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NewsPrime Focus and DNeg merger creates “world’s largest” VFX firm
Double Negative (DNeg) has merged with Prime Focus World’s creative services subsidiary to create a visual effects behemoth with around 4,500 employees and a combined order book worth £88m.
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CherryCherry VFX acquired by Drive Worldwide
Visual effects firm CherryCherry VFX has been acquired by Drive Worldwide.
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NewsFlix to open new facility at The Space Project
Manchester post firm Flix is to open another facility at The Space Project.
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NewsITV fails to attend US working conditions hearing
ITV has been accused of “lacking courage” after failing to testify at a City of New York hearing into working conditions for writers and producers in reality television.
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NewsSony buys channel operator CSC
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has acquired music, movie and children’s channel operator CSC Media Group for an undisclosed fee – handing it access to two more Freeview slots.
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NewsJigsaw24 acquires reseller Square Group
Jigsaw24 has acquired London-based reseller Square Group.
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NewsBBC3’s Bennett hails ‘massive vote of confidence’ in linear TV
The success of BBC3 at the Broadcast Digital Awards is a “massive vote of confidence in linear television” according to outgoing controller Zai Bennett.
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NewsPinewood buoyed by strong demand for TV and film facilities
Pinewood Shepperton’s results for the past year have revealed a surge in revenue and pre-tax profit off the back of busy film and TV bookings.
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NewsBBC ramps up Ultra HD trials
The BBC will achieve the world’s first live Ultra HD (4K) production over IP at next month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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NewsBroadcast TECH kick-starts search for Young Talent
Broadcast’s bi-monthly sister magazine Broadcast TECH has begun its annual search for the industry’s brightest young talent.
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NewsManufacturers sign up to DPP-certified kit scheme
Digital Production Partnership (DPP)-certified kit for the file-based delivery of programmes could be available by the end of July, after 23 manufacturers signed up to the cross-broadcaster group’s compliance programme.
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NewsBBC correspondent to increase disability coverage
BBC News hopes to increase awareness of disability issues with a number of on-air and digital projects after hiring its first disability correspondent.
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NewsDave commissions Curb-esque Hoff The Record
Baywatch and Knight Rider actor David Hasselhoff is to star in a Curb Your Enthusiasm-style comedy for Dave that was originally piloted for BBC2.
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NewsSky 1 sows seeds to grow 8pm
Sky 1 director Adam MacDonald has lined up a Come Dine With Me style gardening format as the latest part of his push to rejuvenate the 8pm slot.
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NewsBBC diversity plan under fire
Tony Hall will come under increased pressure to introduce commissioning quotas after his blueprint to ensure the BBC reflects modern Britain left many industry diversity champions underwhelmed.
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NewsUKTV Play uses viewer data to boost personalisation
UKTV plans to mine audience data in the same way as Channel 4 via its soon-to-launch VoD service, introducing personalisation and, ultimately, using it to help inform commissioning decisions.
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NewsWarner Bros looks to France
Warner Bros is eyeing acquisition opportunities in France and other territories after completing its takeover of Shed Media Group and Eyeworks.
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NewsEntertainment revivals in the spotlight
The rush to revive entertainment classics has been criticised by producers, with ITV coming under particular scrutiny as it prepares to add to its portfolio of returning formats.
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NewsBBC lines up female comics
A number of female comedians have put themselves forward to appear in BBC comedy entertainment shows following the corporation’s pledge to ban all-male panels, according to Mark Linsey.
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NewsWarner lines up rebranded Shed for major US push
Warner Bros believes the combination of US reality television pioneer Mike Darnell and Shed Media Group IP can make the UK super-indie a major force in America.