All Freelancers articles – Page 58
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New US office for Optomen.
Optomen Television, producer of BBC 2's The Naked Chef, is to become the latest UK indie to launch an office in the US, writes Penny Hughes.
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New US office for Optomen
Indie becomes latest to set up shop in the States with 12-strong New York office
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Pay for freelancers is 'soul destroying'
Nearly half of the industry's substantial freelance workforce earned less than£20,000 in the year to June - well below average full-time earnings in the UK, according to the first industry
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CENSUS - The broadcast sweatshops
Last year's Skillset census revealed that freelancers are a vital part of the audiovisual industry, making up half the workforce. A new follow-up survey of freelancers received more than 1,000 responses. The results are startling.
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TV freelance pay 'soul destroying'
First freelance survey in eight years shows freelancers paid less than£20,000 per year - well below average earnings
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News to me
The life of a news cameraman can be far from easy. So what's the appeal of the job, asks David Collins
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INTERVIEW - Backing the future
After an illustrious career in the UK's most traditional broadcasting institution Roger Laughton is now fighting to create a more professional environment with the help of more structured training. By Peter Keighron.
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Broadcasters need to open training
Skillset/DCMS report calls on Ofcom to monitor amount broadcasters spend on training
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Report calls for IT skills training
Broadcasters need to open up their teaching facilities to third parties to prepare workers for the changing demands of the information age, according to the industry's leading training body, writes Katy Elliott.
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BBC Radio acts to prevent ideas theft
Corporation's radio arm signs code of practice designed to prevent the theft of ideas proposed by freelancers and independents
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Soho dry-hire firm turns to post
Soho dry-hire facility Morphos is to reinvent itself as a fully fledged post house from next month, writes Will Strauss. Former VTR director Bill Scanlon has been brought in to oversee
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BBC signs ideas code
BBC Radio has signed up to a code of practice designed to prevent the theft of ideas proposed by freelancers and independents, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The Code of Practice for the Submission
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£200,000 FOR SKILLSET
Training body Skillset has been awarded a grant of almost£200,000 from the London Development Agency for training initiatives within the capital. Part of the money is earmarked to organise another
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B+ Trade Secrets: Training
Joel Meadows takes in two very different seats of learning to see how much TV training has changed over the years
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BBC SUBSIDISES COURSES.
BBC training and development is to subsidise a range of courses by 60 per cent for freelancers from April. Complementing the current Skillset-funded training available to freelancers, the areas to be
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NEWS ANALYSIS - State of the union.
Could Bectu, active in disputes at the BBC, MTV and Carlton, be growing in importance? Membership may be rising but the union must adapt to technological and labour market changes and promote itself better.
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BBC and Bectu both claim strike victory
Both sides claimed victory after last Saturday's 24-hour BBC strike as a spokeswoman said the action had 'no effect on the audience enjoyment of programmes', while Bectu claimed the action resulted
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Both sides claim victory after 24-hour BBC strike
Further action possible as 15th December deadline looms
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CENSUS - Who's working the system
The television and radio industries have never been quantified before. But the Audio Visual Industries Training Group has done the first ever census of TV and radio staff. The survey was taken in May and shows the industry is male-dominated, with many min