All Broadcast articles in 19 October 2001 – Page 2
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DCMS reviews TV lease tax loophole
A tax break used by independent producers to help fund programme costs is being reviewed after the Inland Revenue and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) claimed the system
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DCMS criticised over digital plan
The Government's 'action plan' to speed up the switch to digital, launched last week, has come under fire for a perceived lack of commitment.The Department of Trade and Industry and the
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NTL seeks 'terrestrial' coverage fee
NTL has called on the government to overhaul carriage obligations that force the cable operator to carry public service channels for free while its satellite competitors receive a fee, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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AND FINALLY ... Howard Martin, co-owner of OPI and co-producer/director of Out There, on spying in the George
What is your computer password?If you can find that out please let me know because I have lost itWhat's the biggest lie you've ever told?I trust you to get it rightTell
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SWINGEWOOD CONSORTS
Former BSkyB director of new media John Swingewood has emerged as part of a consortium that has paid£1.7m for failed consumer financial service The Money Channel. The consortium, Digital Interactive
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OFF THE RECORD - Double confusion
Off the Record would like to apologise to Julie Farrington-Griffiths of Optical Image and Julie Murphy-Delaney from Highpoint Film and TV after last week's lookalike. Thanks to a clerical error (the
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - MBC COVERAGE UP
Arabic-language news and entertainment channel MBC has increased its news coverage from three to 10 bulletins a day. The London-based company, which broadcasts free to air 24 hours a day on
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - REFUGEE SHOWS
BBC World Service has been given£200,000 by the Department for International Development to produce programming for Afghan refugees. The Afghan Refugees Lifeline programmes will be broadcast on BBC World Service
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Pay freeze leaves Granada staff cold
Granada staff have reacted angrily to the company's decision to freeze pay, with unions demanding that senior management forgo executive perks to shore up the company's flagging revenue, writes Steve Aston.
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Factual's reality check
In the aftermath of the attacks on New York, is factual programming set to dispense with the froth and adopt a more serious and broader world view?
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CHANNEL REPORT - Geographic finds a new direction
In the first of a new series on the multichannel sector, we look at the National Geographic Channel as it steps up its battle with Discovery with more populist programming. But can it claim fresh territory? Simon Ellery reports.
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Premiership given chance to prove itself
ITV's beleaguered football highlights show The Premiership has been given a stay of execution and will continue airing at 19.00 for at least the next four weeks, writes Steve Aston.
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - Censorship fears are played down
News broadcasters have said they will not be forced to censor their reports during the conflict in Afghanistan, despite suggestions that Downing Street wanted to limit coverage of statements from Osama Bin Laden and his al-Qaida network, writes Georgina L
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TX - Catalogue of crime
Rarely do production companies stumble upon the chance that Birmingham's BFM Productions did earlier this year.Executive producer Maggie Fogarty was told at a party that an exhibition was being planned to
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RATINGS - Buried Treasure proves gem of an ITV drama
ITV sank its nearest rival on Sunday (14 October) with one-off drama Buried Treasure, writes Molly Brech.
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ON THE BOX - First casualty of gore
Independent producer Vicky Licorish found more signs of intelligent life in The Hunt for AI than in an episode of Holby City.
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TRADE TALK - Late bloomer
Murray Boland is finally catching up with his fellow producer on The Word, Danielle Lux, who has made him E4's head of programmes.
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Oneword md blasts Jowell digital move
Oneword managing director Ben Budworth has lashed out at media secretary Tessa Jowell's decision to allow the BBC to go ahead with its planned digital radio spoken word channel, Network Z, and is planning to 'take action' against the move, writes Georgina
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FOOTBALL BIDS CLOSE
Bids closed last week for the TV and radio rights to the Scottish Premier League (SPL) for four years from next June. The new packages are understood to include a new
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TWO JOIN BFI BOARD
S4C chairman Elan Closs Stephens and documentary film-maker John Akomfrah have been appointed to the British Film Institute board. They join a 15-strong board chaired by writer and broadcaster Joan Bakewell