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• Tweeting from the Learning on Screen Awards 2012

  Published: 26 April 2012

  Not able to attend the Learning on Screen Awards 2012 this evening at the BFI Southbank? The BUFVC team will be tweeting throughout the awards ceremony this evening.  Find out who has won each award category as they are announced live from 6pm in NFT3 and see feedback on Lord Robert Winston’s guest speech. Join …

  Categories: General News, Learning on Screen

• Women’s Film and TV History Network web launch

  Published: 20 April 2012

  The Women’s Film and Television History Network-UK/Ireland has launched its new website. WFTHN members receive a regular e-newsletter which keeps them up-to-date with conferences, events, calls for papers, publishing and funding opportunities, and related news. To preview the latest issue of the WFTHN e-Newsletter, click here. To become a member and receive the WFTHN e-Newsletter, sign …

  Categories: Archives and Footage, General News, Viewfinder

• Official launch of Chronicle: BBC Northern Ireland’s television news from the 60s & 70s

  Published: 19 April 2012

  In partnership, the BBC, JISC and the British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC), today announce the launch of Chronicle, a project to make BBC Northern Ireland’s television news from the 1960s and 1970s available to the academic community online. The audio-visual archives of the BBC contain a wealth of material gathered since it was …

  Categories: Archives and Footage, General News, TV and Radio

• The Genius of Hitchcock

  Published: 18 April 2012

  The British Film Institute is mounting a major retrospective devoted to the work of British filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock www.bfi.org.uk/hitchcock/ The British Film Institute (BFI) is celebrating and exploring The Genius of Hitchcock this summer with the most comprehensive examination ever of his body of work – the biggest project the BFI has ever undertaken. Incorporating: …

  Categories: BOB, General News, Moving Images Gateway, Trilt, TV and Radio

• The Tempest for iPad

  Published: 17 April 2012

  Much more than a digital book, the The Tempest for iPad by Luminary Digital Media is designed for social reading, authoring, and sharing. Developed at the Center for Research Computing at the University of Notre Dame, its aim is to allow readers – be they students, scholars or enthusiasts – to dynamically experience Shakespeare’s play. …

  Categories: General News, Shakespeare

• Summer training courses

  Published: 16 April 2012

  Are you working with moving image and sound? Do you need to learn new skills or update your knowledge? All BUFVC courses are delivered by expert practitioners in the field of moving image and sound and provide practical advice and guidance with the opportunity to discuss specific work-related issues.  Teach and Design Educational Video Successfully, Tuesday …

  Categories: BUFVC Courses, General News

• Learning on Screen Awards – last chance to book

  Published: 13 April 2012

  The Learning on Screen Awards 2012 will take place at the BFI Southbank, London on Thursday 26 April 2012, from 6pm. View the nominated entries here. The evening will include a guest speech by Professor Lord Winston, Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London and presenter of popular BBC science programmes.  Join us to: view …

  Categories: General News, Learning on Screen

• Shakespeare on BBC radio – April/May 2012

  Published: 13 April 2012

  As part of the BBC’s contribution to the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival, the radio networks have just announced the schedule for their Shakespeare Season. Highlights include new drama productions of Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet starring David Tennant as well as The Tempest with David Warner as Prospero. Starting Monday 16 April, …

  Categories: BOB, General News, Shakespeare, Trilt, TV and Radio

• BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

  Published: 4 April 2012

  For the week ending 30 March 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include programmes on the food industry, art nouveau, forced mariages, and recent changes in China. 1. THE HOTEL (CHANNEL 4) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For more information go to the C4 website 2. …

  Categories: BOB, General News, Trilt, TV and Radio

• Copyright issues

  Published: 4 April 2012

  There have been two recent developments relating to copyright issues – one concerning ‘orphan works’ and the other a report on simplifying copyright licensing for digital media. The EU Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee has voted in favour of reforming copyright legislation to permit ‘orphan works’ to be digitised and made available in online archives if, …

  Categories: Copyright, General News