All DCMS articles – Page 55
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Sarah Thane is ITC director of programmes and cable
On how we should approach the development of a media education strategy for our children.
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DCMS canvasses for RA post
Former EMI chairman Sir Colin Southgate and BPI director general John Deacon are among the names put forward by the radio industry as possible successors to outgoing Radio Authority chairman Sir Peter Gibbings, writes John Plunkett.
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INTERVIEW - The new cultural evolution
'Genuinely respected', 'a safe pair of hands', 'on top of his brief'. The broadcast industry, it seems, has a lot of time for Media Secretary Chris Smith.After more than two years
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DCMS' JONES TAKES POLICY POST AT PACT
Producers' alliance Pact has appointed Kris Jones, a broadcasting policy adviser at the Department of Culture, Media & Sport, as its new head of public affairs. Jones has worked at the
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BBC to sit new services test
The government has unveiled details of the tests the BBC must pass before launching new services just as it appointed consultants to assess BBC finances, writes John Lewis.
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£272m deficit prompts inquiry into TV market
Media Secretary Chris Smith has launched an inquiry into the TV programming market, including the 25 per cent indie production quota aimed at improving the UK industry's£272 million balance of
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Falling by the wayside
We may think we make the best TV in the world, but foreign buyers disagree. As the Government launches an inquiry into the issue, David Wood asks how UK TV can be made more exportable.
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Sales data 'must improve'
Distributors must release more detailed sales data to improve UK statistics on TV exports, according to the Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), which has ordered an overhaul of official
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Task force hit by absenteeism
The Creative Industries Task Force, which is carrying out an investigation into ways of boosting UK TV exports, has had its meetings hit by a wave of absenteeism among its key members, writes Tim Dams.
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Government to investigate TV production
The Government will launch its first major investigation into TV production this summer, drawing together initiatives including the Courage to Compete campaign from producers' alliance Pact, writes Lucy Rouse.