All Freelancers articles – Page 59

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - GOING ON THE DEFENSIVE

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Recent violent events have raised questions over live reporting from trouble spots, with the onus for reducing risk falling squarely on broadcasters' shoulders. But what should they do?

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    News Analysis - Caught in the spotlight

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    The resignation of boss Derek Taylor is the latest blow to hit news agency APTN. With rivals forging ahead with new developments, Tara Conlan asks if it's losing its edge.

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    Trust to subsidise 'hostile environment' training courses

    2000-05-08T16:30:00Z

    Rory Peck unveils£40,000 fund for freelancers

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    Factual Output - In development

    2000-03-17T00:00:00Z

    The last decade saw terrestrial factual output about the developing world fall by nearly 50 per cent. Is this the fault of the broadcasters or a public tired of doom and gloom - and will the tide turn? Katy Elliott reports.

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    RECRUITMENT - The hunter and the hunted

    2000-02-25T00:00:00Z

    As UK broadcasting gets ready to play with the big boys on the global communications field, it is increasingly turning to headhunters to track down a new generation of managers with a range of cross-media skills. James Curtis reports.

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    Greenland appointed to Skillset/FT2 training scheme

    2000-02-18T16:19:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE- Patricia Greenland has been appointed by FT2 to head the London Production Manager Training Scheme on behalf of the Skillset London Forum, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The scheme encompasses a

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    GREENLAND NAMED CHIEF OF NEW SKILLSET/FT2 COURSE

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Patricia Greenland has been appointed by FT2 to head the London Production Manager Training Scheme on behalf of the Skillset London Forum. The scheme encompases a 30-week training programme for six

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    Bectu wins EC backing to challenge government

    2000-02-11T13:00:00Z

    Union hails European support for campaign for holiday rights for freelancers

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    EC backs Bectu on paid leave

    2000-02-11T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission (EC) is backing Bectu's legal challenge against the UK government over paid holiday rights for freelancers, writes Tara Conlan.

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    MILLENNIUM TELEVISION - Dome comfort

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    For the BBC it's millennium fever as the countdown to the big day begins in earnest this autumn, but for other broadcasters 'millennium schmillennium' might be a more accurate description. Peter Keighron reports.

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    LAST CALL FOR PECK AWARD

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    The organisers of the Rory Peck Awards have issued a final call for entries to this year's competition. The awards, organised by the Rory Peck Trust in memory of the cameraman

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    Rory Peck Trust awards grant to Vincent family

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    The Rory Peck Trust has made its first ongoing grant to the family of late freelance cameraman Tony Vincent, writes Wale Azeez.Vincent was killed while making a wildlife film in January

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    Opportunity knock-off?

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    The failure of Hughie Green's action against a New Zealand TV station for allegedly copying Opportunity Knocks showed how difficult it is to prove plagiarism. Will a new code make it any easier, asks Tim Dams.

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    BBC RESTRUCTURE - Learning to live with the split

    1999-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Two years ago next week, the BBC created its Broadcast and Production directorates, aiming to create a 'production powerhouse'. But was the pain of separation worth it? And what's the Discovery joint-venture done for BBC Production?

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    Union confronts BBC over new media cash

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is facing a challenge from the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) to increase writers and journalists' remuneration if it wants to use their work in other media, writes John Plunkett.

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    C4 stuffed by Chickens

    1999-02-12T00:00:00Z

    After being caught out by Daddy's Girl and Rogue Males, Channel 4 is now facing a roasting over another suspect film. Tim Dams asks whether indie producers will bear the brunt of the backlash.

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    BBC wields the knife

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    The BBC denies cutting drama jobs will affect the quality or quantity of its output. But does this mean the long-running series has finally triumphed over single drama? Nicola Methven reports.

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    OMNIBUS SERVES UP AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY COURSES

    1999-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Omnibus Systems, which manufactures broadcast automation systems, is to provide training courses to freelance journalists and broadcasters beginning this spring. Omnibus technical director Ian Fletcher said that freelancers would be given

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    Bectu calls for freelance holidays

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Bectu has launched a legal challenge to force the Government to implement in full a European directive guaranteeing annual paid leave for freelance workers, writes John Plunkett.The European Working Time Directive

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    PECK AWARD OPENS UP

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The Rory Peck Award for freelance cameramen and women is to be divided into three categories for the first time this year. The 1999 awards will be made up of three