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NewsMedia Production Show: day 2
More seminars, interviews and demos - click for the video highlights from the second day of the Broadcast event.
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NewsMedia Production Show: day 1
Broadcast’s inaugural Media Production Show took place last week in Islington’s Business Design Centre. Click for the show highlights.
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NewsITN retains Channel 5 news contract
ITN will continue to make Channel 5’s news programmes until 2020 in a deal understood to be worth around £35m.
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NewsZig Zag strikes deal for Korean AI series
Zig Zag is to explore the future of artificial intelligence after striking a deal with South Korean broadcaster MBC.
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NewsBBC lifts lid on chemical weapons lab
The BBC has gained access to one of Britain’s most secretive scientific research bases to lift the lid on how the military could respond to the threat of chemical or biological warfare.
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NewsFairhead: BBC board needs fresh thinking
Rona Fairlead has said it will be an “enormous privilege” to chair the BBC’s new unitary board and argued that she wants “fresh thinking” to protect the interests of audiences.
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NewsTop Gear consolidates to 10-year low
Chris Evans’ all-new Top Gear took a turn for the worse as its consolidated ratings tumbled to a ten-year low.
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NewsBBC3 to explore hate crime
BBC3 has unveiled a trilogy of films examining hate crimes in the US as news continues to emerge about the terrorist attack in a gay nightclub in Orlando over the weekend.
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NewsBritish shows to shine at Cartoon Forum
The British animation tax credit is continuing to fuel a cartoon boom with nearly a quarter of the animated projects launching at this year’s international TV event Cartoon Forum hailing from UK and Irish indies.
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NewsOfcom rejects Vote Leave complaint
Ofcom has dismissed Vote Leave’s claim that ITV’s EU referendum coverage has unfairly favoured the Remain campaign.
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NewsIn brief: Dot To Dot; ITN; Disney XD
ITN Productions has joined forces with William Hill to launch a Euro 2016 series and Makers Channel, a Dutch-based YouTube rival, has launched in the UK.
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NewsHarry Hill and Jack Dee front Kickstarter pilot
Harry Hill, Jack Dee and Michelle Collins are set to star in a political comedy funded via crowdsourcing site Kickstarter.
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NewsSky shines spotlight on Freemasons
Sky 1 is to go behind the scenes at secretive organisation The Freemasons in a four-part documentary series.
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NewsDownton Abbey producer receives OBE
Downton Abbey producer Gareth Neame and former Channel 4 commissioner Jo Twist were among the TV executives recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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NewsITN reveals short film finalists
ITN Source has revealed the three short films which have made it through to the final of its second annual competition, held in association with Doc/Fest and Audio Network.
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NewsVirtual reality comes alive in BBC trials
The BBC’s research and development department has unveiled a raft of virtual reality experiences including an Aardman project offering a first-hand glimpse of a refugee’s journey and a spacewalk aboard the International Space Station.
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NewsAOL staffs up for video push
AOL UK has hired a head of video to oversee an expanded in-house team that creates content for sites including The Huffington Post and TechCrunch.
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NewsMartin Davidson to leave the BBC
Long-standing BBC head of specialist factual commissioning Martin Davidson is leaving to set up a new venture “beyond television”.
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NewsExecs back diversity quotas for tax incentives
Oona King and Kate Harwood have backed recent calls for diversity quotas to be attached to the UK film and TV tax relief.