Vanessa Case and Andrew Jackson of Blue Ant and Plimsoll, relate their experience of capturing hundreds of hours of 4k UHD natural history in their grand, two-year, Camp Zambia production. [bitsontherun YgAuCLhl-hLYU43gg]
BBC Worldwide – the main commercial arm of the Corporation – has agreed a co-production deal with one of China’s largest providers of Internet value added services, Tencent for Planet Earth II, marking the first time BBC Worldwide is co-producing a documentary with a video platform in China. Narrated by David Attenborough and produced by […]
CBS has ordered Candy Crush, a new one-hour, live action game show series based on the globally renowned mobile game franchise. CBS, Lionsgate and King will join together on the new format created and executive produced by Matt Kunitz that will be distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by Lionsgate. “We are huge […]
According to the findings of a report – Films on television: Origin, age and circulation – released by the European Audiovisual Observatory, films produced in Europe accounted for 31 per cent of films broadcast by the TV channels of the sample during the 2014-2015 season. This share is slightly lower when considering only prime-time hours […]
Scripps Networks Interactive has announced two new original commissions, Olly Smith: Ale Trails and Take Me Home for Travel Channel, the premier global travel broadcaster, in association with Brand USA. Both series will premiere in December across UK & EMEA. “We are delighted to once again be partnering with Brand USA on these two compelling […]
Reza Ackbaraly CEO of Auditorium Films tells about capturing concerts in 4K UHD, the challenges in workflow, and how choosing the right subject matter is the key to making UHD really work for the broadcaster and viewer. [bitsontherun jnIgRxrK-hLYU43gg]
Between 2013 and 2015, Netflix and Amazon more than doubled their annual expenditure on programming. In 2013, Amazon spent $1.22 billion; that jumped to $2.67 billion in 2015. In the same timeframe, Netflix spending rose from $2.38 billion to $4.91 billion, according to the findings from World TV Production Report 2016, a forthcoming study by […]
Sony’s position at the intersection of creativity and storytelling, as well as the passion of its staff, ideally position it to deliver create and deliver compelling content in the modern multi-platform, multi-device era, according to Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO, Sony Corporation. Delivering a Media Mastermind Keynote at MIPCOM in Cannes, Hirai said that he […]
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has published a survey of the working culture of producers of non-broadcast content. DPP Survey Report: New Content Creators draws on in-depth interviews with over 30 non-broadcast production companies and their suppliers. It presents a culture that’s distinctively different from the world of independent television production companies, including far more […]
Discovery Communications has agreed to make a minority investment of $100 million (€90.6m) and enter into a strategic partnership with Group Nine Media – a new media holding company consisting of Thrillist Media Group, NowThis Media, The Dodo and Discovery’s digital network Seeker (along with its production studio SourceFed Studios). Axel Springer will maintain its […]