All News articles – Page 1822
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NewsHalo hires Robson as director of operations
Halo Post has recruited Kate Robson to the newly created role of director of operations of its film and drama division.
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NewsOnsight appoints new commercial manager
Onsight has appointed Joanna Rowan to the role of commercial manager.
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NewsBBC3 brings back C4’s Fulfords for doc series
Aristocratic family the Fulfords are to allow television cameras back into their lives 10 years after Channel 4’s Bafta-nominated Cutting Edge doc The F***ing Fulfords.
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NewsAmazon Prime to chase UK first-run acquisitions
Amazon is ramping up its strategy to acquire exclusive, first-run content for the UK market after picking up Halle Berry sci-fi drama Extant.
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NewsBroadcast Awards 2015 - open for entries
Entries have opened for the Broadcast Awards 2015 – the 20th anniversary of the event which celebrates the best of British TV.
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NewsBSkyB sells ITV stake to Liberty Global for £481m
BSkyB has sold a 6.4% share in ITV to Liberty Global for £481m, as the US cable company ramps up its presence in the UK.
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NewsBBC launches file delivery push
The BBC has kick-started its efforts to build an entirely file-based delivery and archive system just over a year after scrapping the Digital Media Initiative (DMI).
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NewsBBC in battle to avoid strike during Games
The BBC will sit down with the joint broadcasting unions this week as it bids to ward off strike action during the opening day of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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NewsNEP Cymru comes on board Big Commonwealth Dance
NEP Cymru will help facilitate coverage of international dance event The Big Commonwealth Dance: Beats for Peace, showcasing dancers at London’s Trafalgar Square, outside the Sydney Opera House and at Glasgow’s Concert Hall.
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NewsMCN Videojug eyes comedy
Former ITV comedy and entertainment boss Paul Jackson has commissioned a series of comedy shorts from the producers of rugby mockumentary Don’t Drop The Egg for emerging multichannel network (MCN) Videojug.
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NewsFilmLight hires experts for Baselight customer team
Daniele Siragusano and Ram Krishna Tripathi Samaveda have joined FilmLight to provide workflow information, consultancy and training to customers who use the firm’s Baselight grading system.
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NewsEBU buys Snell Alchemist for Eurovision network
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has made a further investment in Snell Alchemist Ph.CHD standards conversion systems (above) for its Eurovision network.
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NewsS4C sport show to integrate Blurrt Twitter data
Blurrt, the Twitter analysis business backed by S4C, is to integrate its technology into the broadcaster’s sport magazine strand S4/ChwaraeON.
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NewsSalford's Dock10 to join Sohonet Media Network
Dock10 has joined the Sohonet Media Network (SMN). The production facility will migrate services, including the sending of clients’ studio rushes to postproduction partners and finished master delivery to DPP broadcasters, to the Sohonet connection.
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NewsBBC to meet C4 to discuss technology proposals
The BBC is ready to discuss sharing with Channel 4 its resources and expertise around developing video-on-demand technology in the UK.
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Newsimagineer releases Mocha Plus to replace Mocha AE
Imagineer Systems has released Mocha Plus, which replaces the company’s Mocha AE product.
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NewsBBC Productions eyes ‘creative headroom’
BBC Productions’ factual and daytime division hopes to revel in the “new creative headroom” afforded by the proposed quota overhaul, while remaining true to its traditional public service values.
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NewsBBC in-house fallout continues
Further details of the BBC’s radical production shake-up emerged this week, as some in-house producers voiced fears for their future in a commercial environment.
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NewsBectu seeks meeting with DG over BBC plans
Bectu has demanded a meeting with BBC director general Tony Hall after raising concerns over the corporation’s plans to radically transform in-house production.
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NewsWatch reveals Formats Lab pilots
Watch is helping first-time buyers get on the property ladder and pitting tradesmen against each other for its Formats Lab initiative.