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  • BBC inks ?100m deal with BT for next-gen broadcast network

    BBC inks ?100m deal with BT for next-gen broadcast network

    MUMBAI: The BBC has inked a seven year deal worth over ?100m with BT to provide its broadcast network, delivering considerable savings and paving the way for future digital innovation. This enables the BBC to move to a new, state-of-the-art network based on internet technologies from April 2017.

     

    The new network will be more efficient, flexible, and better able to support BBC innovation. For example, extra services and capacity can be added for major events, such as a general election or the Olympics, more easily and at a lower cost than with the current system. It will also make it easier for the BBC to work with and explore emerging, data-hungry formats – like Ultra HD (4K), 360-degree content, and others yet to be invented.

     

    The contract with BT is for seven years, with an option for the BBC to extend for a further three. It will save the BBC tens of millions of pounds, making a significant contribution to the BBC’s savings targets, as it capitalises on advances in technology and a competitive procurement to reduce the overall cost.

     

    BBC chief technology officer Matthew Postgate said, “This is an important step towards building an internet-fit BBC and will allow us to provide more interactive and personalised content in the future. At a time when the BBC faces serious financial challenges, it will also save us tens of millions of pounds so we can focus more of our money on the programmes and services for licence fee payers.”

     

    The new network will link all BBC UK sites, including 21 broadcasting centres and local radio stations, as well as connecting to the main overseas bureaux and partners for playout of the BBC’s TV channels. It will carry all video, audio and data traffic, as well as fixed line telephony, ISDN and broadband services.

     

    It will be operated by BT’s global media services operation, BT Media and Broadcast. The selection of BT follows a public procurement under the BBC’s Aurora Programme, which is re-sourcing all of the BBC’s core technology services as the current contract expires in April 2017.

     

    BT Media and Broadcast global vice president Mark Wilson-Dunn added, “We are delighted by the BBC’s decision to choose us as their next generation broadcast network partner. Both of our organisations have a vital part to play in making the best use of advanced technology to support and enable the ever-accelerating evolution of broadcast media.”

     

    The current broadcast network is provided by Vodafone UK through the BBC’s principal technology services provider, Atos. In future, Vodafone will continue to have an important strategic relationship with the BBC, providing a key data centre, telephony services and additional connectivity in London.

     

    Over the coming year, the BBC will be working with both Vodafone and BT to ensure a smooth transition to the new network.

  • BBC inks ?100m deal with BT for next-gen broadcast network

    BBC inks ?100m deal with BT for next-gen broadcast network

    MUMBAI: The BBC has inked a seven year deal worth over ?100m with BT to provide its broadcast network, delivering considerable savings and paving the way for future digital innovation. This enables the BBC to move to a new, state-of-the-art network based on internet technologies from April 2017.

     

    The new network will be more efficient, flexible, and better able to support BBC innovation. For example, extra services and capacity can be added for major events, such as a general election or the Olympics, more easily and at a lower cost than with the current system. It will also make it easier for the BBC to work with and explore emerging, data-hungry formats – like Ultra HD (4K), 360-degree content, and others yet to be invented.

     

    The contract with BT is for seven years, with an option for the BBC to extend for a further three. It will save the BBC tens of millions of pounds, making a significant contribution to the BBC’s savings targets, as it capitalises on advances in technology and a competitive procurement to reduce the overall cost.

     

    BBC chief technology officer Matthew Postgate said, “This is an important step towards building an internet-fit BBC and will allow us to provide more interactive and personalised content in the future. At a time when the BBC faces serious financial challenges, it will also save us tens of millions of pounds so we can focus more of our money on the programmes and services for licence fee payers.”

     

    The new network will link all BBC UK sites, including 21 broadcasting centres and local radio stations, as well as connecting to the main overseas bureaux and partners for playout of the BBC’s TV channels. It will carry all video, audio and data traffic, as well as fixed line telephony, ISDN and broadband services.

     

    It will be operated by BT’s global media services operation, BT Media and Broadcast. The selection of BT follows a public procurement under the BBC’s Aurora Programme, which is re-sourcing all of the BBC’s core technology services as the current contract expires in April 2017.

     

    BT Media and Broadcast global vice president Mark Wilson-Dunn added, “We are delighted by the BBC’s decision to choose us as their next generation broadcast network partner. Both of our organisations have a vital part to play in making the best use of advanced technology to support and enable the ever-accelerating evolution of broadcast media.”

     

    The current broadcast network is provided by Vodafone UK through the BBC’s principal technology services provider, Atos. In future, Vodafone will continue to have an important strategic relationship with the BBC, providing a key data centre, telephony services and additional connectivity in London.

     

    Over the coming year, the BBC will be working with both Vodafone and BT to ensure a smooth transition to the new network.

  • Warner Bros. unveils 12 new show formats at MIPTV

    Warner Bros. unveils 12 new show formats at MIPTV

    MUMBAI: Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) has unveiled 12 all-new primetime formats at MIPTV. These include Repeat After Me (ABC, U.S.), The Gift (BBC One, UK), Weight for Love (in development at NBC),Backyard Survival (RTL4, Netherlands) and Our First Home (TVOne, NZ).

     

    The company will also be previewing its all-new event game show format 500 Questions (ABC, U.S.) from executive producer Mark Burnett and creator Mike Darnell at MIPTV.

     

    Inspired by a highly successful signature segment from the Emmy-winning daytime talk program The Ellen DeGeneres Show and produced by Ellen’s A Very Good Production in association with Warner Horizon Television, Repeat After Me sees Wendi McLendon-Covey instruct superstar talent, via a remote earpiece, to interact with everyday people in high-energy, comedic hidden-camera situations. Guests include Harry Connick, Jr., Usher and Justin Bieber, whose sketch reached more than 800 million users on Twitter.

     

    From the makers of worldwide success Who Do You Think You Are? comes The Gift for BBC One. This unique factual entertainment series follows the unexpected and heart-warming personal stories of ordinary people given the extraordinary opportunity to be reunited with someone who changed their life forever. The Gift premiered in February on BBC One and is the highest rated new factual format series at 9 pm on the network in 2014/15.

     

    From 5×5 Media in association with Warner Horizon Television, Weight for Love sees the emotional and physical transformation of overweight couples who commit to separate for a long period of time in order to regain their health. The couples will be documented and united in an emotional reveal, as they begin to plan the next part of their new lives.

     

    Coming soon to RTL4 (Netherlands) is Backyard Survival, from the creators of Adam Looking for Eve. The show challenges four famous faces to live and survive without shelter and food in the wilds of the nation’s countryside, revealing personal and touching stories of the stars as they attempt Backyard Survival.

     

    From the producers of The Bachelor New Zealand is Our First Home for TV One (NZ). Currently outperforming all international formats in its primetime slot, the show is feel-good and competitive. Part observational documentary and part soap opera, parents sacrifice everything for their kids, as they buy a ‘do-up’ and work together to help them with their first step on the property ladder. Competing against the clock to win big – families will be pushed to the limit in TV’s most exciting new property renovation show.

     

    The new format slate also includes the market debut of Adoption Stories (Nelonen, Finland), Bring Back Borstal (ITV, UK), Back in Time for Dinner (BBC Two, UK),Ellen’s Design Challenge (HGTV, U.S.), Push The Red Button (RTL4, Netherlands),Soundtrack of Love (YLE, Finland) and Wanted – A Very Personal Assistant (BBC Three, UK).

     

    Warner Bros. International Television Production includes new productions worldwide for The Bachelor, produced in 30 territories including ABC (U.S.) and RTL (Germany); the recently launched Adam Looking for Eve, produced in seven countries including RTL (Germany) and Cuatro (Spain); and First Dates, the top rated format created for Channel 4 (UK) and recently commissioned by NBC for a primetime US version produced by Shed Media (part of the unscripted/alternative programming department at Warner Bros.).

  • Clare Pizey to lead the creative direction for BBC’s formats

    Clare Pizey to lead the creative direction for BBC’s formats

    MUMBAI: Clare Pizey has been appointed Creative Director of the Features and Formats Studio.
    She will work in the newly created position as a senior member of the Features and Formats team. She will be tasked with taking the team in new directions and winning new business.
    She has spent the past seven years at Granada, first as Executive Producer at Granada Entertainment and then, from 2005, as Controller of Factual North.
    She worked at the BBC seven years ago in the Factual department for Anne Morrison, working on programmes including Mysteries With Carol Vorderman and 999.
    The Features and Formats Studio based in London, produces shows like Top Gear which airs in India on BBC World. The studio also develops new formats, particularly for BBC Three, such as Last Man Standing which will take six westerners to compete in sporting festivals in some of the remotest parts of the world.