All News articles – Page 2536
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NewsFine tuning of BBC offer could prevent NUJ strikes
A telephone call between BBC HR director Lucy Adams and Bectu general secretary Gerry Morrissey may have set the wheels in motion to avert the NUJ strike planned for next week.
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NewsRoot6 hires Avid's Smith
Root6 has appointed Malcolm Smith to the newly created position of senior broadcast account manager.
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NewsAvid launches 'most open' Pro Tools release
Avid has unveiled the latest version of its audio production platform Pro Tools.
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NewsNorth West IPTV fund launched
Vision+Media has launched a £50k scheme that will give indies and digital agencies in the North West the chance to win funding to create IPTV content for the BBC.
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NewsSony eyes cost-concious market
Sony is boosting its Super 35mm camera range as it looks to increase its share of the cost-conscious end of the ‘film-look’ market.
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NewsPrime Focus launches Soho animation studio
Post-production company Prime Focus has launched Amazing Spectacles, an animation studio based at its Dean Street facility in Soho.
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NewsAll3Media signs content deal with Sweden
Fake Or Fortune and Undercover Boss are heading to Sweden as part of a raft of new deals between All3Media International and national broadcaster SVT.
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NewsBBC overhauls its VFX contracts
The BBC has revamped the contracts it signs with VFX houses after struggling to retrieve a half-finished programme when a division of Red Vision went into liquidation earlier this year.
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Shed launches for app for Supernanny
Shed Media Group is launching its first iPhone app to support the Ricochet-produced fact-ent show Supernanny.
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NewsBBC News calls for compromise
BBC newsroom managers have urged Helen Boaden and Lucy Adams to extend an olive branch to the NUJ or risk the prospect of long-running strikes.
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Ministry of Sound to boost control over content
Ministry of Sound has agreed a deal with digital distributor and sales house Myvideorights that will see its video content syndicated via a range of sites including Dailymotion, Facebook and YouTube.
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Demand Five VoD splits from BT Vision
Channel 5’s video-on-demand service, Demand Five, is going through a distribution shake-up with BT Vision and Virgin Media.
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NewsSky Living sinks teeth into Teen Wolf
Sky Living has acquired supernatural drama Teen Wolf from US studio MGM ahead of the relaunch of the channel next year.
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NewsWild hires head of development in factual push
Wild Pictures has hired a head of development as part of plans to turn the company into a major player in the factual arena.
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NewsLittle Princess crowns Zodiak Rights
Zodiak Rights is to distribute pre-school series Little Princess following a deal with indie Illuminated Film Company.
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NewsHunt fights corner over O’Reilly misogyny claims
Former BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has hit back at claims that four female presenters were culled from Countryfile because she “hated women”, arguing that the suggestion was “profoundly distressing”.
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NewsDarroch pledges cash for Sky content push
BSkyB boss Jeremy Darroch has pledged to continue investing in content, and aims to increase spend in line with increases in revenue – meaning a potential boost to programming of £200m.
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NewsBBC cuts to see World Service scaled back
Entire services from the BBC World Service could be closed as part of its £67m cuts, with those broadcasting to areas such as the Caribbean, Vietnam and Macedonia thought to be most at risk.
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NewsDiversity award winner to be decided by Broadcast readers
Broadcast readers are to decide whether Cast Offs, The Sex Education Show or My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding is the most groundbreaking show at this year’s Cultural Diversity Network awards.