All News articles – Page 2452
-
News
Servicing firms link up
Media World Logistics and Intervideo have agreed a formal partnership to create a media asset management service.
-
NewsClear Cut buys Avid hub
Clear Cut Pictures has purchased a 128TB Avid ISIS 5000 shared storage system to help handle its tapeless media workflow and data storage.
-
NewsKeay joins Azule Finance
Azule Finance has appointed former Rothschild managing director Charles Keay (pictured) to its board as non-executive director.
-
NewsTech and playout firms to advise YouView
Red Bee Media, Deluxe and Technicolor have taken on advisory roles with internet-connected TV service YouView.
-
NewsCBeebies picks up new animated series
MIPTV: CBeebies controller Kay Benbow has commissioned a multiplatform animated series from CBeebies in-house productions and Fremantle Media Enterprises.
-
NewsKatie Price takes aim at C4
Katie Price has attacked the lack of punishment for Channel 4 after Ofcom found Frankie Boyle’s joke about her son in breach of its guidelines, and questioned C4’s role as the Paralympics broadcaster.
-
NewsHartswood, Mentorn, True Vision scoop Peabody Awards
UK indies Hartswood, Mentorn and True Vision, and the BBC’s in house team, are among a host of producers to pick up a Peabody Award last week.
-
NewsFrankie Boyle rapped over Katie Price joke
Ofcom has found Channel 4 in breach of its guidelines after broadcasting a Frankie Boyle joke about Katie Price’s son Harvey. But the rest of the series has been found to be on safe ground.
-
NewsATVOD opens signing / subtitling consultation
Video-on-demand regulator ATVOD has launched a consultation into signing and subtitling online shows as it looks to improve access.
-
NewsPineapple Dance Studios waltzes to Australia
Australian pay TV network Foxtel has waltzed off with Pineapple Dance Studios as part of a multi-show deal with distributor ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
-
NewsC4 reveals royal wedding line-up
Channel 4’s royal wedding coverage will consist of documentaries looking at the traditions of the royal family, Kate Middleton’s family, light entertainment and the perspective of people marking the occasion.
-
NewsSecret Fortune to be remade for US
BBC1 quiz show Secret Fortune is to be remade by Nigel Lythgoe for US network CBS.
-
NewsIndies to be honoured at Edinburgh TV awards
Entries are now open for the 10thannual Arqiva Channel of the Year Awards that will honour the UK’s best indie for the first time.
-
NewsFacebook offers live TV voting
Broadcasters could offer viewers real-time voting on TV shows via social network Facebook
-
NewsArnie back as the Governator
MIPTV: Arnold Schwarzenegger is in Cannes for the international launch of new animated series The Governator and has spoken about the project.
-
NewsOfcom ruling expected on Boyle joke
Ofcom is expected to reveal its decision over Frankie Boyle’s joke about Katie Price’s son Harvey this week.
-
News
FremantleMedia unveils Croatian drama
MIPTV: FremantleMedia has bolstered its commitment to international drama with a new production in Croatia.
-
NewsBBC presenters warned over Twitter use
BBC Radio 4 presenters including John Humphrys and Sarah Montague have been warned about their future use of social networking sites after a picture posted on Twitter of Today presenter James Naughtie in a hotel room in Japan caused embarrassment.
-
NewsRoyal wedding TV shows snapped up worldwide
MIPTV: Royal wedding fever is spreading across the world with international broadcasters snapping up British documentaries on the happy couple’s engagement.
-
NewsSky Atlantic signs Pompeii as first major co-pro
Sky Atlantic is to air Pompeii, the minseries based on Robert Harris’ book and executive produced by Ridley Scott, as its first major international co-production.