Learning on ScreenNews Archive for September, 2010
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2010 Community Cinemas Conference
Published: 7 September 2010BFFS National Conference for Community Cinema Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 September Institut Français, South Kensington, London Bookings are now open for the British Federation of Film Societies’ fourth National Conference for Community Cinemas. This year’s conference will include training sessions, film screenings and networking opportunities for community cinema and film society volunteers. The focus […]
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New iPlayer launched
Published: 6 September 2010The new version of the BBC iPlayer was formally launched today. Along with improved picture quality new features include ‘My Favourites’, to collect programmes as they air, and a categories section which will make suggestions to users on a genre basis. The main emphasis is on making it more closely attuned to social networking site […]
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Shakespeare Sources & Adaptation Conference
Published: 6 September 2010The British Shakespeare Association is holding its next biennial conference at the University of Cambridge, 9-11 September 2011. The conference aims to bring together academics, theatre and film practitioners and teachers on the subject of Shakespeare: Sources and Adaptation. Speakers and sessions already confirmed include Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Rosen, Professor Helen Cooper, the RSC […]
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Apple launches Ping
Published: 2 September 2010On 1 September Apple launched Ping, its new social network based around music and what people are listening to. It will be available as part of iTunes 10 on both PCs and Macs. Touted as a challenger to MySpace, Spotify and potentially even Facebook, users can create playlists and share still and moving images as […]
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Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio requests
Published: 2 September 2010For the week ending 27 August 2010 This week the top spot for the requests from the BUFVC Off-air Recording Back-up Service was taken by George Alagiah’s examination of the global food crisis while runners up include programmes ranging from Richard Dawkins’ polemic on ‘Faith Schools’ and Germaine Greer’s impact as a feminist – here […]
