All Broadcast articles in 10 July 2015 – Page 6
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News
Adam Crozier to deliver Mipcom keynote
Adam Crozier is to lift the lid on ITV’s strategy to build an international content business in a keynote speech at Mipcom.
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BBCW confirms Jane Tranter's departure
BBC Worldwide has confirmed US production chief Jane Tranter is to leave the company and set up her own indie.
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'Dangerous' BBC funding deal criticised
A series of high-profile figures have criticised the speed and lack of public consultation involved in agreeing the BBC’s funding for the next decade.
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Danny Cohen reveals licence fee deal circumstances
The government forced the BBC into agreeing a back room funding deal after making clear to the corporation that it would be asked to pick up the bill for pensioner licence fees in this week’s Budget, according to Danny Cohen.
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Pact urges BBC to halt content cuts
Pact chief executive John McVay has urged the BBC to defend content budgets as the government has asked it to shoulder the £650m bill for paying the licence fee for over-75s.
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Comment
Topsy-turvy licence fee deal raises plenty of questions
Licence fee settlement is not quite the doomsday deal predicted, but an ageing population suggests cuts are on the way, writes Chris Curtis.
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News
Licence fee deal: BBC wins and losses
Broadcast’s line-by-line guide to how the BBC will be impacted by the surprise licence fee deal announced today.
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Tony Hall hails 'right deal' for the BBC
Director general Tony Hall has claimed the shock agreement for the future funding of the corporation is the “right deal for the BBC in difficult economic circumstances”.
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BBC licence fee deal: reaction
Click for all the latest reaction to the surprise BBC licence fee deal
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Whittingdale: BBC to take on £650m pensioner licence fees
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has announced that the BBC will shoulder the £650m cost of licence fees for over-75s - but the corporation’s funding will be tied to inflation in the next charter period.
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Ratings
Viewers fail to follow Family Guy to BBC2
SUNDAY: BBC2 failed to benefit from the introduction of Family Guy after the animation was unable to top the previous series opener on BBC3.
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Creative Skillset hires chief exec
Former BBC Online controller Seetha Kumar has been appointed as chief executive of Creative Skillset.
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C4 launches diverse writing initiative
Channel 4 will give diverse writers the chance to pen original series for its main channel and E4 as part of its newly-launched Studio4 initiative.
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Ratings
Rock 'n' Roll America draws 500k
FRIDAY: Music documentary Rock ‘ Roll America pulled in a crowd of over half a million people as Laura Robson’s defeat at Wimbledon peaked with more than 6m viewers.
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BBC press team faces 20% cut
The BBC press team is facing a cut of up to 20% as the corporation axes 1,000 jobs in a bid to save £150m.
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Video
VIDEO: Broadcast Digital Awards 2015
Click to re-live this year’s event, hosted by The Last Leg’s Josh Widdicombe at The Brewery on 24 June.
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News
BBC Trust to review local radio and news
The BBC Trust is to review the corporation’s local radio and local news services.
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Amazon's Audible orders five audio pilots
Hunderby’s Kevin Eldon and Outnumbered’s Hugh Dennis are among the stars to have signed up to appear in a slew of comedy pilots from Amazon-backed digital audio service Audible.
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C4 hires diversity duo
Channel 4 has strengthened its diversity team with the appointment of two executives to implement its 360° Diversity Charter.
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Critics
TV Critics: A Song For Jenny; Fake Or Fortune; Black Work
“An extraordinary performance by Emily Watson, portraying not only Julie Nicholson but also grief itself.”