Back by popular demand after her sold-out 2019 session, Deirdre Mulcahy, news camerawoman, freelance producer, and for twelve years, Senior Video & Mobile Journalism Trainer for the BBC Academy, puts down her trusty Sony FS5 to pass on her top tips for using your smartphone as a professional camera.
Based on the true story of the dramatic rise and fall of Nokia, once the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturer, Walter Presents: Mobile 101 is a 1980s set drama that chronicles the hard-fought making of the Nokia 101 handset, and the company’s David vs. Goliath legal battle against its American rival – and the intimidatingly more powerful – Motorola.
The UK’s rapidly expanding film and TV industry is a substantial contributor to the UK’s GDP, however, widespread skills shortages are being experienced across the UK screen industries.
This RTS event in partnership with Buckinghamshire New University has assembled an expert panel in front of a student and industry audience. Following the discussion, the panel will answer questions from the audience and consider how the screen industries can accelerate their move to becoming an industry that fully represents the UK population.
An event supported by the Royal Television Society Technology Centre, we invite you to join educators, policymakers, and leading luminaries of the UK industry in a grand collaboration to unlock Buckinghamshire's creative future.
Places are limited so we are only able to offer places to RTS members.
In this session, RTS London looks at how new technology has opened up the BBC Archive as a source of new resources and user experiences, enabling producers, educators, and the public to access an incomparable volume of audio and video content. The switch to modern digital architectures is enabling transformational process change, leading to more efficient forms of discovery and curation, and far greater accessibility.
Sam Ryder gave the UK its best score since 1998, with the third-highest jury vote in Eurovision history of 283 points. His performance also gave the UK its highest viewing figures since 2011, a decade that otherwise saw some of its lowest vote rankings. The Grand Final was the second-most-watched programme in Britain (8.9 million viewers), behind only the Platinum Party at the Palace, at which Sam Ryder also performed.
We’ve gathered the great and good of the UK-based news broadcasting teams behind the coverage, to shed light on this historic event.
MODERATOR:
Anila Dhami, Presenter and Journalist
The Royal Television Society has agreed with HMCA to offer discounted rates for medical plans, dental plans, hospital cash plans, travel and vehicle breakdown plans to RTS Members.
Please note this session is currently full.
The cost and mechanism of funding the Corporation has always been near the top of that list. The former Secretary of State, Nadine Dorries, claimed that the current license fee settlement would be the last. The BBC says universality is more important than the means. What could replace the licence fee?
The 2021 RTS London Annual General Meeting is open to all members of the London Centre of the Royal Television Society. Members will be sent a Zoom link via email up to 24 hours before the AGM upon registration. Please use the "Book Now" button to be added to the mailing list.
