All Features articles – Page 250

  • MIP 2011
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    Can we sell? Yes we Cannes

    2011-04-20T17:58:00Z

    With 800 meetings held and dozens of deals struck, Pact’s UK Indies stand at MipTV opened doors to international opportunities. By Broadcast reporters

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    TVF International

    2011-04-20T17:55:00Z

    Freddie Versus The World producer TVF’s senior sales executive Jessica Bennetts describes this year’s fair as quiet but noticed a definite improvement on the mood from its previous recession-dampened markets.

  • PrestoLand
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    Presto Digital

    2011-04-20T17:51:00Z

    Six months ago, Presto Digital creative director David Jones had never even heard of MipTV.

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    Green Bay

    2011-04-20T17:46:00Z

    Evidently, the recession is still of paramount concern, but many of the indies at MipTV argue that attending enables them to compete on a bigger stage.

  • Kitsch Fish
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    Pogo Films

    2011-04-20T17:30:00Z

    For Olivier Lauchenauer and Philip Richardson, being at MipTV is vital because it allows them to showcase their 3D output. Seeing is believing, say the pair, who add that they effectively doubled meetings at their last MipTV as passers-by saw the screen and the 3D glasses and asked if they ...

  • River Monsters
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    Icon Films

    2011-04-20T17:25:00Z

    Icon Films managing director Laura Marshall says that as a regional indie, it’s harder to get noticed and “your song has to be louder and sweeter”

  • Michael Palin
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    Dene Films

    2011-04-20T17:02:00Z

    One of the newest visitors to the market was Dene Films, a Newcastle-based indie that has just opened an office in London as part of its plans to break into long-form broadcast production.

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    Back2Back

    2011-04-20T16:58:00Z

    Brighton indie Back2Back found its trip to Cannes a success. The Hunks, its latest Sky Living commission, is selling around the world, and there is interest in The Unofficial Royal Wedding, a Channel 4 commission that will go out live next weekend.But being in front of potential new clients opens ...

  • YouView
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    Rivals fill the YouView gap

    2011-04-20T15:09:00Z

    The delay of YouView set-top boxes until 2012 is allowing manufacturers of TVs and other internet-connected devices to steal a march on the broadcaster-backed service, says Kate Bulkley

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    Nickelodeon Easter campaign

    2011-04-20T10:56:00Z

    Provide a graphics package for Nickelodeon’s Big Weekend Easter campaign, creating a realistic music stage to house photorealistic titles

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    Liquid Bomb Plot

    2011-04-20T10:56:00Z

    Full post on the doc examining how the police and MI5 stopped the UK’s largest-ever terrorist plot in 2006.

  • Kate Middleton and Prince William
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    The Royal Wedding

    2011-04-20T07:59:00Z

    Next week, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding is expected to attract more than 2 billion global viewers. Adrian Pennington gets the inside story on TV’s biggest ever live OB.

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    American Horror Story

    2011-04-20T07:59:00Z

    Broadcast shines the spotlight on a new pilot from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, the team behind Glee and Nip/Tuck, starring Jessica Lange.

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    The Hotel

    2011-04-19T17:50:00Z

    Full post on the fly-on-the-wall doc series about life in a hotel.

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    The Hunks

    2011-04-19T12:18:00Z

    Complete the Final Cut Pro post-production finishing on a six-part reality series about 10 men spending the summer in Newquay for Sky Living

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    Britain's Got Talent

    2011-04-19T12:16:00Z

    Full post on the fifth series of the UK’s largest talent search

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    Does Christianity Have a Future?

    2011-04-19T12:13:00Z

    Create animated urban art-style graphics that appear to interact with the show’s presenters

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    Sony F65

    2011-04-19T12:07:00Z

    The next generation of Sony’s CineAlta camera range.

  • Aaron Sorkin
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    More As The Story Develops, HBO (US)

    2011-04-14T07:59:00Z

    Broadcast shines the spotlight on the new drama from Aaron Sorkin.

  • Singapore
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    Singapore opens for business

    2011-04-14T07:59:00Z

    The Southeast Asian state is wooing Western media firms to help build its digital economy, but its reputation as an outsourcing hub will take time to displace.