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NewsSky 1 chief hands indies Storage Hunters challenge
Sky 1 director Adam MacDonald has tasked UK production companies with delivering the next Storage Hunters or Pawn Stars.
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NewsHunt reassures small indies over C4 terms
Jay Hunt has claimed that small production companies will find Channel 4’s plans to reshape terms of trade “very reassuring” once the details have been set out.
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NewsC4 to explore online privacy
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has revealed that the broadcaster will explore themes around online privacy and surveillance following its commission of Hunted.
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NewsWoodcut to boost output with new funding
Kate Beal’s indie Woodcut Media is to beef up its slate of factual and fact-ent programming after agreeing “significant” investment from its new owner.
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NewsFixed rig heads in new direction
Fixed-rig television is being stretched into intriguing new areas by adopting the language of primetime drama series and seizing the opportunity to create ‘real-life’ versions of established TV genres, documentary-makers have claimed.
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NewsPeter Salmon: give Salford a BBC3 role
Peter Salmon has hailed BBC North’s “fantastic” digital credentials and believes it can play a key part in the creation of a new BBC3 – although doubts remain about whether the channel will ever move to Salford.
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NewsITV revenue breaks £2bn fuelled by advertising growth
ITV has posted an 8% year-on-year increase in revenue in its latest set of interim results, propelled by its best advertising performance in five years.
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CriticsTV Critics: Liberty of London; Looking After Mum; Posh Pawn
“I could imagine Liberty of London as a one-off doc, but stretching it out over a series – and now, bafflingly, a second series – dilutes its limited charm.”
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NewsC4 commissioner heads to Blast! Films
The Hoarder Next Door commissioner Nick Hornby is leaving Channel 4 to join Blast! Films as head of programmes.
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Alias promotes Wilson to hire manager
Broadcast equipment rental company Alias Hire has promoted Mark Wilson to the role of hire manager.
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NewsITV and C4 tapeless switch a ‘non-event’ for tech bosses
The October deadline for ITV and Channel 4’s move to file-based delivery passed as a “non-event”, according to post-production technology bosses, despite concerns over the effectiveness of some of the tools at the heart of tapeless delivery workflows.
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Urbye warns against impact of file transfer tools
The use of file transfer tools has been one of the biggest changes to affect colourists in recent years, according to The Look managing director and colourist Thomas Urbye.
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NewsThe Lens Foundry takes on MovieTech's De-Beger
VFX camera company The Lens Foundry has recruited Deane De-Beger as client and business manager.
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NewsBBC S&PP gears up for Children In Need show
BBC Studios and Post Production will provide studio facilities and post services for this week’s Children In Need appeal show.
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NewsBBC3 reloads People Just Do Nothing
Roughcut Television’s pirate radio mockumentary People Just Do Nothing is to return to BBC3 for an extended run.
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RatingsGreat start for Sky 1's Micky
Sky 1’s Micky Flanagan’s Detour De France debuted with 517,000/2.3%; the best of the evening’s launches.
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NewsDrift unveils updated Stealth wearable camera
Drift has launched an updated version of its wearable camera.
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Futuresource predicts rise in smart-TV ownership
The proportion of UK homes with smart TVs will grow from 31% at the end of this year to 71% by 2018, according to the Smart TV Report from Futuresource Consulting.
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Panasonic AW-HE130 set for December delivery
Panasonic has launched a pan, tilt and zoom remote camera.
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RatingsBBC2 travels begin well
On Sunday at 8pm, BBC2’s The Mekong River With Sue Perkins began well with 2.4 million/9%.