All Nations and Regions articles – Page 118
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NewsUTV unveil IFNC team
UTV has unveiled a heavy hitting team of news executives to lead its bid for the regional news pilot project in the North East – despite the Tories pledge to tear up the scheme if they come to power.
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NewsHunt: we'll tear up IFNC contracts
Oxford Media Convention: Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned bidders for the IFNC pilots that they risk having wasting their time and money if the Tories win the forthcoming election.
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NewsBBC Wales in bid to charm indies to drama hub
BBC Wales is courting indies to join its new, multi-million-pound drama village in Roath Basin - but nearby BBC Bristol is worried it could be overshadowed.
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NewsOccupation exec Patrick Spence to exit BBC NI
Patrick Spence, head of drama for BBC Northern Ireland and the commissioning exec behind Occupation, is to step down from the role.
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NewsBBC confirms plans for Welsh drama hub
The BBC has confirmed plans for a multi-million pound drama hub in Wales, that will house production of Doctor Who and Casualty.
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NewsRegional news pilots enter next stage
Bidders for ITV’s regional news pilot schemes have taken a step closer to a green light - with 13 competing consortia narrowed down to eight.
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NewsTalks reopen over ITV Salford move
ITV is back in talks about taking space at Salford MediaCity - which could see Coronation Street move to a new home.
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NewsFormer S4C commissioner found dead at sea
Welsh broadcaster S4C has paid tribute to a former commissioner whose body was pulled from the sea in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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NewsPanel named to choose regional news pilots
Fru Hazlitt, Stewart Purvis and former Ofcom deputy chair Richard Hooper are among those who will help decide which companies win the right to produce the forthcoming independent regional news pilots on ITV.
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NewsGeorge Gently heads to North East
BBC1 drama Inspector George Gently will be shot in the North East for the first time after securing a £150,000 injection from NFM’s North East Content Fund.
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NewsCosgrove rebuts TV 'failure' claims
Claims that Channel 4 “failed to deliver” for the TV industry in Scotland have been rebutted by the channel’s head of nations and regions Stuart Cosgrove.
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NewsMSPs to discuss Scottish broadcasting
Channel 4’s head of the nations and regions Stuart Cosgrove is to appear before Holyrood’s Culture Committee to discuss the state of broadcasting in Scotland.
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NewsUTV joins race for Welsh news pilot
Northern Ireland ITV franchisee UTV has joined forces with Welsh News publisher NWN media to make a bid for running the independently funded news consortium scheme pilot project for Wales.
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NewsGrade: ITV could drop regional news
ITV’s outgoing executive chairman Michael Grade has warned that regional news could be dropped completely from the broadcaster’s schedule if a Conservative government overturned Ofcom’s regional news pilot scheme.
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NewsITV Leeds to get £5m revamp
ITV’s Kirkstall Road studios in Leeds are set for a £5.2m revamp that will move Emmerdale’s production facilities into the mothballed site and introduce high definition facilities.
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NewsNews presenter drops tribunal proceedings against ITV
West Country news presenter Jemma Woodman has dropped tribunal proceedings against ITV after accusing her former employers of “hanging her out to dry”.
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Job fears for regional ITV news staff
The ITV regional journalists who work in areas that will get pilot regional news consortium schemes next year have had no guarantees that their jobs will be safe.
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NewsTyne Tees and Border to get regional news pilot
The England regional news consortium will be based in the North East regions of Tyne Tees and Border, the government has confirmed.
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NewsAziz files £5m lawsuit against ITV
A local newsreader is suing ITV for £5m on the grounds of race, sex and age discrimination.
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NewsThree join forces for ITV news north-east bid
Indie Ten Alps has joined forces with newspaper group Trinity Mirror and the Press Association in a bid to have the North East of England chosen as the third regional TV news pilot scheme area.