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NewsPioneer reconstructs royal doc for BBC2
Pioneer Productions will explore the explosive relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots in a one-off docu-drama for BBC2.
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NewsAmazon lines up pilot slate
Amazon Prime Instant Video has unveiled its latest slate of pilots from creators including Louis CK, Sacha Baron Cohen and Diablo Cody.
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NewsDave calls for more Taskmaster
Dave is bringing back Greg Davies and Alex Horne’s comedy challenge series Taskmaster for a further two series.
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NewsFairhead calls for support from creative industries
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has called on the UK creative industries to help galvanise public support for the corporation.
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NewsAMWA turns attention to IP
The association that helped create the standard for delivering programmes as files has turned its attention to interoperability among IP kit, as the broadcast industry’s move from SDI infrastructure to IT-based networks gathers pace.
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NewsEndemol Shine leapfrogs FMI
The Endemol Shine Group merger has helped its recently unified distribution division leapfrog Fremantle Media International to become the second-largest sales house in the UK, according to Broadcast’s Distributors Survey 2015.
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NewsA broadcasting history: part one
Fujitsu’s 80th birthday is a perfect time for refl ection about what the company does, where it came from and where it is going. In part one, Ben Fenton investigates the role its ancestors played at the fl edgling BBC
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NewsHow I fell for the box in the corner
Fujitsu begins a series of sponsored articles tracing its history in British broadcasting, and looking to the future.
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NewsThe technology shaping TV’s future
After previously examining the history of how broadcasting and IT have grown together, in Fujitsu’s final article for Broadcast, Haydn Jones offers a vision of where TV could be going next
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News‘Open’ BBC plans partnership seminars
The BBC is planning to run a series of seminars in which organisations will be invited to consider ways in which they can partner with the corporation to reach new audiences.
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NewsMidwinter of Spirit shifted from Encore
ITV has bumped Midwinter of the Spirit, its first original commission for pay-TV channel Encore, onto its main channel.
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NewsIn brief: Orphan Black; Nina, Love; Creative Skillset; BBCW
BBC3 series Orphan Black is to debut on iPlayer and Creative Skillset has invested £200,000 in online training courses. Read on for more.
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NewsEndemol Shine loads first PC game
Endemol Shine UK has moved into PC gaming for the first time – launching a ninja fighter months after offloading games division Bossa Studios.
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NewsSerial podcast turns attention to US Army
The second series of popular podcast Serial will focus on the case of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, a US soldier who was captured by the Taliban after disappearing from his base in Afghanistan under mysterious circumstances in 2009.
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NewsUKTV shifts YouTube strategy
UKTV has begun phasing out its individual brands on YouTube after introducing a single, broadcaster-wide channel on the video-sharing platform.
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NewsFamily Guy leads ITV VoD revamp
ITV is to replace its website and VoD player with ITV Hub, a single destination which will become the first broadcaster service to offer online access to Family Guy in the UK.
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NewsMolinare prepares for 4K with storage investment
London-based post house Molinare has invested in a new EMC Isilon storage cluster providing over half a petabyte of high speed storage.
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NewsVER snaps up Aurora Lighting
US-headquartered production equipment provider VER (Video Equipment Rentals) has moved into the broadcast lighting rental market following the acquisition of London-based Aurora Lighting Hire.
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NewsThe Met returns to BBC1
BBC1’s in-house documentary about London’s police force, The Met, is to return for an extended second series.