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Publicly owned, commercially funded broadcaster facing ‘market shock territory’, chief executive tells MPs
Move designed to maintain media plurality as broadcaster seeks to boost finances by producing its own programmes
Georgie Henley and Ophelia Lovibond recreate lockdown-breaking parties at No 10 Downing Street
Freely will be built into next-generation smart sets, in effect taking Freeview platform on to internet
Documentary follows Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov’s fight to keep publishing in the face of mounting threats
Alex Mahon confident that a conduct complaint against a presenter would be escalated to broadcaster’s top management
Documentary about the life and death of the Northern Irish reporter feels both personal and vital
Requirement part of biggest overhaul of rules for online and traditional broadcasting in 20 years
Government rejects privatisation in favour of changes to preserve broadcaster’s financial sustainability
The programme has to tread a fine line when it comes to the allegations of sexual assault
Privatisation expected to be among the many low-priority policies that will be scrapped by the prime minister
Programme in which a studio audience is asked to vote on whether to expunge ‘problematic’ artwork is woefully misguided
Alastair Campbell and Baroness Warsi judge the ministerial potential of opinionated Britons on a new reality TV show
Marked change of tone from new culture secretary will raise broadcaster’s hopes of staying in public hands
Ofcom survey points to challenges for traditional broadcasters in keeping pace with digital and streaming trends
The series created by ‘Wolf Hall’ director Peter Kosminsky roots its fiction in today’s real-world politics
This model has helped sustain a successful British industry, and has proved itself across four decades of film and television
Chief executive says she will remain ‘independent’ during expected legislative battle over state-owned UK broadcaster
UK broadcaster says there are many ‘stages to go in ownership discussions’ after announcing record results
Planned legislation aims to give UK public service broadcasters boost in battle against streaming services
Pros and cons of the government’s proposal to end public ownership of broadcaster
Broadcaster’s plan to access private capital using hybrid model rejected by UK culture secretary
Plus, JetBlue gatecrashes Spirit’s merger with budget rival Frontier, and a scandal at KPMG comes to a close
The political will to push through a sale has changed, not the economic logic
Even allowing for the UK broadcaster’s tendency to hoard cash, only the boldest private equity buyers would be interested
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