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All articles by Ellie Kahn, Broadcast
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NewsBaby Cow chief executive Sarah Monteith departs company
Development head Rupert Majendie has a reconfigured leadership role.
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NewsKate Phillips confirmed as chief content officer at BBC
Phillips has held the broadcaster’s top editorial post on an interim basis since March.
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NewsSouth Korean content overtakes UK in global Netflix viewership
The figures are led by ‘Squid Game’ season two.
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NewsNetflix’s ‘Baby Reindeer’ leads Bafta TV nominations
Disney+’s ‘Rivals’ and AppleTV+’s ‘Slow Horses’ also scored several nods.
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NewsCreative UK calls for urgent reforms to help freelancers
Two-thirds of respondents said they experienced low or unfair pay.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video appoints Europe lead
Andrew Bennett is to relocate to London from the US in an expanded role.
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NewsMip London confirms more than 80 companies for inaugural edition
Buyers attending include Netflix, Sky, ITV, Canal+ and Disney.
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NewsGuy Ritchie to direct Prime Video’s ‘Young Sherlock’ series starring Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Physical production will run through Motive Pictures.
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NewsUK shadow culture secretary sets out Labour’s vision for creative industries
Thangam Debbonaire has promised a Labour government will “champion” the creative industries, replace the Apprenticeship Levy and “speak up” for freelancers.
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NewsCreative UK: public funding to sector must be a “national priority” for next government
The charity is calling for urgent public and private funding boost ahead of the impending general election.
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NewsUK culture committee calls for freelancers’ commissioner, tighter protection of royalties
A statutory mechanism called the Smart Fund has been proposed, that ensures creators and performers are paid fairly for their work when it is accessed, distributed, and stored on digital devices.
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NewsPact issues principles for using AI in UK production
Members of the UK producers’ organisation have been urged to prioritise human creativity and tackle bias.
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NewsDirectors UK makes double hire for lobbying push
Bectu’s Paul Evans and Independent Film Trust’s Niall Stewart have joined the campaigning body.
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NewsSamir Shah is UK government’s preferred choice for BBC chair
The 71-year-old, who owns Juniper TV, will appear before MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee for pre-appointment scrutiny.
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NewsThree-quarters of film and TV workers out of work in UK due to US strikes, says Bectu
The union has conducted a survey of nearly 4,000 UK workers.
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NewsUK’s Film & TV Charity gets £500,000 grant boost
Broadcasters back support package amid rise in applications.
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NewsBectu warns US strikes could hit UK production
The union for the creative industries warned that a “perfect storm is brewing” for the freelancers.
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NewsElan Closs Stephens appointed acting BBC chair
Welsh non-executive board member to replace Richard Sharp later this month
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NewsWarner Bros Discovery, Liberty Global weigh £1bn sale of UK production group All3Media - reports
Group is home to ’Empire Of Light’ producer Neal Street Productions and ’The Tourist’ producer Two Brothers.