All BBC articles – Page 3
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Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: The Hundred
The Hundred, the ECB’s 100-ball-a-side competition, aims to carry over momentum from The Ashes as it commences this week. Adrian Pennington takes to the crease to uncover the inside story.
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Industry TrendsInterview: DPP CEO Mark Harrison – Content and Collaboration
The DPP’s rise to industry prominence: George Jarrett, who attended the first three foundation meetings involving ITV, C4 and the BBC and industry sympathisers seeking an agreed digital production strategy, talks to DPP CEO Mark Harrison.
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NewsIBC2023 Social Impact Awards: Shortlist Highlights Innovation and Groundbreaking Social Projects
Transformational technologies that are taking the industry in new directions, such as software and services and also equality and sustainability initiatives are both key areas for the IBC Innovation and Social Impact Awards shortlist.
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Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: Wimbledon 2023
The Championships, Wimbledon 2023 may feature more UHD and High Dynamic Range coverage than ever this year but it’s the volley of editorial firepower being served up that is the real story of the Championship’s technical production, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: Glastonbury 2023
BBC Studios executives explain to Adrian Pennington how they brought a “a chunk of British summer” from a field in England to audiences across radio, TV and iPlayer.
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NewsKerensa Samanidis Appointed General Manager of BBC iPlayer
Kerensa Samanidis has been named as General Manager for BBC iPlayer.
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NewsDame Elan Closs Stephens Appointed Acting BBC Chairwoman
Dame Elan Closs Stephens has been appointed as acting chairwoman of the BBC.
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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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NewsEurovision 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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NewsCelebrating 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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NewsBBC 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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NewsBBC 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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Industry TrendsNAB 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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NewsBBC 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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Industry TrendsDIMPACT - ‘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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Industry TrendsRTS 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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NewsBBC 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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NewsThis 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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NewsUK 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.
