More News – Page 1325
-
NewsBBC3’s first ratings revealed
The BBC has provided the first insight into how BBC3 is performing as an online-only proposition in figures disclosed exclusively to Broadcast.
-
NewsIn brief: Grantchester; H&C TV; UKTV Play
Grantchester is to return while Horse & Country TV has kicked off a vlogging talent show. Read on for more
-
NewsSnoddy: Whittingdale planned quiet C4 sale
Culture secretary John Whittingdale planned to quietly privatise Channel 4 as part of the spring budget, a leading media commentator has claimed.
-
NewsLord Puttnam lined up for Doc/Fest panel
Director Tilda Swinton, sportsman Ronnie O’Sullivan and Lord David Puttnam are to feature as part of the Sheffield Doc/Fest line-up.
-
NewsMip TV: Netflix, BBC, Hulu deals
Netflix enters Versailles; BBC1 drama Capitol inks deals; Roots world premiere; Walter Presents buys Spanish drama for UK; Hulu reads The Book Of Negroes; Olivier Megaton doc gets sales deal.
-
NewsImagine adds three apps to Microsoft Azure platform
NAB 2016: Imagine Communications is making three more of its broadcast applications available on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
-
NewsTF1 trials live streamed football in 360 degrees
Viaccess-Orca and French TV channel TF1 used last week’s friendly football international between France and Russia to test live streamed coverage in 360 degrees and Ultra HD.
-
NewsFilmLight adds features to Baselight grading system
NAB 2016: FilmLight has added a new tool to its Baselight grading system (pictured) that it says allows colourists to “mimic the way the eye appreciates colour.”
-
NewsAvid users gain access to Signiant fast file transfer
Avid Interplay users are to be given access to Signiant file transfer capabilities from within the MAM following collaboration between the two companies.
-
NewsSGL makes FlashNet compatible with Sony Ci
NAB 2016: SGL has adapted its FlashNet content storage management system so that it works with Ci, Sony’s professional media cloud platform.
-
NewsGlobecast adds VoD to playout capabilities
Globecast has added a VoD logistics service to its media management and playout capabilities.
-
NewsGoldcrest kits out Atmos theatre with DFC3D console
Soho’s Goldcrest is installing a large-format DFC3D digital film console in its new Dolby Atmos mixing theatre, which opens next month.
-
News
Elemental software update supports HDR, VR and 8K
NAB 2016: Amazon-owned Elemental Technologies has updated the software in its delivery technology, adding new capabilities for high dynamic range (HDR), virtual reality (VR) and 8K.
-
NewsSky primes portrait video for Snapchat channel
Sky is refining its Snapchat offering with a drive to feature portrait videos optimised for mobile screens – as Comedy Central unveils plans to beef up its content offering on the messaging service.
-
NewsOTT players take Mip by storm
Online video services including Netflix and Amazon ramped up the amount of content they acquire at Mip TV with a number of high-profile deals.
-
NewsKevin Lygo close to unveiling top team
ITV director of television Kevin Lygo is closing in on naming his top team, with speculation growing that ITV Studios entertainment boss Siobhan Greene is poised for a move upstairs.
-
NewsSky plans Facebook Live push
Sky is to live stream exclusive video of the build-up to Anthony Joshua’s world heavyweight title fight and coverage of the junior doctors’ strike via Facebook, following a series of successful trials.
-
NewsComedy Central hires development chief
Comedy Central has hired the head of Detectorists-producer Channel X North as its development chief.
-
NewsPaul Bennun leaves Somethin' Else after 20 years
Somethin’ Else chief creative officer Paul Bennun has left the multiplatform content business after more than 20 years.
-
NewsEd Vaizey: diversity in creative industries 'unacceptable'
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has called the state of diversity in the creative industries “completely unacceptable”.