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NewsUBC writes down business by £3m
UBC has been forced to write down the value of its production business by £3.1m due to margin pressure on its ad-funded and content creation business.
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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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NewsEssex Police hit by Dale Farm footage court bill
Essex Police are being forced to pay the costs of the judicial review that broadcasters organised after being asked to hand over footage captured at the Dale Farm eviction.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsThames starts search for development head
FremantleMedia UK’s Thames is on the hunt for a head of development following the departure of Gail Harman.
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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.