All DCMS articles – Page 48
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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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NewsSTV defends indie status bid
STV has defended its bid for indie status, with a leading exec at the broadcaster stating that the reclassification will not steal work from smaller Scottish indies.
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NewsPact: STV indie status will harm Scotland
Pact has warned against granting STV’s production arm indie status, claiming that the reclassification will harm the Scottish indie sector with little benefit for the commercial broadcaster.
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CommentThe great regulatory wrangle
Despite a tough economic outlook, TV can take care of its own affairs, writes Emily Bell.
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NewsTV hits back in placement row
ITV and Pact have joined forces to slam the “alarmist hype” around product placement, urging the government not to be swayed by the views of “ill-informed” opponents.
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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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NewsBBCW may be sold off by Government
The BBC is on a new collision course with Number 10 after the government included BBC Worldwide in a list of assets it may sell.
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CommentDigital Britain puts NI in the slow lane
Digital Britain has ordered pilots for England, Scotland and Wales… and a packet of crisps for Northern Ireland, writes Trevor Birney.
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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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NewsUK animators fight for tax breaks
The struggling UK animation sector is launching a last-ditch bid to get tax breaks from the government after losing another long-standing player – Triffic Films.
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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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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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NewsITV news pilots set for April 2010
Independently financed regional news pilot schemes on the ITV network could begin as early as April next year.
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NewsITV, STV: business partners only
The war of words between STV and ITV has entered a new phase, with both sides declaring the current networking arrangements should be torn up to make way for a strictly commercial partnership.
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NewsDarroch: pay TV review could be bad for football
BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch has claimed Ofcom’s plans to intervene in the pay TV industry will have “serious, potential consequences for football and sport in general”.
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NewsOfcom: ITV could lose £64m a year on regional news
Ofcom has warned that the ITV network will be facing a loss of up to £64m a year by 2012, if it has to continue providing regional news bulletins.
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NewsDCMS and BBC Trust at war over top-slicing
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has entered a war of research with the BBC Trust – issuing new findings about public opinion on top-slicing that directly counter findings by the BBC’s governing body.
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CommentCould local news PSB pilots end up as a straight choice?
Considering the headline question, Alex Connock says the choice could come down to ITV incumbents after an adrenalin shot of public money vs. newspaper groups with boots on the ground and TV producer partners.
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NewsDigital Britain 'still on track' despite Cabinet reshuffle
Ben Bradshaw’s appointment as culture secretary will not derail the timeline for the Digital Britain report, the government has insisted.
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Steel against online stealing
Digital Britain must provide the power to fight illegal downloads