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NewsVision247 moves to Chiswick
Broadcast services company Vision247 will relocate to Chiswick Media Park where it will build a new data centre to offer customers RAID storage in London.
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NewsClarkson and Wilman's indie recruiting for Amazon series
W. Chump & Sons, the indie set up by Andy Wilman and Jeremy Clarkson, has begun crewing up for its ambitious new motoring series for Amazon Prime Video.
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NewsSky aims for bullseye with darts gameshow
Davina McCall and Freddie Flintoff are to front a Bullseye-style darts gameshow for Sky 1.
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NewsFremantle sets sights on non-scripted
Fremantle Media International (FMI) is aggressively targeting the international rights to non-scripted shows after beefing up its acquisitions budget.
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NewsThe Word: the show that shook up TV
A quarter of a century ago, C4 ushered in a new era of reality TV and unknowingly launched the careers of a generation of producers and executives. Peter White looks back at The Word
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News‘Fear’ stifling edgy formats
The Word alumni claim creative risks are few and far between in British entertainment formats
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NewsThe Farm parts company with joint MD
Joint managing director of The Farm Ian Dodd has left the postproduction company.
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NewsOnsight strengthens post-production team
Onsight has hired Marie Valentino as senior post-producer.
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NewsPixit Media teams up with Google for cloud offering
Storage, archive and network systems company Pixit Media has teamed up with Google to make its PixCache and PixStor systems available as Google Cloud Platform offerings.
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NewsBexel looks to reality and sport in UK flypack push
Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions (BGBS) is eyeing sports and reality productions as it looks to ramp up its flypack and outside broadcast business in the UK.
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NewsTrickbox TV invests in 4K production setup
Broadcast services provider Trickbox TV has bought the UK’s first 4K MultiDyne camera fiber system as part of its investment in a 4K portable production unit.
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NewsMaverick hires chief exec from Ricochet
Maverick TV has poached Ricochet creative director Simon Knight to replace Jim Sayer as chief executive.
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NewsAmazon reverses declines as Netflix extends lead
Amazon Prime Instant Video reversed declines during 2014 to reach 1.2 million UK homes this year – but it remains well behind rival VoD service Netflix, according to the latest Ofcom study.
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NewsHumans creator lifts lid on slate
The Scandinavian indie behind the series that Kudos remade as Channel 4’s ratings smash Humans is lining up its first English- language project.
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NewsBBC reveals BAME fund spend
The BBC’s six new BAME assistant commissioners have revealed their aims and wishlists, and details have emerged of how the corporation has spent £1.5m of its Diversity Creative Talent Fund.
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NewsC4 invests in sports indie
Channel 4’s latest Growth Fund indie investment is in a sports production company established by Sunil Patel, BT Sport presenter Jake Humphrey and ex-Formula One driver David Coulthard.
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NewsChannel 4 Shorts strategy revealed
Channel 4 digital chief Richard Davidson-Houston has lifted the lid on the broadcaster’s burgeoning short-form content strategy after it spent around £1m in its first year.
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NewsCommercial rivals could secure BBC3 spectrum
BBC3’s HD slot could be leased to commercial rivals following the decision to close the linear channel.
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NewsOnline move will double BBC3 marketing spend
The BBC is set to more than double its spend on marketing BBC3 as it works up plans to drive viewers to the online-only proposition.
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NewsBBC3 programming strategy revealed
The BBC has laid out its programming plans for BBC3 content when it moves online, including scrapping long-running formats and earmarking slots on BBC1 and BBC2 which will house its shows.