All Broadcast articles in 9 September 2016 – Page 2
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News
Ross acquires Abekas for server and replay technology
IBC 2016: Ross Video has acquired Abekas, the California-headquartered manufacturer of production servers, delay machines, effects systems and editing kit.
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Kirkham confirmed as BBC factual boss
Back In Time For Dinner commissioner Alison Kirkham has been confirmed as the BBC’s head of factual commissioning, more than a year after being installed in the role on a temporary basis.
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Roy Ackerman exits Pulse Films
Pulse Films unscripted boss Roy Ackerman has left the indie after just over a year and will be replaced by creative director Emma Cooper.
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Icelandic noir Case heads to Walter Presents
Channel 4’s foreign language streaming service Walter Presents has acquired Red Arrow International’s Icelandic crime drama Case.
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Comment
The battle for Generation Y
Traditional news broadcasters are pushing back, says Kate Bulkley
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Magic Light lands BBC1 Christmas animation
Magic Light Pictures is adapting Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s children’s book The Highway Rat for BBC1.
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Ratings
Paralympics launches with 2.3m
WEDNESDAY: The Paralympic opening ceremony peaked with 2.3m (19.1%) while BBC1’s Great British Bake Off continued with a slot winning performance.
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BT Sport signs up for Piero Augmented Reality
IBC 2016: BT Sport has been announced as the first customer of Ericsson’s Piero Augmented Reality (AR) software.
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Critics
TV Critics: Our Girl; Ross Kemp: Extreme World; Undercover: Nailing The Fraudsters
“Our Girl’s heart was in the right place but its script didn’t do it justice.”
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Ericsson launches virtualised playout for UKTV
IBC 2016: Ericsson and UKTV have unveiled a virtualised playout system that the broadcaster will use to launch live events across its portfolio of channels.
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Features
Obesity - The Post Mortem
Filming a post-mortem for BBC3 took us on a long and emotional journey, but the result is an eye-opening documentary, says Melanie Archer
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Features
Building for the future
A new 90-suite, 33,000 sq ft facility on Newman Street will be the hub for all of post group The Farm’s UHD and HDR work.
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Features
Giving men what they want
Figures show that men’s viewing choices are still dominated by war, cars and football. A panel at the Edinburgh TV Festival discussed whether tastes are changing.
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Comment
You’ve got to commission sitcoms to have a hit one
Broadcasters should take more chances because audiences love them, says James Cary
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News
Sky shifts gear for VR drive
Sky has kicked off an ambitious push into commissioning virtual reality (VR) content as the BBC maintains a watching brief on consumer appetite for the format.
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Broadcast Commissioning Forum lines up first speakers
ITV entertainment chief Siobhan Greene will discuss the search for big-ticket entertainment hits as a keynote speaker at this year’s Broadcast Commissioning Forum.
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BBC Worldwide fund backs 20 shows
BBC Worldwide is developing 20 non-scripted projects as part of its Paper to Pitch fund and has backed its first commission.
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Julie Walters hops aboard C4 railway travelogue
Julie Walters is fronting her first factual series in 17 years after Channel 4 ordered a four-part railway travelogue.
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Comment
Tim Sparke: a personal tribute
Former Broadcast news editor Jake Kanter shares his memories of the Mercury Media boss
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News
MTV seeks extreme ideas and big personalities
Geordie Shore and Ex On The Beach broadcaster MTV is looking for “bigger cast members and more and more extreme situations”, but producers warned of the health and safety risks associated with reality TV.