All PSBs articles – Page 53
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NewsEdinburgh live blog: day one
Click through for live updates from the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 10 - 16 August 2015
The launch of US drama Zoo was Sky1’s best performer this week with 466k/2.3% on Sunday at 9pm
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NewsTop 30 multichannel programmes: 10 - 16 August 2015
The first episode of E4’s Made In Chelsea LA drew 530k/3% on Monday at 9pm.
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NewsSport and films drive TV spend to £6.4bn
Total broadcaster spend on UK content grew by 9% in 2014 to £6.4bn, with an 18% surge in film and sport responsible for the rise.
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CommentC4’s privatisation phoney war
Will overseas interest convince the government to explore a sale, asks Chris Curtis?
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NewsC4 confident of public future
Channel 4 is quietly confident of staving off privatisation despite chancellor George Osborne lining up a £32bn sell-off of public assets.
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NewsITV threatens DCMS over closure of iPlayer loop-hole
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has written to government ministers raising concerns that proposals to close the iPlayer loophole would result in consumers being charged to access ITV Player.
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NewsRivals ponder BBC’s future
The BBC’s rivals will almost certainly benefit if the government’s more radical ideas for the corporation come to fruition, but some believe that keeping the broadcaster strong is vital to the UK’s PSB ecology.
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NewsBBC green paper puts contestable funding back on the radar
Licence fee funds could be up for grabs in genres including news, drama, documentaries, arts, and children’s after the government floated the idea of contestable funding in the BBC green paper.
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CommentContestable funding offers a lifeline for childrens' TV
The government’s proposals for contestable funding is a welcome move, says Oli Hyatt.
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CommentOfcom must get tougher with PSBs over kids’ content
Children’s programming can’t be allowed to disappear from TV, says Tony Collingwood
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NewsWho’s scrutinising the BBC?
The BBC has few obvious friends on culture secretary John Whittingdale’s charter renewal advisory board.
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NewsBBC Children’s feels the pinch
‘Game-changers’ was the theme of the 12th Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield last week.
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NewsC4 vows to continue ToT fight
Channel 4 will continue to pursue changes to the terms of trade despite Ofcom’s view that there is no current case for reform.
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NewsShock BBC deal sparks cuts fears
BBC staff fear that service cuts remain on the table as they wait to learn what the fallout will be from the corporation’s “shock” funding deal.