’s content.
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Waheed Alli: contestable funding is a BBC time bomb
Labour peer Waheed Alli has warned that the proposed £60m contestable funding pot for children’s TV is a “ticking time bomb” for the BBC licence fee.
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Ratings
C4 exposes 1.8m to Life Stripped Bare
TUESDAY: Princess Productions’ one-off exposé of consumerism, Life Stripped Bare, performed confidently for Channel 4 as BBC1 drama The Living and the Dead shed 1m viewers.
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Drama enters The Red Tent
UKTV’s scripted channel Drama has acquired Old Testament mini-series The Red Tent.