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NewsC4 ties in digital developers
Channel 4 has guaranteed digital agencies Numiko and Rckt £100,000 of business each in the next 12 months to improve its online programme support.
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NewsChannel 5 calls in the RSPCA
Channel 5 has ordered a 10 x 30-minute documentary series from Middlechild Productions that follows a group of RSPCA workers who protect dogs from abusive owners and unscrupulous breeders.
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NewsSky in PSB talks over retransmission fees
BSkyB is hoping to hammer out commercial agreements with each of the public service broadcasters in a bid to defuse the row over retransmission fees.
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NewsNick Grimshaw halts R1 breakfast show slide
Rajar: Nick Grimshaw halted his BBC Radio 1 breakfast show slide as Radio 4 pulled in a record 11m weekly listeners.
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NewsBBC staff weary of change, Hall warned
Tony Hall has been warned that he may encounter ‘change fatigue’ among the BBC’s 20,000 staff if he attempts to radically overhaul the corporation’s structures.
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NewsChildren’s pilot uses Kickstarter funding
Bafta-nominated director Ed Kellie has raised £16,000 via crowd-funding site Kickstarter to create a children’s animation pilot narrated by Chris Packham.
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NewsTravel Channel heads to Freeview
Travel Channel has launched a primetime programming block on Freeview to grow its reach to a further 23m homes.
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NewsFirst-look competition heats up
Competition for British content is intensifying as global distributors put a greater focus on beating their UK counterparts to first-look deals with indies.
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NewsImagem sets up film and TV venture with ex-EMI exec
Music publisher Imagem is forming a joint venture focused on film and TV with former EMI Music Publishing executive vice-president Jonathan Channon.
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NewsCTV orders 4K-ready truck for England cricket on Sky
CTV has ordered a 4K-ready outside broadcast vehicle to cover England’s home cricket internationals for Sky Sports.
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NewsBT Sport to ramp up web presence after launch
BT Sport’s website will launch with a simple proposition before being ramped up to include innovative features such as multicamera streaming of events.
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NewsUniversity makes strides in HDR development
IBC 2013: Researchers at Warwick University claim to have made a significant step in High Dynamic Range (HDR) by developing a £325,000 camera system comprising two DSLRs.
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NewsO'Connell adds 1.5m to Absolute ahead of sale
Rajar: Every national commercial radio breakfast show made gains over the past three months, with Absolute’s Christian O’Connell Show breaking 1.5m listeners for the first time.
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NewsUniversal eyes US serials
Pay-TV broadcaster Universal Channel is to acquire more first-run serialised programming from the US following its brand refresh.
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NewsVirgin takes trip to Sesame Street
Sesame Street is returning to the UK after Virgin Media struck an on-demand deal for the iconic kids series.
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NewsOscar Pistorius doc heads to China
BBC3 documentary Oscar Pistorius: What Really Happened is heading to China after Passion Distribution struck a deal with a local broadcaster.
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NewsSky Deutschland and Sony to demo live Ultra-HD
IBC 2013: Sky Deutschland and Sony are to demonstrate a live satellite transmission of 4K Ultra-HD content at IBC to promote the consumer benefits of the high resolution broadcasting format.
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NewsWitbe to test Video Robot user experience at IBC
IBC 2013: Witbe is introducing its 4402 Video Quality Robot at IBC next month.
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SNK Studios merges with Red Apple Creative
Tottenham Court Road-based audio post and voiceover recording facility SNK Studios has merged with neighbouring production company Red Apple Creative.
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Milk completes kit rollout at Fitzrovia facility
Boutique VFX outfit Milk has completed the initial technical roll-out at its new facility in Fitzrovia.