All Broadcast articles in 26 March 2015 – Page 4
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Features
Channel 4: the top suppliers
There may well be a sense of déjà vu at Horseferry Road with this year’s indie feedback, after C4 recorded an identical result to last year.
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Features
INFOGRAPHIC: Indie Survey 2015 - key numbers
The key figures from Broadcast’s 2015 Indie Survey.
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News
Pact warns of ‘threat’ from EU digital union
Industry trade body Pact has described EU plans to create a single digital market across Europe as a “major threat” to the UK’s television industry.
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News
Nordic nations eye tax breaks
Norway and Sweden could rival the UK as a destination for highend drama production as they look to introduce tax benefits for scripted content.
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News
Roux Jr to front C4 series on disability
Michel Roux Jr will mentor a group of people with disabilities who want to break into the hospitality business in his first series for Channel 4.
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Comment
Talking point: Leaders' debate
After six months of tense negotiations, a plan for the leaders’ debates was finally agreed at the weekend.
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News
US-owned indies increase share of UK revenue
Research for Broadcast’s Indie Survey has revealed that American- owned companies accounted for almost half of UK production revenues last year.
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Frankenstein’s journey to ITV
Rainmark Films, the indie led by Game Of Thrones producer Frank Doelger and former BBC Films executive Tracey Scoffield, has lifted the lid on its multimillion-pound ITV Encore drama The Frankenstein Chronicles.
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News
Hard times for northern indies
Broadcast research has revealed that indies in the north of England have suffered over the past five years from a lack of commissions and increased industry consolidation.
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News
Spike seeks shows for men
Viacom-owned Spike is on the hunt for male-skewing entertainment and factual entertainment formats to complement its launch line-up of original commissions and US acquisitions.
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News
Family Guy set to deliver male viewers to ITV2
ITV2 will be expecting a boost in young male viewers after securing the free-to-air rights to Family Guy in a six-series deal.
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News
Clarkson and Top Gear’s future up in the air
The BBC’s decision to release Jeremy Clarkson after he physically assaulted a Top Gear producer has sparked speculation about his future and that of the motoring show.
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News
C4 backs its first BAME indie
Channel 4 has dipped into its £20m Growth Fund to invest in its first BAME indie. It has also teed up a development deal with another diverse producer, with a view to future investment.
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Comment
The last of the ‘Indie’ Surveys?
Changing face of the sector calls for a redefinition of our research
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News
BBC Studios: the indie verdict
Almost 100 indies have delivered their verdict on the BBC’s plans to abolish quotas and commercialise in-house production – and it has split the sector down the middle.
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Features
'True' indies: the top 30
A rundown of the top 30 producers not majority owned by a larger group.
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News
Clarkson consulted new lawyers ahead of BBC dismissal
Jeremy Clarkson turned to new legal advisers ahead of the BBC’s decision not to renew his contract, it has emerged today.
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Comment
Clarkson left BBC with no choice
Broadcast editor Chris Curtis says re-signing the Top Gear host would have sent out all the wrong messages.
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News
BBC faces uphill battle to reinvent Top Gear
The BBC and its commercial partners face an uphill battle to reinvent Top Gear following the dismissal of presenter Jeremy Clarkson.
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Top Gear producer Tymon praises BBC
The senior producer at the centre of the Jeremy Clarkson ‘fracas’ has expressed gratitude to the BBC over its handling of the incident which has led to the presenter’s dismissal.