All Broadcast articles in 7 October 2011 – Page 3
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NewsBBC safeguards news output
Underlying investment in news output will increase under the DQF proposals as the BBC makes providing ‘the best journalism is the world’ its first editorial priority.
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Comment
Off Cuts: Mipcom special
Dropping by at Mipcom was none other than Steve van Zandt, E-Street band guitarist and Silvio from The Sopranos, promoting his role in another mob drama, Lilyhammer.
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NewsBBC1 to boost drama and comedy amid cuts
BBC1 has emerged relatively unscathed from dramatic cuts to the corporation’s services and will be a major beneficiary of higher than needed savings from across the corporation.
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CommentComedy overload is a bit of a joke
‘Being funny’ is clogging up the schedules, but money always talks, says Steven D Wright.
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CommentThere’s No Taste Like Home / Merlin / All Roads Lead Home
Icon’s Tom Kelpie and Holler’s Chris Lane on home cooking, wizardry and celeb walks.
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NewsDQF: winners and losers
With the BBC outlining where it will find 20% savings, where will the cuts bite deepest? And which areas have escaped relatively unscathed?
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CommentFreelancers: go on a date to forge a lasting relationship
Indie producers need to show freelancers the personal touch, says Susie Worster.
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CommentNo revolution without high-speed networks
Sohonet welcomes the Digital Production Partnership’s ‘Reluctant Revolution’ report, which highlights the issues holding back the large-scale introduction of tapeless workflow (‘Combining to meet the digital challenge’, Broadcast 30.9.11).
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CommentYour community needs you
Should TV do more to give communities a voice? asks Caroline Diehl.
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NewsUK nations to benefit from investment and HD
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will benefit from millions of pounds of commissions and new HD channels, as a result of the Delivering Quality First proposals.
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NewsBBC to simplify broadcast operations
The BBC has pledged to make £53m of technology-related savings by the end of 2017 as part of the wider cost-cutting measures announced today.
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NewsUnions: "DQF will destroy the BBC"
Unions have accused Mark Thompson of “destroying” the BBC and “diluting” its programmes through the DQF proposals.
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NewsBBC Radio cuts content spend, slashes Asian Network spend 34%
The BBC is to cut significant costs across its entire radio output by dropping the level of commissioned hours, removing management layers, encouraging closer cross-station collaboration and reducing the Asian Network’s £12m budget by 34%.
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NewsBBC4 cuts drama, keeps comedy
BBC4’s comedy investment is to be ringfenced despite a scaling back of drama on the channel under today’s proposals.
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NewsBBC2 to swap daytime for current affairs and repeats
BBC2 will launch a lunchtime international current affairs programme, but the rest of its daytime output will be repeat programming, as a result of cost-cutting proposals made in Delivering Quality First.
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NewsBBC3 braced for Salford move and drama cuts
BBC3 will be moved to Salford by 2016 and around a third of the station’s drama budget will be transferred to BBC1.
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FeaturesNever Mind the Buzzcocks
Update the opening titles to give the show a more contemporary look
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FeaturesJoanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
Design and create a graphics package for the series, documenting Joanna Lumley’s exploration of Greece
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