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NewsSky News facing Gherkin exit
Sky News could be forced to leave its studio in London’s Gherkin after the landlord began weighing up plans to rent out the space.
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NewsSky strikes pan-European Showtime partnership
Showtime programming including New York drama Billions and the re-make of Twin Peaks will air on Sky Atlantic after a pan-European deal was agreed with CBS Corporation.
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NewsMark Linsey unpicks BBC reshuffle
Mark Linsey has revealed how the BBC’s radical TV restructure will work in practice and clarified the division of responsibilities between himself and new content supremo Charlotte Moore.
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NewsWhittingdale pledges to preserve C4 remit
Channel 4’s public service remit will be preserved should the broadcaster be sold, culture secretary John Whittingdale has promised.
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NewsKevin Lygo primed for ITV renewal
ITV’s incoming director of television Kevin Lygo will have to call upon all his quick wit, charm and industry nous to tackle a number of creative challenges brewing at the broadcaster.
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NewsBBC overhaul a ‘taste of future’
The BBC’s dramatic TV leadership changes will be a taste of things to come as the corporation bids to make £550m of savings under its new funding agreement.
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NewsAbsolute outsources IT to ERA’s hosted service
Visual effects house Absolute has outsourced the production IT requirements for its Poland Street office to ERA’s hosted services.
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NewsSam acquires workflow firm Mantrics
Sam (Snell Advanced Media) has completed its acquisition of Italy-based workflow and asset management firm Mantrics.
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NewsEricsson launches TV data toolkit
Ericsson has launched a data analysis toolkit to help broadcasters and video on demand platforms aggregate and analyse data about viewing habits.
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NewsBerlin Film Festival unveils first TV projects
The Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the first tranche of high-end TV series to launch at the German market in February.
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NewsC4 reveals Love immigration doc details
Love Productions’ latest Channel 4 documentary series about immigration, Keeping Up With the Khans, is due to air from next month.
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NewsWalter Presents hits 1m views
Channel 4’s foreign-language VoD service Walter Presents has reached 1m views two weeks after launching.
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NewsBigger Bang eyes entertainment & drama
Bigger Bang, the indie established by former Darlow Smithson executives Ben Bowie and Iain Riddick, is developing drama projects and entertainment formats alongside its heartland specialist factual programming.
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NewsTony Hall reflects on ‘dark chapter’ after Savile report leak
Tony Hall has described Jimmy Savile’s BBC tenure as a “a dark chapter” in the corporation’s history after a draft copy of the Dame Janet Smith Review was leaked to investigative journalism website Exaro.
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NewsBectu battles MPC for recognition
Bectu is prepared to go to the government’s Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) to get union recognition at visual effects house MPC, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsIgloo Post takes delivery of Quantel Rio 4K system
Soho wildlife specialist Igloo Post has installed a Quantel Rio 4K with Neo panel. The boutique facility took delivery of the SAM-manufactured kit last week.
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NewsBFI preserves film archive using DFT Scanity scanner
The BFI National Archive has installed a DFT Scanity HDR film scanner at its Conservation Centre in Berkhamsted to assist with the ongoing digitisation of the UK’s fi lm and television archive.
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NewsClear Cut switches offline suite to Avid Symphony
Clear Cut Pictures has converted an offline suite at its Bloomsbury facility to an Avid Symphony online and grading suite (pictured) capable of working in both HD and Ultra HD.
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NewsFoundry’s Mari team to be recognised with award
The development team behind Mari, The Foundry’s texture painting software, will be honoured at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ annual Scientific and Technical Awards next month.
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NewsEMA and MovieLabs release specification
The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) and MovieLabs have released the Media Manifest Delivery Core (MMDC) specification, a simplified schema for the delivery of online media assets related to feature films and TV shows.