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Naman Ramachandran “Luther” star Idris Elba is in talks for a £1 billion ($1.2 billion) bid for U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, according to The Sunday Times.The Sunday Times report states that Elba is in discussions with Marc Boyan, founder and CEO of marketing and communications collective, The Miroma Group. Elba is the CEO of production company Green Door Pictures, which has produced “Concrete Cowboy,” “Idris Elba’s Fight School” and “Turn Up Charlie.” Channel 4 declined to comment.

K.J. Yossman The U.K.’s most prominent television and film unions have issued a joint letter opposing the privatization of public service broadcaster Channel 4.The Federation of Entertainment Unions (FEU), which is comprised of crew union Bectu, performing arts union Equity, the National Union of Journalists, the Musicians’ Union and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, together represents over 120,000 creative workers in the U.K.In a letter to U.K.

A former Conservative government minister and Boris Johnson supporter has slammed the sale of Channel 4 as an “unnecessary and provocative attempt to address a political non-issue” as the Prime Minister gets ready to face a no confidence vote in his leadership tonight.

Michael Grade may be one of the British television industry’s elder statesmen, but this does not necessarily make him the right person to lead the country’s TV regulator Ofcom, apparently.

K.J. Yossman The BBC Board has said it “welcomes” the government’s mid-term charter review, which will examine the governance and regulation of the BBC.The process, which will take 12 months, will be undertaken by “officials” from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, which is currently led by minister Nadine Dorries.

The UK government has officially launched the mid-term Charter Review into the BBC, with a focus on whether the corporation is representing people from working class backgrounds.

BBC bosses have for the first time indicated they may be open to a change in the corporation’s funding model after 2027.

The UK Culture Secretary has waded into a fresh battle with British broadcaster Channel 4, accusing producers of a reality TV show of filming actors instead of real people.

A privatized Channel 4 could lose the UK economy up to £3BN ($3.8BN) over the next decade and support 4,000 fewer jobs, according to the It’s a Sin network’s alternative privatization proposal, unveiled to journalists today.

Interested parties have already started lining up to enquire about buying UK broadcaster Channel 4, following this week’s pull on the first lever of the process of sale by the British Government.

Streaming platforms are set to be regulated like linear broadcasters for the first time, under the UK Government’s new plans, set out in a ‘White Paper’ policy document revealed this week.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe British government has laid out its plans to reshape the country’s broadcasting landscape with a broad ranging set of proposals, contained in a White Paper published Thursday. These include confirmation that Channel 4 will be privatized and the BBC funding model will be reviewed.The proposals were previewed to the media on Wednesday, and covered in depth by Variety here.Secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, Nadine Dorries, said: “Rapid changes in technology, viewing habits and the entrance of global players have introduced new challenges for British broadcasters.

The TV licence's future is more muddled than ever after the UK's Culture Secretary said the government will be looking at new ways of funding the BBC.

Netflix and other big streaming beasts are to fall under strict UK regulation for the first time as the government says it will revamp the “decades-old” laws that govern Public Service Broadcasting (PSB).

Peter Andre has admitted he's "terrified" about his four children being groomed online by an older person. Writing in his weekly new! magazine column, singer Pete's comments came as he opened up about backing a Government bill and campaign to protect children on the internet. Here, he also discusses filming with Kate Garraway and The Wanted star Tom Parker's heartbreaking funeral.

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s push to get civil servants working in the office again has been backed by No 10 despite the 'Dickensian' move proving controversial with other government ministers. Mr Rees-Mogg, the minister responsible for government efficiency, has written to other members of the Cabinet, calling on them to issue a clear message to staff about a “rapid return to the office”.

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries is to appoint a Power of Music Commissioner to spread the benefits of choir singing and music to help people suffering from dementia, depression and long Covid. Ms Dorries and Vicky McClure, the Line of Duty star, endorsed a UK Music and Music For Dementia report which sets out a plan to harness the uplifting power of music to transform people’s mental health and well-being.

Naman Ramachandran Two of the most respected practitioners working in the entertainment industry have slammed the U.K. government’s ongoing plans for broadcasters Channel 4 and BBC. Earlier this month, U.K.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has sharply criticized detractors of her plan to sell broadcaster Channel 4. The plan was decried by several leading media industry unions and filmmakers.

plans to sell Channel 4 don’t “make any business sense” and undermine the channel’s “tremendous economic and cultural achievement”.The Scottish filmmaker criticised the government’s proposals to privatise the publicly owned channel, which he clarified does not cost the taxpayer any money as Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries wrongfully claimed last year, because it’s paid for by ad revenue.Iannucci, known for TV shows including The Thick Of It and I’m Alan Partridge as well as feature films such as The Death Of Stalin (2017), wrote in a The Guardian op-ed that the move has been ill-thought-out as he questioned why a broadcaster that “puts billions into the economy and promotes British culture and values internationally” should be sold off.“It doesn’t make any business sense, and it’s certainly not patriotic,” he wrote. “I regularly get asked by international broadcasters why the UK government has such a destructive agenda against the country’s main television networks.“Dorries tweeted yesterday that ‘government ownership is holding Channel 4 back’, which perhaps explains part of the problem, that she sees the network as some manifestation of the Big State.

stop the privatisation of Channel 4 has reached over 50,000 signatures.On Monday (April 4), Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries tweeted her intentions to privatise the broadcaster under the belief that government ownership is “holding Channel 4 back” from competing against streaming platforms.She said selling the channel to a private owner would give it “the tools and freedom to flourish and thrive as a public service broadcaster long into the future”.The government is hoping to raise close to £1billion by selling the channel, with the money potentially being used to boost creative training and independent production companies.A Change.org petition has been launched in response by E.L McNally to stop the plans, which has received over 50,000 signatures at the time of writing.https://t.co/7WAxfcwBBn pic.twitter.com/WOpVXzjiYk— Matt Lucas (@RealMattLucas) April 4, 2022The petition, which has been shared by Matt Lucas, Edgar Wright and Neil Gaiman, reads: “I am appalled at the Government’s intention to privatise Channel 4.”It adds: “To privatise Channel 4 would seriously undermine programming aimed at all the communities, across generations, that make up this country.

Channel 4, which would result in the broadcaster being sold off after 40 years in public ownership.As reported by The Guardian, the government is hoping to raise close to £1billion, with the money potentially being used for creative training and for independent production companies.Last year, former Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said that the privatisation of Channel 4 was “needed” in order for it to “compete with the streaming giants”.“Without [more money], Channel 4 won’t have the money to invest in technology and programming, and it won’t be able to compete with the streaming giants,” he said, according to Sky News.Earlier in the year Ricky Gervais spoke out against the potential sale of Channel 4, calling it “a real shame”.“For almost 40 years, Channel 4 has been a launch pad for new ideas and new talent,” he wrote on Twitter. “It’s been able to do that because of its remit and not-for-profit structure and it would be a real shame if that was destroyed by selling off the channel.”Channel 4’s chief executive, Alex Mahon, revealed the news to staff on Monday (April 4): “We have been informed in the last hour that the government will shortly announce that the secretary of state has decided to proceed with the proposal to privatise Channel 4,” she wrote in an email.“In our engagement with the government during its extended period of reflection, we have proposed a vision for the next 40 years which we are confident would allow us to build on the successes of the first 40.

Channel 4 is to be privatised by the Tory government in a move set to spark furious backlash.

The UK government is pushing ahead with plans to privatize Channel 4.

Naman Ramachandran June Brown, who memorably played the role of Dot Cotton in long-running BBC soap “EastEnders,” died on Sunday. She was 95.Brown’s family said she died “very peacefully” at her home. A cause of death was not provided.An “EastEnders” spokesperson said: “There are not enough words to describe how much June was loved and adored by everyone at ‘EastEnders,’ her loving warmth, wit and great humor will never be forgotten.

The new chair of UK broadcaster Channel 4 has been appointed. Media regulator Ofcom has confirmed that businessman Sir Ian Cheshire will be joining the board of the channel on April 11, taking over from interim chair Dawn Airey.

Naman Ramachandran Veteran businessman Ian Cheshire has been appointed the next chair of U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, media regulator Ofcom revealed on Sunday. Cheshire will join the broadcaster’s board on Apr.

Despite heavy lobbying, the UK government has confirmed the closure of the £500M ($657M) Film & TV Production Restart Scheme at the end of this month.

K.J. Yossman After a two-year search, U.K.

coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and to ease the current cost of living crisis in the UK.In a statement following the announcement, the Music Venue Trust said that it “warmly welcomes the Business Rates discount, which will maintain the 50 per cent Business Rates for grassroots music venues that the government announced pre-pandemic.”It continued: “However, with no action for businesses on energy bills, or NI liability, or VAT or any support for the sector to recover from the crisis, the outcome of the budget is that none of the extraordinary financial pressures being placed on venues have been mitigated or alleviated.“This budget has failed to respond to inflationary increases from rent, supplies, & services running in excess of 20% across the sector.

BBC Studios And Sky Deutschland Strike Factual Content Deal

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a review of the Russian-backed RT channel’s license in the nation.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a review of the Russian-backed RT news channel.

Naman Ramachandran Lorraine Burgess has been confirmed as chief financial officer at BBC Studios after serving as interim CFO since July 2021. Burgess will report into chief executive Tom Fussell.Producer-distributor BBC Studios is U.K. broadcaster BBC’s largest commercial subsidiary, which contributed sales of £1.25 billion ($1.7 billion) in the 2020/2021 financial year.

Nadine Dorries’ views on the UK’s beleaguered national broadcasting corporation have been polarising since she was promoted to the role of Culture Secretary in September 2021, but in an interview with the Sunday Times, she emphasised her wish to protect the BBC into the future.

Amazon Prime Video has signed a multimillion pound deal with Pinewood’s Shepperton Studios to take facilities for the next decade, and will therefore be producing projects next door to Netflix.