All articles by Robin Parker – Page 130
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NewsTV veterans outline PSB options
The future options for PSB funding were scrutinised today in a debate at the London School of Economics ahead of this month's publication of the second phase of Ofcom's PSB review.
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PSB model 1: Evolution
Public service broadcasters retain their designated PSB role, either reducing their duties or receiving more support.
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NewsPSB model 2: BBC only
The BBC becomes the sole UK-wide provider of PSB content. Limited plurality is provided only to the extent possible through other broadcasters' commercial output.
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NewsPSB model 3: BBC and Channel 4
This model would see BBC and Channel 4 have a PSB role while others bid for limited competitive funding.
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NewsPSB model 4: Broad competitive funding
Commercial PSBs pitch for long-term but transferable contract for specific PSB content, with funds awarded by a funding agency.
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Cutting Edge fraud doc goes to series
Channel 4 is to turn a recent Cutting Edge documentary on insurance fraud investigators into a full series.
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NewsArmstrong & Miller reveal sitcom plans
Comedy duo Armstrong & Miller have teamed up with up-and-coming writers to develop a “slacker sitcom” about office temps.
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NewsC4 targets bad behaviour in primary schools
Channel 4 is to look into the role of social intervention in primary schools in a documentary described by its director as “a British Être et Avoir”.
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NewsHeart 106.2 exec to join ITN
Mark Browning, the man who brought Jamie Theakston to Heart 106.2, is to join ITN to head up its multimedia commercial activities.
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NewsAllen on board Virgin Media
Former ITV chief executive Charles Allen has taken up his second non-executive TV directorship in a week - this time with Virgin Media.
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NewsLambert to open US office; hires US reality exec as chief
Former RDF creative director Stephen Lambert has hired Eli Holzman, the US exec behind Project Runway and Beauty & The Geek to lead a US arm of his indie, Studio Lambert.
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NewsRegional indies win cash boost
Three Welsh indies are to receive a cash injection from a scheme set up by broadcasters and bodies including Pact and Skillset.
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NewsBlinkx grows online output
Digital video distributor Myvideorights.com has signed a deal to license clips to video search engine Blinkx.com.
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NewsRentaGhost and Worzel Gummidge to return
Spooks and ghouls and freaks and fools have joined RDF, which is preparing BBC children's classic RentaGhost for a 21st century makeover.
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NewsCharles Allen on board at Endemol
Former ITV chief executive Charles Allen has joined the board of Big Brother producer Endemol as a non-executive director.
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NewsC4's Kevin Bishop sparks viewer criticism
Big Brother continued to be Channel 4's most controversial show in August, sparking over 4,000 calls from viewers - but comedy show The Kevin Bishop Show edged out more potentially sensitive offerings to take second place.
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NewsFreesat adds C4 timeshift channels
Channel 4's suite of time-shifted channels are to join the free-to-air satellite TV service Freesat.
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NewsVoD faces teething problems, says research
Incomplete programme catalogues and a fragmented marketplace are driving consumers away from broadcasters' video-on-demand services, according to new research.