All Nations and Regions articles – Page 106
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NewsScottish ad market puts pressure on STV
STV has reported a 5% decline in revenues and a marginal decrease in profits as a challenging Scottish advertising market took its toll.
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NewsSTV Productions aims to double revenue with closer indie ties
STV will consider indie acquisitions and is targeting closer ties with the production community as part of ambitious plans to double its production arm’s revenue by 2015.
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NewsFinal DQF proposals begin to take shape
A picture of the BBC’s final Delivering Quality First proposals is emerging, which includes running News 24 on BBC2 Daytime, an archive and repeats-focused BBC4, and a consolidation of English regions.
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NewsWaterloo Road move ‘can build Scottish hub’
Shed founder Eileen Gallagher is convinced Waterloo Road’s move from Rochdale to Glasgow can help create a genuinely sustainable drama hub in Scotland.
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NewsWaterloo Road moving to Glasgow
Shed Productions’ Waterloo Road is being moved to Glasgow in a £25m deal designed to help establish a sustainable drama base in Scotland.
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NewsScottish TV and digital media gets funding boost
Channel 4, Scottish Enterprise and Creative Scotland are among the organisations that will work together to deliver a £1.4m TV and digital media funding package over the next three years.
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NewsBBC Birmingham staff fear network cull
Staff at BBC Birmingham fear all network production will be moved outside of the city when they are updated on the corporation’s plans next month.
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NewsC4 to open Bank Of Dave with Glasgow’s Finestripe
Self-made millionaire David Fishwick will attempt to set up a bank and prove he can do a better job than the established high-street names in a 3 x 60-minute series for Channel 4.
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NewsLocal TV locations revealed
The government has named 65 UK towns and cities in the running to host a local TV channel.
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News4thought.tv to return with new series editor
Channel 4’s religion and ethics strand 4thought.tv is to return with 365 new films made by Irish indie Waddell Media - and a new series editor.
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NewsInclusive backs local TV
Multiplatform production company Inclusive Digital has established a Local Digital News spin-off to offer digital, editorial and management support to organisations launching local TV channels.
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NewsBBC Wales appoints director
The BBC has appointed a new director of BBC Wales, replacing Menna Richards who left in February.
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NewsSTV to air Downton Abbey
STV is to broadcast the first and second series of Downton Abbey this autumn after opting out of the drama when it aired on ITV1 last year.
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NewsS4C reveals details of £1m co-pro fund
S4C has established an annual £1m fund to support co-productions with the Welsh broadcaster.
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NewsTern in BBC daytime first with ‘buddy movie’ series
Tern TV has produced its first daytime series for the BBC, a ‘buddy movie’ format in which John Craven and Jules Hudson travel the country exploring Britain’s endangered heritage.
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NewsBBC London’s Skinner joins Doctor Who as exec producer
New BBC Wales drama head Faith Penhale has appointed Caroline Skinner to take over the running of Doctor Who.
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NewsLocal TV plan sparks cherry-picking fears
Local TV bidders are set to scramble to win licences in London, Birmingham and Manchester, but regions without major cities could be left underserved.
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NewsLabour attacks local TV plans
The shadow culture secretary has hit out at Jeremy Hunt’s revised local TV plans, questioning whether the secretary of state “has got his priorities right”.
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NewsHunt unveils new local TV plans
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has today set out a fresh vision for local TV after finally scrapping plans for a national “spine” network for the service.