All Funding articles – Page 38
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Channel TV asks for PSB funding for news service
Channel TV is appealing to Ofcom and the government for funding to help meet the cost of its regional news output.
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FeaturesHow to plug the PSB funding gap
The BBC has warded off the threat of top-slicing - but will proposals to share resources with other broadcasters help it keep hold of BBC Worldwide? Katherine Rushton reports.
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Regional funding scheme to offer up to£50,000
Northwest Vision and Media is to offer funding of up to£50,000 to TV, film, games and digital content companies in a bid to boost the competitiveness of the region's creative industries.
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NewsThinktank backs contestable PSB funding
An economic thinktank has called on the government to protect the whole “family” of PSB channels by inviting commercial broadcasters to bid for PSB contracts.
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Pinewood secures funding
Pinewood Shepperton has secured£70m in funding from a banking syndicate led by RBS and including Lloyds TSB and Allied Irish Bank.
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NewsChannels to set out PSB funding plans
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are all poised to make their final PSB lobbying positions clear after media secretary Andy Burnham promised speedy government decisions about future funding models.
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FeaturesHow do I secure funding to grow my indie?
Q: I run a mid-size indie and I'm looking to grow my business. With the credit crunch in full force, what's the best way of securing funding?
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NewsC4 welcomes Ofcom support on funding
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has welcomed Ofcom's support for a new funding mechanism to guarantee its PSB future.
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NewsPSB model 4: Broad competitive funding
Commercial PSBs pitch for long-term but transferable contract for specific PSB content, with funds awarded by a funding agency.
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Inuk wins£9.5m funding
IPTV platform specialist Inuk Networks has secured£9.5m in funding from S4C and venture capital firm Wesley Clover to help it continue to extend its services from university students to domestic consumers.
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NewsC4 funding dilemma splits TV industry
Broadcast readers strongly believe Channel 4 should have to provide public service broadcast programming in the digital era - but are divided over whether it should get more access to public funds than its commercial rivals.
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NewsC4: No quick decision on funding
Channel 4 is unlikely to decide on its preferred future funding option until the autumn, chairman Luke Johnson said yesterday (19 March).
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NewsC4 tight-lipped over PSB funding options
Channel 4 has secured Ofcom's backing for protection of its public service remit, but refuses to be drawn on which funding options it favours to protect its future.
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NewsMediaCity:uk gets funding boost
The developer of Salford’s MediaCity:uk has secured a£360m funding package to pay for the first phase of the development.
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NewsSkinkers secures venture funding
Live video streaming specialist Skinkers is gearing up to launch its latest platform, which will offer linear TV programming online, after securing $16m (£8m) in funding.
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NewsGrade in U-turn over C4 funding
RTS Convention:Channel 4 should stay private because public funding would destroy its independence, former chief executive Michael Grade has claimed. [ALL]
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NewsBirt and Jowell clash on BBC funding
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell and former BBC director general John Birt are understood to have clashed over the idea that the licence fee should be shared out among broadcasters.
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Hewlett wins funding for Muslim doc
Former Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett has secured a $60,000 (£31,900) development grant from the US Corporation for Public Broadcasting - the body which distributes federal funds to the American PBS network - for an investigative film about the Muslim Brotherhood. He has teamed up with ...
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C4 chooses 12 indies for funding scheme
Twelve regional indies are to be given cash to hire new staff as part of a Channel 4-funded scheme, writes Glen Mutel.
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?BBC must switch to voluntary funding'
The licence fee should be replaced by voluntary subscription and the BBC governors stripped of their regulatory pow...