All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 41
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DCD enjoys jump in first half revenue
DCD saw a 23% uplift in revenue in the first six months of its current financial year but warned that it will make cost savings to help weather the downturn.
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Burnham demands more TV coverage of women's sport
Media secretary Andy Burnham has called for more TV coverage of women's sport and suggested new targets for governing bodies could make them tougher when negotiating with broadcasters.
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ITN slams BBC web super-funding
ITN has accused the BBC of aiming to “destroy the business models of competitors” after it upped its online budget by 26%.
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BBC Trust approves extra£30m for online
The BBC Trust has lifted the bbc.co.uk budget freeze after 10 months and released£30.7m new of cash for online over the next three years.
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Being Human gets one-off special
BBC3 is to screen a Being Human special next week, offering a behind the scenes look at the hit comedy drama.
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Doctor Who writer wants lotto cash for kids TV
Russell T Davies has called on the national lottery to help prop up children's programming.
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Engle to make feminism docs for BBC4
The director behind the critically acclaimed BBC series Lefties and Jews is to turn her attention to feminism for BBC4.
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CBBC orders high profile drama slate for 2010
CBBC has ordered a raft of new dramas, including a Being Human-style comedy for children and the first TV work from novelist Jeanette Winterson since Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
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Shearman and Bell miss out in BBC restructure
BBC factual commissioners Nick Shearman and Mark Bell have failed to land jobs in the new Knowledge structure, sending shockwaves through the production sector.
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BBC1 to champion donation drive
BBC1 will highlight the need for blood and organ donation in the latest of its hard-hitting live, stripped programmes in daytime.
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Trust: BBC must get better service from mega-contracts
The BBC has reduced the cost of its biggest outsourcing contracts ahead of targets, but is not getting good enough service for its money, a National Audit Office report has found.
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CBeebies orders more Grandpa in My Pocket
CBeebies has commissioned Adastra Creative to make a second series of Grandpa in My Pocket, the live action series about a boy whose grandfather can shrink.
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Tiger Aspect ups Cavey to comedy role
Tiger Aspect has promoted Ben Cavey, producer of BBC3 sketch show Horne & Corden, to creative director of comedy.
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Lucy Adams named BBC HR boss
The BBC has hired named Lucy Adams as its new human resources chief, replacing Stephen Kelly who left the corporation last November.
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Chuggington on track for second series
CBeebies has acquired a second series of Chuggington, the talking train animation made by Ludorum.
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BBC journalists plan strikes
More than a thousand BBC journalists have voted to hold two one-day strikes against compulsory redundancies at the corporation.
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BBC Trust warns against licence fee freeze
The BBC Trust has warned that any move to freeze the licence fee will put BBC services at risk and would 'not be in the interest of licence fee payers'.
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BBC1 plots County Durham sitcom
BBC1 has commissioned pilot scripts for a comedy set in a County Durham hamlet.
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Survivors moving to Birmingham
The second series of post-apocalyptic BBC1 drama Survivors will be made in Birmingham, relocating from its previous base in Manchester.
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Bigwigs join DCD to form Scottish indie
DCD Media has created a new indie by teaming up with six senior figures from the Scottish production community.