All Funding articles – Page 40
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The Community Channel launched this week on Sky Digital, claiming to be the first dedicated charity TV channel. Backed by funding from the government, the National Lottery, the Department for Internat
The Community Channel launched this week on Sky Digital, claiming to be the first dedicated charity TV channel. Backed by funding from the government, the National Lottery, the Department for International
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FUNDING FOR NEW TFI FRIDAY
Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo is understood to have given Avalon development funding for a potential replacement for TFI Friday.The show is believed to be based on the Friday
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Taps faces closure over funding crisis
Writers' training forum the Television Arts Performance Showcase (Taps) has warned that it faces closure if it cannot claw back funding it has lost in recent months.Taps, which screens writers' work
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International News - Distributor threat to production funding
British-based distributors are planning top-level talks with UK broadcasters to resolve growing conflict over the funding of TV productions.With many sales houses suffering hangovers from bad investment decisions in the 1990s,
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NEWS SPECIAL: THE BBC'S NEW FUNDING PACKAGE - UPPING THE AUNTIE
'We will, of course, have tough decisions to make on priorities and on self-help.'BBC director general Greg Dyke'This is a big win for the commercial boys. There's no digital levy, limited
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Smith plans mark BBC funding U-turn
Media secretary Chris Smith unexpectedly overturned his own policy and the previous government's policy when he unveiled a 'balanced package of measures' for the future funding of the BBC on Monday
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NEWS SPECIAL: THE BBC'S NEW FUNDING PACKAGE - Smith funding plan pleases both sides
The industry rallied behind the government's carefully balanced package of measures on future BBC funding this week, suggesting media secretary Chris Smith had appeased both BBC supporters and detractors.The corporation said
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NEWS SPECIAL: THE BBC'S NEW FUNDING PACKAGE - Resources under pressure
BBC Worldwide and BBC Resources are expected to take centre stage in the BBC's drive to cut costs following the government's call for£1.1 billion of 'self-help' savings, writes John Plunkett.Despite
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NEWS SPECIAL: THE BBC'S NEW FUNDING PACKAGE - SMITH'S NEW DEAL IN FULL
FundingLicence fee to rise by£3 to£104 from April 2000 with similar rises of 1.5 per cent above RPI up to and until 2006/7 when the current BBC Charter ends.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Funding in a digital age
As Chris Smith prepares to wade through the Commons' media select committee report on the future funding of the BBC, John Lewis casts his eye over the issues at the heart of the debate.
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Free licences for over-75s heralds funding breakthrough
The Government's decision to foot the£300 million-a-year bill to give free TV licences to pensioners over 75 represents a breakthrough in the Treasury's attitude to BBC funding, writes John Lewis.
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BFI PUBLISHES LOW-BUDGET FILM FUNDING GUIDE
The British Film Institute (BFI) has just published the 1999-2000 edition of Lowdown - the Low Budget Funding Guide. The publication includes listings of funding sources for film and video production,
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EC LAUNCHES INQUIRY INTO FUNDING OF PUBLIC SERVICE TV
The European Commission (EC) has launched formal investigations into the state funding of public service TV in France and Italy. The probe will concentrate on government cash injections and direct subsidies
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GRANADA TO RAISE£1.5 BILLION FUNDING FROM SELL-OFF
Granada hopes to raise funds of up to£1.5 billion from the impending sale of 20 per cent of its demerging media arm. The company, which launched its pathfinder prospectus on
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Kavanagh quits EC media funding agency
David Kavanagh has quit as chief executive of the organisation that administers the (75 million (£49 million) arm of the European Commission's media development funds, writes Alice Macandrew.Kavanagh resigned a fortnight
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SOCIETY DEBATES FUNDING
The Media Society is hosting a debate entitled Losing the Licence - How Will We Fund the Future of Broadcasting? at the London School of Economics on 25 May. TV Journalist
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ITV and CRCA call for public debate over BBC funding
ITV and the commercial radio sector are joining forces to attack the BBC in a joint submission to the panel reviewing the licence fee, according to sources.It is understood that, as
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BBC HOPEFUL OF EC CLEARANCE OVER NEWS 24 FUNDING
The BBC expects to be cleared by the European Commission (EC) over funding its News 24 channel, following a complaint about unfair competition lodged by BSkyB. The EC's competition director general,
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C4 boosts budgets as funding formula ends
Channel 4 is to boost its programming budget by£43 million and pump an extra£44 million into digital expansion, marketing and film production, in its first year without the funding
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FRENCH WATCHDOG FINES CANAL+ OVER FILM FUNDING
Le Conseil de la Concurrence, the French government's principal competition authority, has fined Canal+ FFr10 million (£1 million) for what the government said is the pay-TV broadcaster's 'abusive use of a