All DCMS articles – Page 41
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NewsRevealed: Diary of a director general
The political pressure and manoeuvring that comes with being director general of the BBC has been laid bare in an analysis of Tony Hall’s diary for his first seven months in office.
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NewsCreative Industries Council kick off UK campaign
The Creative Industries Council is to promote TV, film and other creative industries via a website which showcases and coordinates activity across the sector.
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NewsCreative industries worth £8m an hour to UK
The UK’s creative industries are worth £71.4 billion per year to the UK economy, according to new DCMS statistics.
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NewsDocs tax credit under review
The government is considering lowering the TV tax relief threshold for documentaries from £1m per hour to £650,000 per hour to boost the UK’s factual output.
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NewsBullying: BBC still under fire
NUJ and MPs dissatisfied with corporation’s implementation of Rose report recommendations
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Aver Media targets UK projects
Canadian financier Aver Media is targeting high-end drama and animation series in an aggressive move into the UK television market.
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NewsBBC Trust ‘faces axe’ in payoffs row
The government is weighing up abolishing the BBC Trust as part a major overhaul of the corporation’s governance, according to a report.
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NewsBFI issues first tax break guarantees
CBeebies’ Sarah and Duck and BBC1 dramas Death Comes To Pemberley and Remember Me are among the first projects to be guaranteed a tax break by the BFI.
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NewsSky in PSB talks over retransmission fees
BSkyB is hoping to hammer out commercial agreements with each of the public service broadcasters in a bid to defuse the row over retransmission fees.
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CommentReplace the BBC licence fee with tax
Does Finland hold the key to how to fund our national broadcaster? asks Tony Ballard
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NewsDCMS to abolish retransmission fees
The government plans to abolish retransmission fees and has set out plans to preserve the prominence of PSB broadcasters in a wide-ranging policy paper.
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NewsDCMS aims to protect PSB content on digital platforms
The DCMS will set out measures to protect the prominence of PSBs on new content platforms in the long-awaited Communications Act strategy paper this week.
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NewsS4C funding maintained by government
Welsh broadcaster S4C has warded off threatened cuts to the £6.7m it receives from the government.
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NewsFormer S4C boss warns of "grave danger" over funding
Former S4C chief executive Arwel Ellis Owen has claimed that the government may cut all of its £6.7m funding for the Welsh language broadcaster.
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NewsS4C worth £125m to Wales
Welsh language broadcaster S4C has claimed that it creates almost £125m for the nation’s creative economy as it bids to ward off further budget cuts from the government.
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NewsDCMS delays Communications Act white paper
The Department for Culture Media & Sport has delayed the publication of a white paper on the long-awaited Communications Act until the summer.
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FeaturesThe Welsh renaissance
Co-pros like Da Vinci’s Demons and Hinterland are breathing new life into the production sector in Wales. But as Olly Grant finds, there’s a need for some more joined-up thinking
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NewsTV Coalition calls for tax treaty modernisation
The TV Coalition is keen to evolve the new high-end TV tax credit and increase the number of territories that count as international coproduction partners.
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NewsDCMS scolded over ‘feeble grip’ on finances
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has been told it has a “feeble grip” on its finances after its accounts failed to give an “accurate picture” of the value of the BBC’s assets.
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CommentProtect international coverage
Ofcom has a key part to play in keeping foreign affairs on TV