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Sohonet connects to The Farm in LA
Sohonet has installed a 1Gbps connection to The Farm’s new postproduction offices in Los Angeles.
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Cinedeck releases v3.5 for EX and RX record systems
Cinedeck has released version 3.5 software for its EX and RX external record systems.
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NewsYouTube weighing up 150 channel bids
YouTube has received more than 150 pitches from UK content producers keen to secure funding for original content channels and is now selecting successful bids.
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NewsBroadcasters draw up social media guidelines
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have agreed a set of best-practice guidelines to help build confidence among audiences using social media to interact with TV shows.
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NewsNutopia MD Franses departs
Managing director Laura Franses has left Nutopia, the mega-doc producer she co-founded with Jane Root in 2008.
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NewsEcclestone says F1 on free TV may end
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has stated that the motor racing sport may not remain on free-to-air TV in the UK.
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NewsBBC orders more Breakaway
The BBC has commissioned a second series of daytime quiz show Breakaway from Gogglebox Entertainment, for an unspecified run.
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NewsBBC1 plans ageing season
BBC1 is planning a season tackling ageing that will include a film about centenarians and a documentary fronted by EastEnders star June Brown.
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NewsC5's Big Brother secures product placements
Channel 5 has secured a brace of product placement deals for reality show Big Brother including an agreement with supermarket Morrisons.
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NewsZig Zag shoots undercover with Red Epic
Zig Zag Productions has carried out one of the first undercover factual shoots with a Red Epic.
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NewsJCA invests £600k in new kit
Media management firm JCA is investing £600,000 in new kit for more storage and transcoding capacity.
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Avid argues for better content management
Content owners need to move away from “digital islands” towards fully fledged asset management systems, according to Avid’s director of media enterprise Alan Hoff.
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NewsC4 to simulcast all content online
Channel 4 is to simulcast all its main channels online within the next month for the first time since 2008 – bringing it in line with the BBC and ITV.
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NewsGreen Paper shelved as DCMS confirms 2015 deadline for Comms Act
The government has shelved the Communications Act Green Paper and said a new bill will be introduced only “by the end of parliament”.
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NewsCooks compete to reach M&S shelves in new Syco series
Simon Cowell’s latest talent competition for ITV1 will see home cooks competing for recipes made by their friends or family to be stocked on Marks & Spencers shelves.
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NewsTV freelancers feel the strain
TV freelancers are increasingly overworked, with almost half now clocking up more than 50 hours a week.
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NewsJubilee coverage fails to match wedding
Viewers have given the BBC’s Diamond Jubilee coverage a tentative thumbs up – although approval ratings were below last year’s royal wedding.
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NewsDigital channels up comedy stakes
British TV’s comedy renaissance is pushing deeper into the multichannel world, with UKTV’s Gold and Comedy Central investing in series spanning classic and cult content.
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NewsRTÉ to shake up its news after defamation finding
Irish state broadcaster RTÉ will appoint new senior staff to its current affairs and news operations after the Republic’s regulator found it had defamed a Catholic priest and seriously breached its commitment to objective and impartial news.
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NewsSky Arts extends IoW 3D but cuts other festivals
Sky Arts has ordered Sky’s longest ever non-sport 3D broadcast from this year’s Isle of Wight festival, but has halved the number of music events it will cover this summer.