All News articles – Page 2309
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NewsHarman backs BBC's call for retrans fee reform
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has backed the BBC’s call for retransmission fees to be waived when it appears on BSkyB’s platform.
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NewsC4 loses drama bosses to ITVS
Channel 4’s drama supremos Camilla Campbell and Robert Wulff-Cochrane are stepping down to establish their own scripted production company in conjunction with ITV Studios.
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NewsUnison seeks legal advice over Clarkson comments
The country’s biggest union is seeking legal advice over whether Jeremy Clarkson should be reported to the police following his comments that striking workers should be shot in front of their families.
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NewsOB companies caught in Jackson concert dispute
Coverage of a Michael Jackson tribute concert that took place in October will not be shown by Sky until a dispute between the event organiser and one of its financiers is resolved.
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NewsGovt to support overhaul of ICT in schools
A campaign by leading figures from the VFX and gaming industries has prompted the government to pledge to overhaul the teaching of ICT and computer science.
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NewsMolinare recruits Shoul
Technicolor senior colourist Asa Shoul is joining Molinare in January next year.
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NewsVoice calls in FORscene
Cloud video platform FORscene will be used by Wall to Wall for BBC1 singing format The Voice UK.
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NewsEmmys use Deluxe Viia
Deluxe 142’s Viia platform was used by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as its online viewing platform for last week’s International Emmys.
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VFX roles on shortage list
The government has recommended that the 18 visual effects roles on the national shortage occupation list remain in place.
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NewsIPTV goes to Emmerdale
ITV Studios is using Exterity’s IPTV solution at its Emmerdale Production Centre in Leeds.
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NewsITFC adds subtitle system
ITFC has installed SysMedia’s WinCAPS Qu4ntum subtitling software and Link Electronics HD SD SDI Closed Caption Encoder at its West London offices.
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NewsEight hires to reinvent The Garden
The Garden is ramping up the scale of its ambition by making eight appointments, tripling its core team.
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NewsDMAX enters scripted reality with Superfans
Discovery Networks UK is to dip its toe into scripted reality with a show following some of the country’s most dedicated fans.
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NewsPye and Walton’s start-up secures first format deals
Former 2waytraffic chairman Chris Pye and ex-Ionoco chairman David Walton have founded an entertainment formats company and already secured a brace of deals.
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NewsNutopia boosts senior team
Nutopia has hired five senior executives across the production and commercial arms of the business, in a move to bolster the company’s growth.
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NewsBectu and SIS LIVE at odds over insurance
Bectu has called on freelancers to reject “excessive and disproportionate” insurance demands being made by OB firm SIS LIVE.
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NewsCelebrities roll back the years for CBBC
Pop stars Nicole Scherzinger and One Direction will look back at their 12-year-old selves and everyday kids will be thrust into the frontline of the UK’s emergency services for two CBBC commissions.
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NewsEverything's Rosie heads to Asia
CBeebies show Everything’s Rosie has been acquired by broadcasters in Italy, Switzerland and Asia.
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NewsRunning Bare’s Edgar-Jones walks after row
Phil Edgar-Jones has quit Running Bare over a row about late night E4 panel show Dirty Digest.
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NewsCanadians snap up 90 hours from Parthenon
Parthenon Entertainment has sold nearly 90 hours of programming to Canada, including a film about an all-male group of synchronised swimmers.