All Freelancers articles – Page 49

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    Women in broadcasting survey

    2006-05-11T08:00:00Z

    Broadcast unveils the results of a major survey into how women are fairing in the broadcasting industry

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    Opening the window of competition

    2006-03-30T08:00:00Z

    The Window of Creative Competition aims to let some fresh air into the BBC, but, while in-house production staff are worried about the resulting job cuts, many indies are still sceptical about the new system's fairness. Geoff White sheds some light on how the WoCC will work.

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    How to stay alive in a hostile situation

    2006-03-09T08:00:00Z

    Increasingly, journalists are risking their lives to report from war zones, but, with the dangers rising, news organisations are paying more attention to keeping their staff safe from harm. Robert Gray reports.

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    Life at the bottom

    2006-03-02T08:00:00Z

    Young people starting out in TV do months of unpaid work and then only get an average salary of£12,000. Geoff White spoke to five people in their 20s about life in the industry.

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    Soho Editors expands worldwide

    2005-12-15T08:30:00Z

    Post-production talent agency Soho Editors is to plough around£4m into expanding its business worldwide, to cover the Middle East, West Coast USA, South Africa and Ireland.

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    Keeping us posted

    2005-12-15T08:00:00Z

    Our end-of-year round-up finds facilities struggling to find the cash to invest in HD while at the same time the advent of desktop editing is putting pressure on them to cut their rates. By Simon Meek.

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    PRODUCTION ROUND-UP: OB and Hire

    2005-12-08T08:00:00Z

    OB firms face up to their HD future

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    News retreat from Iraq

    2005-12-01T07:50:30Z

    Sky News and ITN admitted this week that the worsening security situation in Iraq has made it almost impossible to report accurately from the war-torn country.

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    Tributes pour in for Thompson

    2005-11-10T07:50:10Z

    A stream of tributes from senior industry figures followed the death earlier this week of Harry Thompson, one of the UK's best-known comedy producers.

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    Freelance cameramen and journalistshonoured at Rory Peck Awards

    2005-11-09T08:16:01Z

    8am: Freelance news journalists and cameramen that revealed the truth about three of the worst human disasters of the last twelve months were rewarded at last night's Rory Peck Awards.

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    Comedy producer Thompson dies

    2005-11-08T11:36:57Z

    Renowned comedy producer Harry Thompson died last night following a short battle with lung cancer.

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    BBC Scotland recognises Bectu as union of freelancers

    2005-10-21T09:55:26Z

    Bectu has claimed a major coup for freelancers after BBC Scotland agreed it as the recognised union for all its freelance workers.

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    BBC factual to phase out DigiBeta cameras

    2005-10-20T08:30:00Z

    The BBC's plan to cut production costs has gone a step further, with its factual and learning department's proposal to phase out the use of DigiBeta cameras for the department's programmes.

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    What life's like for TV's freelancers

    2005-10-20T08:00:00Z

    From protests about unpaid work experience to job cuts at the BBC, freelancing has rarely been as newsworthy as it is now. In an effort to understand what makes an increasingly large part of the workforce tick, Will Strauss analyses a major piece of research and finds that not all ...

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    Meet TV's average Joe

    2005-10-20T07:50:05Z

    The great and good of the freelance community might consider themselves anything but average but Broadcast has exposed what the typical TV freelancer is like.

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    Broadcast Freelancer job site launches

    2005-10-13T07:50:10Z

    Broadcast will launch a new job-finding website for tele-vision freelancers on Monday (17 October).

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    Bectu helps NHU crew to win pay deal

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Freelance wildlife camera crew at the BBC's Bristol Natural History Unit have agreed a new pay deal - the first since winning collective bargaining rights through union Bectu last year.

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    Kit companies: on the record

    2005-09-01T08:00:00Z

    The demise of hire outfit VFG earlier this has year taught those working in the hire business a valuable lesson: if you're not succeeding as a one-stop shop in the face of dwindling TV production budgets, then diversify.

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    Slashed budgets hit freelancers

    2005-09-01T07:50:04Z

    Pact chief executive John McVay has accused broadcasters of fuelling the exploitation of freelancers by using the new indie terms of trade to pay less for programmes.

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    NUJ slams BBC for freelancer policy

    2005-07-21T08:30:00Z

    The NUJ has claimed freelancers are being treated as 'second-class citizens' by the BBC, and is asking them to contact the union with examples of unfair treatment. The row has been sparked after recent negotiations on pay - staff were given a 3.5% pay rise, but this did not apply ...