All Funding articles – Page 32
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FeaturesFinancing drama - funding TV's golden age
As UK drama competes on an increasingly global stage, budgets are going up and having a single broadcaster attached is no longer enough. Neil Midgley reports
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NewsWaheed Alli: contestable funding is a BBC time bomb
Labour peer Waheed Alli has warned that the proposed £60m contestable funding pot for children’s TV is a “ticking time bomb” for the BBC licence fee.
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NewsIndies face funding threat
British producers could lose millions of pounds of European funding and access to European co-productions once the UK leaves the European Union.
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NewsKids TV handed contestable funding boost
The kids TV industry has been handed a major boost after the government revealed plans to launch a £60m pot of contestable funding.
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NewsPublic back BBC distinctiveness and funding model
More than 74% of the British public believe that BBC content is “sufficiently high quality and distinctive” after the corporation came under attack on the issue last year from the likes of ITV.
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NewsTrust freezes S4C funding
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has written to S4C Authority chair Huw Jones to confirm that the Welsh-language broadcaster’s funding will remain at £74.5m until 2017/18.
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NewsKids’ TV lobby calls for BBC funding commitment
A consortium of TV trade bodies have called for the BBC to increase and ring-fence its budget for original kids programming.
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NewsTrust: build BBC funding process into charter
The BBC Trust has called for a defined funding process to be written into the BBC’s next charter to protect the broadcaster’s independence.
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NewsChrysalis Vision embraces crowdfunding
Drama indie Chrysalis Vision has turned to crowdfunding site Crowdcube to raise up to £350,000 as the final stage in its investment push.
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NewsJohn Whittingdale: rushed BBC funding deal will not be repeated
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has admitted that the rushed funding deal between the BBC and the government in July was not what he would have “chosen” and will not be repeated.
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NewsDowning Street reassures BBC over funding deal
Downing Street has reassured the BBC that it will honour the funding deal struck in July, including linking the licence fee to inflation.
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NewsPublic back BBC’s universal funding model
Nearly 60% of the UK support the BBC’s universal funding model, with more than a third of this group being in favour of a household levy, according to findings from the BBC Trust.
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NewsHighfield wants direct BBC funding for local press
Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield wants the BBC to invest 25% of its regional news budget into local newspaper content.
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NewsBBC stands up for funding deal
The BBC has strongly defended the negotiation of its funding deal with government at a select committee hearing, claiming it secured a better deal than in 2010.
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FeaturesHurricane secures project funding with UKTI support
Grants and support from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) have enabled Hurricane Films to attend several industry events.
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NewsPaywizard secures £3.5m funding and appoints new chairman
Paywizard has secured £3.5m of funding to support the roll out of its pay TV subscriber management platform to emerging markets in Africa and South America.
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NewsBBC green paper puts contestable funding back on the radar
Licence fee funds could be up for grabs in genres including news, drama, documentaries, arts, and children’s after the government floated the idea of contestable funding in the BBC green paper.
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CommentContestable funding offers a lifeline for childrens' TV
The government’s proposals for contestable funding is a welcome move, says Oli Hyatt.
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NewsBBC: funding will fall 10% in real terms
BBC director of policy James Heath has admitted that the BBC’s funding deal will mean that the corporation’s funding falls 10% in real terms.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC funding deal & Humans
The BBC funding deal and Channel 4’s Married at First Sight come under the microscope in the 50th edition of Talking TV.