All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 45
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Ent Rights hit by FSA fine
Entertainment Rights has been fined quarter of a million pounds after it withheld news of an anticipated $14m hit to its profits from the stock market.
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Entertainment Rights hit by FSA fine
Entertainment Rights has been fined quarter of a million pounds after it withheld news of an anticipated $14m hit to its profits from the stock market.
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Burnham: support unsung indies
Culture secretary Andy Burnham has said one of the “fundamental principles” of the PSB solution must be to support indies, whose contribution is under-appreciated in the ongoing debate.
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Horrocks: BBC journalists 'unsettled' by sharing plan
BBC journalists in the nations and regions are “shocked” and “unsettled” by plans to share resources with ITV, Peter Horrocks head of multimedia newsroom has admitted.
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C4 ups deals outside terms of trade
Channel 4 is ramping up the amount of business it does outside of the terms of trade - but wants the existing terms to remain in place if it merges with BBC Worldwide.
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Burnham: top-slicing is unlikely
Media secretary Andy Burnham has refused to rule out top slicing the BBC licence fee - but has admitted it is towards the bottom of his list of possible solutions to the PSB funding crisis.
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Disabled viewers demand ‘real' roles
Disabled viewers are demanding more “warts and all” portrayal of disability on TV, major new research by the BBC and Channel 4 has revealed.
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Five's Airey throws weight behind Milkshake strand
Five chief executive Dawn Airey has thrown her weight behind kids programming on the channel and is eyeing ways of expanding its preschool Milkshake brand.
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‘Shrewd' Thompson scores licence fee victory
After the disappointment of the licence fee settlement, director general Mark Thompson has scored an arguably more important victory by seeing off the threat of top-slicing.
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Loosening the straitjacket
After years spent fighting its CRR restrictions, ITV is looking forward to finally having them relaxed. But not everyone is convinced, writes Katherine Rushton.
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Comic Relief to cash in on celebrity dance trend
BBC1 has lined up more dancing celebrities - this time paying homage to iconic dance routines in a new live shiny-floor show.
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BBC wins top-slicing battle
The BBC has won its battle to avoid the licence fee being top-sliced, but it is likely to lose the digital switchover cash surplus.
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BBC foreign news overspend hits£1.2m
The BBC's foreign news overspend has climbed to£1.2m because of the struggling pound and a continuing spate of major news stories overseas.
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BBC kicks off director of sport search
Interviews to find the new director of BBC Sport are set to begin this week, firing the starting gun on what appears to be a genuinely open competition.
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Don't cut training, BBC urges industry
The BBC's training and development director Caroline Prendergast has urged the industry to continue to invest in educating staff despite the economic downturn.
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ITV: CRR changes could 'save' risky drama
Risky, expensive dramas like Lost in Austen and the cancelled A Passage To India could have a future at ITV if its CRR “straitjacket” is relaxed, the broadcaster has claimed.
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OFT: 'Relax ITV's CRR'
The Office of Fair Trading has recommended the relaxation of ITV's Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) undertakings which currently force it to compensate advertisers for falling audiences.
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BBC Knowledge firms up latest merger plan
BBC Knowledge has firmed up proposals to reintegrate its in-house and indie commissioning teams, with a decision anticipated as early as the end of January.
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BBC and C4 draw final PSB battle lines
The BBC and Channel 4 are at loggerheads in the run-up to Ofcom's final PSB report, with the broadcasters disagreeing on almost all key proposals.
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BBC plans Broadcasting House security fence
The BBC has applied for planning permission to build a US Embassy-style “ring of steel” around Broadcasting House.