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NewsGTC announces shortlist for camerawork award
The Guild of Television Cameramen (GTC) has announced the shortlist of potential recipients for a new award set up to encourage education and training of camerawork skills within educational establishments.
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NewsCreative Skillset offers funds for technical training
Creative Skillset’s work in film programme has made £160,000 available for organisations to provide subsidised training in the areas of VFX, craft and technical.
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NewsLoft to launch content management system
Loft London will demonstrate a new content management system at Mipcom later this month.
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NewsDeluxe upgrades audio kit at two London facilities
Deluxe has installed additional audio-processing equipment at both its Wardour Street and Acton facilities.
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NewsHalo Post to offer picture editing for drama and film
Halo Post has created a film and TV division and hired former Technicolor UK managing director Simon Wilkinson to work as its joint managing director.
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Channel 4 to set out core elements of multiplatform projects
Channel 4 is to codify the different characteristics of its multiplatform projects to help build a bestpractice framework.
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NewsMajor changes at BBC Arabic
BBC Arabic underwent a structural overhaul this summer, but the corporation has refused to reveal whether the changes were the result of the widespread cultural tensions and complaints against the global news division that were revealed by broadcastnow.co.uk this week.
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NewsNat Geo lines up Sky’s Ducks
US broadcaster National Geographic Channel is remaking Sky’s science-based entertainment format Duck Quacks Don’t Echo, which will be co-produced by UK indie Magnum Media.
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Eton to open its doors to CBBC
Eton College is to follow Harrow School onto TV for a CBBC documentary made by Blakeway North.
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NewsSalmon: C4 would be better off in regions
BBC North director Peter Salmon has suggested Channel 4 should consider moving outside of London to restate its credentials as a distinctive broadcaster.
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Nelson calls for help for learning project
Former BBC multiplatform controller Simon Nelson is calling on indies and broadcasters to support FutureLearn, an Open University-backed online social learning initiative.
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NewsUS buyers eye up UK indies
Core Media and DHX Media are both scouring the UK for indie deals as the sector prepares for a fresh wave of consolidation driven by North American buyers.
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NewsIllness forces Mercury’s Sparke to take back seat
Tim Sparke has stepped back from the day-to-day management of Mercury Media to undergo a second round of surgery on a brain tumour.
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NewsAbraham: let’s work together to boost diversity
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham is taking the lead in boosting diversity in TV by urging broadcasters to take more coordinated action.
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NewsChannel 4 joins GME to host scripted reality house party
Channel 4 has unveiled its latest partnership with GroupM Entertainment (GME): a scripted reality series giving friends the chance to party in an empty mansion.
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NewsAll3M strikes deals for Million Second Quiz
The Million Second Quiz is set to be remade around the world after All3Media International struck a raft of format deals with major producers.
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NewsUKTV nets JJ Abrams’ Believe
UKTV has struck its first deal following the LA Screenings, buying JJ Abrams’ supernatural thriller Believe from Warner Bros International Television Distribution.
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NewsWaddell pens Cineflix deal to bolster US trade
Northern Irish indie Waddell Media has struck a first-look deal with international distributor Cineflix Rights as it looks to ramp up its business in the US.
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NewsTCB grows with 40 indie deals
TCB Media Rights, the international distributor formed by former Cineflix Rights boss Paul Heaney, is expanding its programming pipeline and is heading to Mipcom with new shows from a client base of 40 UK indies.
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NewsCCTV snaps up fact ent formats
Supernanny and Secret Millionaire are to be remade in China as the country’s burgeoning appetite for factual entertainment formats continues to grow.