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Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: Prehistoric Planet II
BBC Studios and MPC worked with biologists and palaeontologists to translate scientific research into photoreal VFX and the visual grammar of a blue-chip wildlife doc, reports Adrian Pennington.
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Eurovision 2023 Reaches 162m Viewers
The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest reached 162 million people over its three live shows across 38 public service media markets, according to figures provided by organiser the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
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Celebrating Change: Sir Lenny Henry to headline BE YOU Festival
Soho Media Club, the network that brings together film, TV and media communities, has announced that Sir Lenny Henry will headline its annual festival. The Soho, London event will run on 13 July, more information and tickets are here: BE YOU Festival
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BBC Reveals Astonishing Eurovision2023 Production Stats
The BBC has revealed some of the facts and figures behind its staging of the Eurovision 2023 Song Contest from Liverpool this week, with 60 miles of power cabling alone being required.
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BBC Chairman Richard Sharp Resigns
Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chairman after a report found that he broke rules over dealings with Boris Johnson ahead of his appointment.
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NAB 2023 Preview: If Cloud Is The Answer, What Is The Question?
Cloud economics, AI disruption, environmental action and Xtended Reality are the big themes to watch at NAB 2023, writes Adrian Pennington
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BBC to Cut 1,000 Hours of New Programmes
The BBC is to cut 1,000 hours of new TV programmes in 2023 as part of a drive to save money.
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DIMPACT - ‘Picking up where Albert leaves off’
A 25-company group of broadcasters, streamers and digital publishers make up the Responsible Media Forum, which has created a spin-off project designed to calculate the carbon emissions of the downstream value chain. George Jarrett speaks to a key stakeholder to report on progress.
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RTS Award 2023 Winners: Genre Defining Programming
The Royal Television Society (RTS), has announced the winners of the annual RTS programme awards, honouring production achievements that Chair of the awards, Kenton Allen described as a “genre-defining programming from the past year.”
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BBC Halts Production of Top Gear After Flintoff Crash
The BBC says it has halted production of the latest series of Top Gear after co-presenter Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff was injured in crash while filming.
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This is Going to Hurt, The Responder Lead Nominations for Bafta Television Awards
BBC dramas This is Going to Hurt and The Responder have emerged as the front runners at the Bafta Television Awards with six nominations each.
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UK Bans TikTok on Govt Devices, BBC Asks Staff to Delete App
Chinese-owned social media app TikTok has been banned on UK government electronic devices, while the BBC has advised staff to delete TikTok from corporate phones because of privacy and security fears.
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Behind the Scenes: Blue Lights
The ‘anti-Line of Duty’, Blue Lights is a gritty cop drama set in Belfast, but with plenty more to it than initially meets the eye, writes Adrian Pennington.
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BBC leads the way at RTS TV Journalism Awards 2023
The BBC led the way at this year’s RTS Television Journalism Awards 2023, with 11 wins across both news and current affairs, including Network Daily News Programme of the Year for BBC News at Ten and Network Presenter of the Year which was awarded to Clive Myrie.
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IWD2023: Gender diversity in broadcast technology: forward momentum, but the pipeline needs work
In 2022, in honour of International Women’s Day, we looked at the state of gender diversity in broadcast technology. The consensus of the interviewees was that although the industry had made progress, there was more that needed to be done. One year on, we are revisiting the topic with a ...
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Investigation launched into appointment process of BBC chairman
The process of appointing BBC chairman Richard Sharp is to be investigated following reports he helped Boris Johnson secure a loan.
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BBC offers glimpse into earliest days of radio to mark 100 year anniversary
To mark its 100th anniversary, the BBC has published a full listing of the radio programmes that were available in its very first year in operation on the BBC Programme Index.
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IBC2022 International Honour for Excellence awarded to the BBC for their ‘special place in the broadcasting industry’
The IBC2022 International Honour for Excellence, IBC’s highest award, has been given to the BBC in its 100th year, recognising the organisation’s leadership as “the start of the whole media industry”.
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Sir Damon Buffini appointed deputy chair of BBC Board
The BBC has named Sir Damon Buffini as Deputy Chair of the BBC Board, and appointed Gary Newman, Ian Griffiths and Claire Hungate to its Commercial Board.
