All Features articles – Page 105
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FeaturesJake Humphrey: ‘The last thing the established players wanted was Whisper’
Having carved out a space for itself in sports production, the indie has bold ambitions in entertainment and other genres
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Features8k content: behind the scenes at Japan’s NHK
NHK is pioneering the move to higher resolutions, with three new dramas shot in 8K and plans to cover the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the format
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FeaturesHow to break the US
Broadcast Intelligence report on why scripted drama indies should boldly pitch to some of the biggest names in American programming
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FeaturesJes Wilkins on QED: John’s Not Mad
Beyond sixth-form giggles over its subject’s swearing, the landmark doc inspired the Firecracker exec to explore extremes of the human experience
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FeaturesBBC3 delves into specialist factual
New commissioning strategies see the channel returning to specialist factual content
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FeaturesUrsula Macfarlane: Mad Men
The AMC drama’s seductive surface masked a tale of melancholy and broken dreams - and taught the documentary-maker about the elasticity of time
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FeaturesWhat Britain Buys and Sells in a Day is emblematic of commissioner strategy
Why the DSP production presses the right buttons for BBC speciast factual
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FeaturesMillion Pound Hand Jobs – Channel 5 seeks attention-grabbing titles
Channel 5 commissioning editor Daniel Louw outlines an interesting aspect of his strategy for attracting viewers
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Features‘A comforting familiarity of themes and storytelling’
Does ITV’s period drama warrant its big-screen transfer? Wendy Ide finds the Crawleys’ cinema outing a cosy, if scattershot, affair
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FeaturesStreaming: Taking the direct route
Both established and niche sports are testing the waters of serving fans via their own D2C services
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FeaturesSix Day Series: Fast track to success
Revitalising one of cycling’s first ever track events, the Six Day Series is making innovative use of data to educate first-time fans and grow its audience
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FeaturesDisney wants fans to kickstart streaming service
Strategy for Disney+ revealed at biennial Disney Expo
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FeaturesThe commissioner interview – Sam Rowden, CBS Reality
Managing editor of the Commissioner Index, Alexandra Zeevalkink, speaks to the channel’s director of programming
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FeaturesCatherine Oldfield: Chancer
Tall Story Pictures’ creative director put all distractions on hold for Clive Owen’s loveable rogue’s witty and ingenious adventures
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FeaturesImmersive technology: Who’s that girl?
Madonna’s performance at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, where she danced alongside four avatars of herself, demonstrated the potential of immersive technology in live events. Jake Bickerton meets the London-based studio that created the spectacular sequence
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FeaturesChallenges of the post boom
Broadcast TECH surveyed 28 leading post houses for their views on the current strength of the sector and their hopes and fears for the future
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FeaturesBroadcast TECH: September 2019
A forthcoming concert film from Eagle Rock captures an incendiary performance by guitar god Slash and singer Myles Kennedy, all shot and finished in UHD HDR. Michael Burns goes backstage to find out how it all came together
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FeaturesIndia and China: Scoping two vast markets
Barriers, opportunities & next steps are discussed in Edinburgh
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FeaturesRaft of commissions announced at Edinburgh
Pick of the new programmes revealed at this year’s festival
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FeaturesGallery: Edinburgh International Television Festival, day one
The best pictures from the first day of this year’s event