All Funding articles – Page 31
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NewsCalon TV folds after funding falls through
Calon TV, the Cardiff-based producer of Five and S4C kids shows Igam Ogam and Hana’s Helpline, is to go into voluntary liquidation.
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NewsGoldsmith rejects C4 election funding claim
Tory MP Zac Goldsmith engaged in a furious on-air row over a broadcaster’s investigation into his general election campaign spending which are being examined by a Westminster elections watchdog.
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NewsCall to split World Service funding
A peer has called for the cost of the BBC World Service to be shared between the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development (DfID) in order to protect it from cuts.
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NewsJulie Walters calls for more drama funding
Julie Walters has called for more money to be made available for television drama after picking up a Bafta for her portrayal of Mo Mowlam.
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NewsFilm4 to get 20% funding boost
Bosses at Channel 4 have revealed the annual budget for movie production arm Film4 is to be increased by 20% to £10 million, returning its financing to a level not seen since the start of the economic downturn.
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News‘Mould-breaking’ TV format seeks funding
Ant and Dec’s agent, James Grant Group, has developed plans for a mould-breaking TV format - pitched as the first example of “investor-funded” programming.
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Wales shakes up creative industry funding
Welsh ministers have announced a shake-up of the way they handle industries such as media, television and film.
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FeaturesPlugging the funding gap
As commissions have slowed down and broadcasters’ programme budgets have shrunk, indies are having to think outside the box to get projects off the ground, says Kate Bulkley
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ITV Studios looks to radio stations for FM funding
ITV Studios is in talks with record companies and radio stations to help piece together a Primeval-style deal to fund a second series of Chris O’Dowd sitcom FM to air on ITV2.
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NewsCITV’s award-winning Bookaboo faces axe over funding gap
Broadcast- and Bafta-winning CITV series Bookaboo’s future is in the balance as it desperately goes on the hunt for a deficit funding partner.
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NewsMediaCity creative hub secures funding
MediaCity UK has secured the go-ahead for an £8m Media Enterprise Centre that will house digital and games development centres.
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NewsPower raises funding against value of IP
Power, the producer of The Day Of The Triffids, has struck an innovative £10.8m financing deal partly based on the value of its intellectual property.
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NewsCommonwealth Games set for funding shortfall
An inability by the BBC to cover the broadcasting costs of the 2014 Commonwealth Games is driving a £500 million increase in the event’s budget, organisers say.
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NewsOrion gets creative on funding for art-travel show
Indie Orion TV has pieced together an innovative deal involving local authorities, furniture retailer DFS and Discovery to fund a new art-inspired travel series.
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NewsFuture funding strategy to help Pepper
Future Film’s move into TV production financing (Broadcast 09.10.09) is set to provide a boost to Pepper, the post facility in which it owns a stake.
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NewsMatchlight gets Scottish funding
Glasgow-based indie Matchlight will receive a £250,000 cash injection over three years from Scottish Enterprise to further support local programme making.
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NewsWEE lines up funding for CGI dinosaur doc
Wide-Eyed Entertainment, the CGI-specialist indie set up by Impossible Pictures founder Jasper James, has secured £2m worth of co-pro funding from international broadcasters for its forthcoming doc March of the Dinosaurs.
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CommentRisk to PSB funding as switchover looms
As the digital switchover approaches, the funding for ambitious PSB programming is ever more at risk, writes Roger Graef.
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NewsFunding secured for digital doctorates
The Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE) has been awarded £6.3m by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to fund 50 doctoral studentships in digital entertainment.
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NewsFunding issues cloud docs festival
La Rochelle saw 1,800 delegates debating money, partnerships and the challenge of YouTube.