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NewsSCTE SUMMER LECTURE 2023: ‘Maximising Data, Maximising Performance’
Automation for productivity, piracy data operations and softskills for broadband engineering will be the key focus of the Society for Broadband Professionals (SCTE) Summer Lecture programme on 6 July, the organisation has announced.
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NewsGlobal Exhibition Day: Celebrating the Gathering of Minds
This week sees the eighth annual Global Exhibitions Day (GED) take place, which celebrates the positive impact of exhibitions in general. To mark the occasion, IBC has reviewed its own impact on the media and entertainment sector, and what it means to attendees world-over.
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NewsDirectors Guild of America Reaches Tentative Deal with Hollywood Studios
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has reached a tentative agreement on a three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
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Industry TrendsAlbert Mission Zero: A Toolkit for Sustainable Change
As the world celebrates World Environment Day, albert, the industry’s answer to creating positive action for the planet, shone the spotlight on the carbon footprint of production, writes Sheryl Hickey.
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Industry TrendsMental Health and Production: The Whole Picture
Supporting staff and crew on a production has never been more important, and The Film and TV Charity’s free toolkit aims to establish a framework to ensure that happens with the minimum friction possible. Sheryl Hickey reports.
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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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NewsReuters Report: Avid Explores Possible Sale
Video and editing software provider Avid Technology is exploring a potential sale, according to a Reuters report.
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NewsScreenSkills Calls for Film and TV Industry Apprenticeship Reform
ScreenSkills has called for fundamental reform of the apprenticeship levy in the UK and how apprenticeships are applied for the TV and film sector in England, following an assessment of two pilot schemes.
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Industry TrendsAI and ML: driving content automation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is far from a new concept, as anyone who has watched the Terminator films will attest. But articles about AI and machine learning (ML) are now increasingly appearing in the mainstream media, in part owing to the release of the AI-based chatbot ChatGPT by OpenAI.
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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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NewsUK Culture Secretary Targets £50bn Creative Industries Growth
UK Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has set out her ambition to grow the creative industries by £50 billion in GVA and to create a million extra jobs by 2030.
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Industry TrendsWomen Behind the Camera: More Presence, More Interest
Visibility of women working behind the lens can influence better gender balance in the industry and create opportunities for female camera crew, according to an expert panel at the Media Production and Technology Show, reports Sheryl Hickey.
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Industry TrendsDTG2023: FAST and Curious, AR and Fan Wonderment
With a part two look at the DTG’s The Bigger Picture event, George Jarrett reports on two sessions that particularly caught the ear, one dubbed The FAST Track to Success, and a fascinating session on Extended Fan Experiences.
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Industry TrendsDTG2023: The Media Bill, OFCOM and ITVX Forge the Bigger Picture
The DTG’s annual conference, hosted by TV/radio presenter Sasha Twining, covered a dozen subjects under the banner of The Bigger Picture. Monetisation has cast a nasty shadow over streaming, and consumers are consumed by financial concerns that have shunted them towards nostalgia. George Jarrett reports.
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Industry TrendsRemote Production by Pedal Power: Sustainable Broadcast
A flurry of striking new mobile broadcasting projects – including two bike-based units in the Netherlands – provide a tantalising glimpse of how day-to-day news-gathering and remote production could be made more sustainable, writes David Davies.
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Industry TrendsHouse of the Dragon and ADR: The Sound of the Dragon
Fresh from gaining a 2023 BAFTA Craft Award for Sound: Fiction, the sound team behind the House of the Dragon discuss the challenges and highpoints of capturing aural dragon DNA, writes Sheryl Hickey.
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Industry TrendsIBC2023 Registration Now Open: Emphasis on Innovation and Heightened Global Scope
IBC2023 is now open for registration and the countdown has officially begun for the biggest IBC show since pre-pandemic. IBC2023 will see all halls reopened for the first time since 2019 and two halls are already extended to their maximum capacity.
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NewsViaplay Promotes Content Chief Filippa Wallestam
Nordic streamer Viaplay has promoted Chief Content Officer Filippa Wallestam to run its operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.
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NewsPinewood Group Acquires Pinewood Toronto Studios in Canada
UK based Pinewood Group has acquired full ownership of Pinewood Toronto Studios, a purpose-built film and TV studio in Toronto.
