All DCMS articles – Page 49
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NewsScreen agencies face cuts
The UK’s nine regional screen agencies are being forced to drastically rethink their funding models as they come under threat from public spending cuts.
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NewsDCMS takes £88m budget hit
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is to have its budget trimmed by £88m and Ofcom is preparing to have its powers reigned in under the new collation government’s public spending cuts.
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NewsYentob: ‘cacophony’ of critical voices harms BBC
The BBC’s creativity and independence is being threatened by too many regulators and commentators having their say, creative director Alan Yentob has claimed.
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NewsFree-to-air Ashes plan hit for six
Moves to put the Ashes on the Crown Jewels TV sports list have been derailed thanks to lobbying from the English Cricket Board and the timing of the general election.
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NewsITV local news winners named
Consortia including Johnston Press, Trinity Mirror and UTV have been named as the preferred bidders for ITV’s three regional news pilots - with ITN missing out.
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FeaturesBrands on the box: what will it mean for UK?
As the debate over product placement continues, what do leading industry figures think? Emily Booth and Kate McMahon find out at our roundtable.
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NewsFincham and Bennett back mentoring scheme
Senior industry figures including Peter Fincham and Jana Bennett have signed up to a major talent mentoring scheme which opens for entries today.
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NewsDacre and Gutteridge join North East news bid
Former ITV News editor Nigel Dacre and Mentorn founder Tom Gutteridge have thrown their weight behind the North East News consortium bid from Ten Alps with Press Association and Trinity Mirror.
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NewsSTV defends indie status bid
STV has defended its bid for indie status, with a leading exec at the broadcaster stating that the reclassification will not steal work from smaller Scottish indies.
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NewsPact: STV indie status will harm Scotland
Pact has warned against granting STV’s production arm indie status, claiming that the reclassification will harm the Scottish indie sector with little benefit for the commercial broadcaster.
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CommentThe great regulatory wrangle
Despite a tough economic outlook, TV can take care of its own affairs, writes Emily Bell.
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NewsTV hits back in placement row
ITV and Pact have joined forces to slam the “alarmist hype” around product placement, urging the government not to be swayed by the views of “ill-informed” opponents.
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NewsGrade: ITV could drop regional news
ITV’s outgoing executive chairman Michael Grade has warned that regional news could be dropped completely from the broadcaster’s schedule if a Conservative government overturned Ofcom’s regional news pilot scheme.
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NewsBBCW may be sold off by Government
The BBC is on a new collision course with Number 10 after the government included BBC Worldwide in a list of assets it may sell.
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CommentDigital Britain puts NI in the slow lane
Digital Britain has ordered pilots for England, Scotland and Wales… and a packet of crisps for Northern Ireland, writes Trevor Birney.
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Job fears for regional ITV news staff
The ITV regional journalists who work in areas that will get pilot regional news consortium schemes next year have had no guarantees that their jobs will be safe.
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NewsUK animators fight for tax breaks
The struggling UK animation sector is launching a last-ditch bid to get tax breaks from the government after losing another long-standing player – Triffic Films.
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NewsThree join forces for ITV news north-east bid
Indie Ten Alps has joined forces with newspaper group Trinity Mirror and the Press Association in a bid to have the North East of England chosen as the third regional TV news pilot scheme area.
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NewsTen Alps to lobby for NI news pilot
Ten Alps is lobbying Northern Ireland MPs to pressure the Government to fund a low-cost online news pilot after the nation was frozen out of plans to support regional news for the ITV network.
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NewsITV news pilots set for April 2010
Independently financed regional news pilot schemes on the ITV network could begin as early as April next year.