All DCMS articles – Page 43
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NewsAnimation UK urges tax breaks from Osborne
The makers of Wallace and Gromit, Peppa Pig and In the Night Garden have written to chancellor George Osborne urging him to create a “level playing field” for UK animators to compete on the world stage.
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NewsThompson turns table on tabloids over Frozen Planet
The BBC’s director general has turned the tables on tabloid reports of Frozen Planet fakery suggesting it has more to do with the corporation’s coverage of the Leveson inquiry than polar bears.
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NewsPatten: sacking Clarkson would be dangerous precedent
Sacking Jeremy Clarkson for saying public sector strikers should be shot would set dangerous precedents, the chairman of the BBC Trust has said.
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NewsIndies in frame to run first 20 local TV licences
Preston, Grimsby and Swansea are among 20 locations earmarked by Ofcom as the first to receive a local TV licence – and the government will consult on allowing indies to run them.
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NewsIndies call on Hunt to protect IP
Indies have urged culture secretary Jeremy Hunt not to reverse the current Terms of Trade and help protect their IP as part of the government’s Communications Review.
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NewsCanis to head up bid to build local TV network
Canis Media Group is planning to spearhead a co-operative bid to run the controversial multiplex company that culture secretary Jeremy Hunt wants created as part of his vision for local TV.
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The Broadcast InterviewRadio 4: The World at One
A longer format for Radio 4’s flagship show has given it more scope for in-depth interviews and analysis. It’s also made it feel ‘less rude’ to guests, Martha Kearney tells Ben Dowell.
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NewsDCMS eyes quotas shake-up
The government is investigating ways it could safeguard the future of small- to medium-sized indies in the new Communications Act.
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NewsBBC: no need for licence fee reform
The BBC is unlikely to call for a change to the scope of its licence fee remit until the next Charter renewal in 2016/17, Broadcast understands.
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CommentDQF: not all doom and gloom
BBC hasn’t had it as bad as other sectors, writes Andrew Harrison.
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NewsCreative England reveals board line up
BBC4 controller Richard Klein, Twofour chief executive Charles Wace and Maverick TV’s digital director Jonnie Turpie have joined the board of Creative England.
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NewsNAO wins full access to BBC accounts
The National Audit Office is to have access to any part of the BBC’s books it chooses, under new arrangements laid out by the government.
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NewsMPs recall James Murdoch over phone hacking
News International chairman James Murdoch is to be recalled to give further evidence on phone hacking to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
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FeaturesDigital Britain: invest in people, not pipes
NFTS director Nik Powell and Arqiva’s John Druce speak to Ann-Marie Corvin about addressing the technical skills gap facing TV.
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NewsC4 wants Comms Act to address data
EDINBURGH: Channel 4 will push for the forthcoming Communications Act to ensure that it gets access to the viewer data that the likes of BSkyB generate from its content.
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Ratings
No news here... move on
Reports of a crisis on Coronation Street are exaggerated but ITV’s Saturday reshuffle proves fruitless.
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NewsMPs call for rapid introduction of new Communications Act
The Communications Act may be brought forward in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, with MPs calling for new regulation to be introduced more rapidly.
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NewsBBC2 to air Murdoch committee appearance
BBC2 has cleared this afternoon’s schedule to offer live coverage of Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks’ appearance before the DCMS select committee.
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NewsNews Corp: deal off, pressure on
Scrutiny of News Corp, including its existing 39% holding in BSkyB, looks set to continue despite the media giant walking away from a full takeover bid on Wednesday.
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NewsDCMS select committee to call Rupert Murdoch
The DCMS select committee has called Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks to give evidence to it next Tuesday.