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NewsCanon showcases 4K lens with 4.3mm focal length
IBC 2015: Canon has unveiled a 2/3-inch portable 4K zoom lens with what it claims is the world’s widest focal length.
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NewsEvolutions hires two post-producers
Rachael Kett and Karine Wach- Donovan have joined Evolutions as post-producers.
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NewsGearhouse hires former TSL managing director
Gearhouse Broadcast has appointed former TSL managing director David Phillips as business development director for its Systems Integration division.
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NewsIBC: what the buyers want
IBC 2015: In the second part of our IBC preview, delegates tell Neal Romanek what they are hoping to see at this year’s show.
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NewsGoogle UK boss reaches out to content creators
Head of Google EMEA Matt Brittin has pledged to work with professional content creators to help grow the level of investment in YouTube.
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NewsUS networks reveal priorities
The major US networks were out in force at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, talking up plans to partner with British talent and achieve a common goal of boosting onscreen diversity.
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NewsEdinburgh Festival: the top sound bites
Edinburgh big-wigs on the BBC ‘clinging to the tit’ and the ‘heavy hand’ of consolidation
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NewsAmazon ramps up non-scripted plans
Amazon has kicked off a hunt for a range of reality formats as the battle between SVoD platforms moves into non-scripted.
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NewsLabour's Jeremy Corbyn vows to reverse BBC cuts
Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to protect the licence fee and reverse BBC funding cuts in a policy document on the arts.
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NewsBroadcast Awards: deadline for entries extended
The deadline to enter the Broadcast Awards has been extended to Friday 11 September, giving hopefuls an extra seven days to submit programmes, channels and businesses.
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NewsBBC News website under fire from newspapers
The News Media Association (NMA) has called on the BBC to “significantly tighten” the scope of its online news service and collaborate rather than compete with the commercial news sector.
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NewsLouis Theroux Scientology doc lands theatrical release
Louis Theroux’s first theatrical feature documentary, My Scientology Movie, is to launch at this year’s London Film Festival.
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NewsC4 to track Landmark Trust restorations
Chocolate Media will follow attempts by the Landmark Trust to complete two ambitious building restorations for a Channel 4 series.
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NewsClive Edwards to leave factual commissioning
BBC head of TV current affairs commissioning Clive Edwards is leaving the role after 22 years at the corporation to take up a 12-month position with BBC Academy.
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NewsForbidden showcases virtualised workflow
IBC 2015: Forbidden Technologies has released what it described as the first end-to-end virtualised workflow for the post-production and distribution of video.
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NewsCreative England / eOne JV hires drama chief
Former Holby City producer Polly Williams is to lead drama development for distributor Entertainment One (eOne) and Creative England’s new joint venture.
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NewsTony Hall ‘mulling radical cost-cutting plans’
Tony Hall is mulling plans to cut a further 3,000 BBC jobs, close two minor TV or radio stations and increase repeats on BBC1 and BBC2, aaccording to The Sunday Times.
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NewsBBCW commissions YouTube duo
BBC Worldwide has partnered with YouTube talent Caspar Lee and Joe Sugg to produce a feature-length programme overseen by the team behind the Top Gear specials.
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NewsMilkshake cooks up Shane The Chef
Channel 5 is cooking up more original kids commissions with a 52-part animated chef comedy from Cloudbabies indie Hoho Entertainment.
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NewsIn brief: Challenge Cup; Tern; Apple; TVF; The Fall
The BBC has agreed a deal with the Rugby Football League to extend its coverage until 2020, while Channel 4 has handed a Tern daytime format a primetime commission.