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Pinewood seeks permission for revised expansion plan
Pinewood Studios has submitted a planning application for an expanded Screen Hub scheme of 1.4 million square feet.
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Territory Studio acquires Cantina Creative
Creative specialist Territory Studio has acquired design and VFX studio Cantina Creative, and has created the newly formed Territory Group.
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IABM announces presentations to follow Industry Trends Show Opener at IBC2022
A full schedule of technology and business presentations have been added to the agenda following IABM’s industry trends themed Show Opener at IBC2022.
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BAFTA announces appointment of Jane Millichip as new CEO
BAFTA has appointed former Sky Studios Chief Content Officer Jane Millichip as its next Chief Executive.
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BBC names ex-Netflix exec Lindsay Salt as director of drama
Lindsay Salt has been appointed as the new director of BBC drama.
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Apple TV+ and Paramount+ favoured by streaming switchers in the US
Apple TV+ and Paramount+ are the most popular services for US subscription video on demand (SVOD) switchers, according to research by Ampere Analysis.
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Two winners share RTS Young Technologist of the Year Award 2022
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has named Jahreal Wright and Jonathan Chappell-Seetayah as joint winners of the RTS Young Technologist of the Year Award.
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Channel 4 revenues top £1 billion for first time
Channel 4’s revenues have exceeded £1 billion for the first time, growing by 25% year-on-year to £1.2 billion, according to figures in its 2021 annual report.
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Disguise acquires immersive entertainment firm Meptick
Extended reality (xR) technology firm disguise has acquired Atlanta-based immersive entertainment specialist Meptick.
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Channel 4 sale up in the air after Boris Johnson resignation
Plans to privatise UK broadcaster Channel 4 are in doubt following the collapse of Boris Johnson’s government.
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Elon Musk abandons $44 billion Twitter bid
Elon Musk is abandoning his $44 billion bid for Twitter, alleging that the social media company had failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts on its service.
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RTS Awards: Entries open for craft talent in TV and broadcasting
Entries are now open for broadcasters and individual crafts people across all competitive categories for the Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards 2022.
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Amazon and BBC break BT Sports’ exclusive hold over Champions League
BT Sport has lost its exclusive hold over coverage of the UEFA Champions League, with streaming service Amazon securing 17 games and the BBC airing highlights for the first time.
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Fremantle launches Jamie Oliver FAST channel
Fremantle and Jamie Oliver have launched a FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming Television) channel dedicated to the chef’s cooking shows, The Jamie Oliver Channel.
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EBU re-elects president and vice-president, confirms Noel Curran as DG
Delphine Ernotte-Cunci and Petr Dvořák have been re-elected to serve a second two-year mandate as president and vice-president of the executive board at the European Broadcasting Union, while UA:PBC’s Mykola Chernotytskyi and BR’s Dr Katja Wildermuth have taken up vacant positions on the board.
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The metaverse: More of a social revolution than a technical one?
Research by Improbable suggests that, while interest in the metaverse is growing, the real conversations are centred around Web3 technologies such as NFT and crypto.
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London’s 3 Mills Studios embarks on £6 million upgrade
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has begun a £6 million renovation and modernisation project to upgrade several of the buildings at its 3 Mills Studios in east London.
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NFTS and University of West of England dominate RTS Student Television Awards
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has crowned the winners for the national RTS Student Television Awards 2022, sponsored by Kinetic Content.
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Urgently needed: 21,000 more UK film and high-end TV crew (by 2025)
Film and high-end television production in the UK could be worth £7.66 billion by 2025 and requires nearly 21,000 more crew, according to research commissioned by ScreenSkills.