All Kate Bulkley articles – Page 15
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CommentMedia money: Can Toumazis turn Endemol into a global distribution player?
Tom Toumazis' defection to Endemol must have caused a grunt of frustration at the Mouse House and raised a canny smile from Ynon Kreiz.
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CommentMedia money: Why does DCD Media see distribution as its big opportunity?
Producers' eyes will have lit up when they read about the£10m fund that DCD Media is making available to them in exchange for international distribution rights - but the real winner could be DCD.
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CommentMedia Money: Does paying big money for the Olympics pay off?
For commercial broadcasters, airing the Olympics means big money and big risk. I'm over in the US (before jetting in to Edinburgh) and watching the Olympics here has reinforced how high-value sport with a local hero can still bring in big money.
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CommentMedia Money: Can indies really bypass broadcasters and still make good programmes?
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade believes a free market is a better market and says he wants to tear up the terms of trade and deal with independent producers in the same way that Tesco deals with its suppliers.
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CommentMedia Money: Can SMG make it as a regional broadcaster?
The nationalist government in Scotland has been in place for about a year and as far as SMG boss Rob Woodward is concerned, Scotland will become increasingly devolved, creating an opportunity for SMG to become a sort of super Scottish media company.
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CommentMedia Money: Does Sky have The Force to reach its 10 million sub target in a recession?
I have always been a big Star Wars fan, and Luke Skywalker was a favourite - but I never thought a Skywalker would come into my life.
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CommentMedia Money: Is there money to be saved on music on TV?
We are living in belt-tightening Britain. The cost of everything has gone up (have you filled your petrol tank lately?) and we are all looking to save money. So when the opportunity comes along to break with the traditions of normal UK television practices, save yourself time, hassle and cash, ...
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CommentMedia Money: Will RDF's Comedy Demon website stand out in a crowded market?
Laughter is often considered the best medicine, and RDF Media hopes that its new comedy website - Comedy Demon - can cure some of the ills involved in making money with online content.
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CommentMedia money: To delist or not?
It emerged this week that John de Mol, who recently bought back the indie he co-created - Endemol - is also a significant player in the move to delist RDF Media Group.
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CommentMedia Money: Can Chris Tarrant's deal with Nissan be replicated on TV?
Nissan's£1m deal with Chris Tarrant for a GMG Radio show underlines the shift in traditional power bases among media, talent and advertisers in the fragmenting and increasingly digital media world.
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CommentMedia Money: Is My Spy Family rewriting the model for kids TV toy spin-offs?
The big profits in kids TV come from licensing toys, games, books and anything else that will capture kids' attention and parents' wallets.
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CommentMedia Money: Why is the Competition Commission looking into Kangaroo?
There is an adage in business that the more transparent you are, the less you have to hide.
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CommentMedia money: What's in a name?
When SMG sold Virgin Radio for£53.2m - to a consortium including the publisher of the Times of India - it was for a price almost£10m less than SMG investors had been expecting. This is partly because the sale did not include the Virgin Radio brand name.
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CommentMedia money: Is time alone what Michael Grade needs to turn around ITV?
Michael Grade has extended his tenure as executive chairman of ITV for another year to 2010 and at the recent AGM asked his shareholders to be patient and judge his success in the context of the next three to five years. But, given the rising volume of discontent in the ...
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CommentMedia money: Why is Disney going free-to-air in Spain?
It could be an archetypal Disney story - brave, upstanding Disney Channel (DC) decides to leave its traditional Spanish home and head for a bold, new future in neighbouring DTT land where it hopes to make its fortune.
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CommentMedia money: Are live advertisements worth the anxiety?
After being inspired by those clever people at Channel 4 and Honda (which delivered the live skydiving ad last week), I am proud to announce that this column is being written live. Cue triumphant music.