All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 36
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NewsCohen: charter renewal must not diminish BBC
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has claimed that audiences and the industry will suffer if the corporation emerges diminished from next year’s charter renewal negotiations.
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NewsHunt reassures small indies over C4 terms
Jay Hunt has claimed that small production companies will find Channel 4’s plans to reshape terms of trade “very reassuring” once the details have been set out.
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NewsC4 to visit The Paedophile Next Door
Channel 4 is planning to challenge perceptions of paedophilia in a potentially controversial documentary co-directed by Werner Herzog’s son.
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NewsDanny Cohen: BBC feeling ‘devolutionary pressures’
Danny Cohen has admitted that “devolutionary pressures” on the BBC will increase following the Scottish independence referendum in September.
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NewsOfcom promises to act on diversity monitoring
Ofcom has shrugged off criticism of its record on diversity and pledged to help become the “guarantor of independence” as UK broadcasters embark on a major self-monitoring project.
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NewsNeal Street seeks £40m sale
Call the Midwife and Penny Dreadful producer Neal Street Productions has put itself up for sale for more than £40m.
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NewsRussell Howard’s Good News gets YouTube channel
Avalon Television is to launch an international YouTube channel for Russell Howard’s Good News that will make the BBC2 show available in countries including the US after it has aired in the UK.
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NewsEd Richards uncertain about future of local TV
Outgoing Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has argued that it could take up to four years to assess whether Jeremy Hunt’s vision for local television has been a success.
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PodcastTalking TV: Tom Bradby & BBC Productions
The latest edition of Talking TV hears from ITV political editor Tom Bradby about The Great Fire and considers the latest update on the BBC’s plans to transform its production division.
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NewsCohen backs Clarkson in Argentina row
Danny Cohen has thrown his full support behind Jeremy Clarkson in the on-going row over Top Gear’s trip to Argentina.
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NewsNI looks to make its mark
Northern Ireland’s production community believe that BBC charter renewal offers an opportunity to build on successes such as Game Of Thrones and The Fall.
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RatingsStrictly Come Dancing hits series high
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing waltzed off with another series high - as The X Factor pulled in its second lowest Saturday audience of the year.
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NewsAMC takes 49.9% stake in BBC America
AMC Networks, the US broadcaster behind Mad Men and Breaking Bad, has acquired a 49.9% stake in BBC America for $200m (£125m).
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NewsWhizz Kid in talks with new backers
Whizz Kid Entertainment is in talks with potential investors after Ingenious wound up the media investment fund that owns nearly half of the indie.
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RatingsLynda Bellingham helps Loose Women to two-year high
Lynda Bellingham’s final TV interview helped Loose Women to its biggest audience in more than two years - as ITV2 enjoyed success with the Mobo Awards.
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NewsBBC risks ‘market distortion’
The BBC risks creating a “significant market distortion” when BBC Productions is hived off into a commercial entity if it is not transparent about in-house costs.
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NewsRona Fairhead: licence fee does not need fixing
Newly-installed BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has argued that the licence fee is “not a problem that needs to be fixed” as the government prepares to consider all options for the corporation’s future funding during charter renewal.
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RatingsStrictly widens gap on The X Factor
SATURDAY: Strictly Come Dancing waltzed off with a series high, beating The X Factor by 1.5m viewers.
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PodcastTalking TV: Mipcom & Brian Cox
The latest instalment of Talking TV rounds up all the biggest news from Mipcom and hears from BBC Productions’ science boss Andrew Cohen.
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NewsPact calls on BBC to ‘open up’ about terms of trade plans
The BBC has come under pressure to open up about its plans to overhaul the terms of trade amid concern that some true indies could lose out as a result of any changes.