All Production articles – Page 12
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Industry TrendsFlexibility, scalability and complexity: Inside BBC Wales’ all-IP Central Square facility
The 15 July 2019 marked BBC Wales’ inaugural live transmission from Central Square, its new headquarters in the heart of Cardiff, by Announcer/Director Tim Cooper. Shortly after that, the first radio broadcast went out on 25 July. By September of 2020, TV news programmes including Wales Today and Newyddion had ...
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Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: Creating the world of Germinal
An ambitious retelling of the classic class-struggle story Germinal for French TV led to a studio set dunked in two metres of water, 10m flames shot in 12K and the resurrection of an iconic film stock.
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NewsITV announces £80 million Diversity Commissioning Fund
ITV plans to reserve £80 million of its content commissioning budget over the next three years to drive change towards racial equity and disability equity.
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NewsPrince Edward becomes first Royal Patron of PGGB
Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, has become Royal Patron of The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB).
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NewsPulse Films co-founders step down
Pulse Films founders and CEOs Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford are stepping down after 16 years of leading the company.
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Industry TrendsNew Grass Valley CEO Andrew Cross on the content revolution, the cloud and IP adoption
With the pandemic providing a catalyst for change in many areas of production, newly appointed Grass Valley CEO Andrew Cross hails a “hugely exciting time” in the history of M&E.
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Industry TrendsCameras & accessories: Industry innovation remains undimmed
While the normal annual cycle of product launches has been muted for obvious reasons during the past two years, this round-up of new cameras and accessories confirms that industry R&D departments have remained highly active, writes David Davies.
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NewsScreenSkills TV fund earmarks £10m for training
The ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund is to invest more than £10 million of industry contributions from UK producers, broadcaster in-house productions and inward investors in training in the coming year.
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Industry TrendsBAFTA Elevate 2022 opens for applications
BAFTA has opened applications for the next Elevate, its industry initiative that supports individuals from under-represented backgrounds who have faced barriers to career progression in the screen industry. Now in its fourth edition, Elevate aims to champion talented producers in both scripted and unscripted disciplines, working across film and television. ...
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NewsSunset+Vine to create a ‘a skilled, diverse and inspired workforce’ with Commonwealth Games training initiative
Building on its background in training and development, Sunset+Vine, Host Broadcast partner for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, has partnered with Birmingham City University, Create Central, WMCA and Solihull College to deliver a Host Broadcast Training Initiative (HBTI). The HBTI will offer 200 work experience placements on its outside broadcasts ...
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NewsScreenSkills report reveals unscripted TV challenges
Research by training organisation ScreenSkills on unscripted TV has laid bare a wide range of skills needs with a particular focus on shortages in the “squeezed middle” of experienced crew.
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NewsChannel 4 to mentor and train 60 black filmmakers
Channel 4 has teamed up with We Are Parable to create a mentoring and training programme for 60 Black TV, filmmakers and content creators across the UK.
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NewsFilm and drama spend hits record £5.64 billion in UK
The combined spend by film and high-end television production (HETV) in the UK during 2021 reached a record £5.64 billion, according to official BFI figures.
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NewsFilm and TV studio to launch in space
UK-based media company Space Entertainment Enterprise (S.E.E.) is to build the world’s first content and entertainment studios and multi-purpose arena in space.
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NewsPinewood expansion wins planning greenlight
Plans to expand Pinewood Studios have been agreed by local councillors.
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Daily NewsLiveU frees up broadcast orchestration with Air Control
Air Control, a broadcast orchestration cloud-based solution, has been launched by LiveU. It aims to streamline the production workflow by connecting the control room, in the field talent and crew, and existing technology infrastructure. It enables broadcast-grade video and audio, powered by LiveU’s dedicated video and audio protocol, LRT (LiveU ...
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NewsOn-demand: IBC’s Creative Production Workflow Tour
The cutting-edge tech that is enabling every aspect of the creative production process is the focus of this Workflow Tour led by key studio and post-production technology users and suppliers. The tour is available to watch on-demand on IBC Digital.
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NewsChannel 4 to invest £15 million in training
Channel 4 says it will create over 15,000 training and development opportunities from 2022 with a focus on young people from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds who want a career in broadcasting.
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Daily NewsEpic Games keeps it Unreal
The latest version of real-time game engine Unreal Engine includes new features for creators across game development, film and television, architecture, automotive and more.
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Thought LeadershipHow technology is narrowing the gap between Broadcast and AV production
While broadcast and AV used to be seen as very separate entities, both are built around the concept of the playlist and discrete, triggered events happening in a carefully choreographed sequence, with a schedule and items that need to take place on demand. And it’s not just broadcast borrowing technologies ...
