All Zinc Media articles – Page 9
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NewsHunt's cold comfort for IFNC losers
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has little sympathy for the TV firms that will be out of pocket as a result of the regional news pilots being scrapped.
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NewsTen Alps TV revenue falls £3m
Ten Alps has shrugged off a £3m revenue fall in its television business to outline ambitious plans for expansion.
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NewsTeachers TV hunts commissioner
Teachers TV is hunting for an online content commissioner as it prepares to shut down its TV channels.
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NewsTen Alps buys print publisher
Multimedia producer Ten Alps has broadened its print publishing interests with the acquisition of Grove House Publishing.
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NewsTen Alps raises cash with placing
Ten Alps has raised more than £1m by placing additional shares on the Stock Exchange.
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NewsWalsh helps boost output for women on Sky 1
Sky 1 is upping its female-skewing entertainment output with a documentary fronted by Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh, and a reality-makeover hybrid based on the growing British trend for US-style proms.
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NewsITV: no IFNC discussions before election
The celebrations of the winning IFNC bidders have been cut short after ITV said it would not begin contractual discussions with them until after the imminent election.
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NewsTen Alps chief calls for online WoCC
The BBC’s Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) scheme should be extended online for the corporation’s planned strategic partnership with cultural institutions, Ten Alps chief executive Alex Connock has argued.
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NewsFuture of Kent TV in doubt
The future of online channel Kent TV is in doubt with nine jobs at risk, after Kent County Council confirmed it would not fund the project beyond its two-year pilot phase.
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NewsDacre and Gutteridge join North East news bid
Former ITV News editor Nigel Dacre and Mentorn founder Tom Gutteridge have thrown their weight behind the North East News consortium bid from Ten Alps with Press Association and Trinity Mirror.
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NewsTen Alps on hunt for SEO company
Ten Alps chief executive Alex Connock is looking to acquire a search optimisation company and is eyeing ‘low-key’ UK indies, after finalising the takeover of Singapore-based media company RBI Asia.
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NewsLords committee calls for kids TV tax breaks
The campaign for tax credits for children’s programming has received a shot in the arm after a House of Lords select committee called for film tax credits to be extended to kids TV.
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NewsTories would scrap local news pilots
The Conservatives will rip up any IFNC contracts if they win the forthcoming election, shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey has revealed.
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RatingsMister Eleven jilted for BBC1 stalwarts
Bionic Woman star Michelle Ryan failed to save ITV1 on Friday night, with her comedy Mister Eleven falling flat against the BBC1’s double act of Have I Got News for You and Live at the Apollo.
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NewsBelow The Radar to swap ideas with US super-indie
Belfast-based specialist factual indie Below The Radar has inked a landmark tie-up with the Oscar-winning US indie behind Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room and Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Hunter S Thompson.
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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.
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Temple directs Detroit doc for Films of Record
Ten Alps indie Films of Record is to produce a one-off BBC2 documentary about the life and death of Detroit’s automotive industry.
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NewsTen Alps to lobby for NI news pilot
Ten Alps is lobbying Northern Ireland MPs to pressure the Government to fund a low-cost online news pilot after the nation was frozen out of plans to support regional news for the ITV network.
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NewsBelow the Radar to profile Gerry Adams
BBC Northern Ireland has lined up a profile of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams from Ten Alps indie Below the Radar.
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NewsGeldof blasts govt over NI regional news snub
Ten Alps co-founder Bob Geldof has blasted the government for proposing Independently Funded News Consortium pilots in all the nations except Northern Ireland.