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The British film and television industries
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Communications
language: en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date: 2010-01-24
This is the first report from the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications of the 2009-10 session (HLP 37-I, ISBN 9780108459290) and examines "The British film and television industries - decline or opportunity?". The report looks at how these industries have developed, the challenges they are currently facing and what practical help might be provided to enable them to develop further. The film and television industries make an important contribution to the British economy. They contribute to national income and employment, and make a net contribution to exports, which has the capacity to grow. Despite the competition from abroad, particularly the US, UK-produced content on film and television has a strong international reputation and makes a major contribution to the entertainment and education of British audiences. The publication is divided into 6 chapters and looks in detail at the following areas: Chapter 1: The British film industry; Chapter 2: A better future for British films; Chapter 3: British television; Chapter 4: Promoting British television; Chapter 5: Skills and training. With Chapter 6 setting out recommendations, including, in respect of television: that the Government should urge public service broadcasters to revive their investment in training; encourage the expansion of online video on demand; promote greater production of UK TV content by a tax credit or through the use of the proceeds of spectrum sale and sharing part of the BBC licence fee; expand the role played by BBC Worldwide in distributing UK content overseas. Recommendations in respect of film, include: new legislation specifically targeted at making the recording of a film in a cinema by camcorder a criminal offence; provide more support to smaller films and allowing British films to be partly shot abroad without suffering a financial penalty; encourage more private investment in film production. For Vol. 2, Evidence, see (ISBN 9780108459306).
Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council
Author: Gillian Doyle
language: en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date: 2015-08-18
Drawing on interviews with leading film executives, politicians and industry stakeholders, including Alan Parker, Stewart Till and Tim Bevan, this book provides an empirically grounded analysis of the rise and unexpected fall of the UK Film Council, the key strategic body responsible for supporting film in the UK for over a decade. As well as offering a critical overview of the political, policy and technological contexts which framed the organisation's creation, existence and eventual demise, the book provides a probing analysis of the tensions between national and global interests in an increasingly transnational film industry, not least underlining how both US and EU interests and pressures have played themselves out. It therefore provides a timely and significant investigation into the contemporary policy environment for film in the 21st century.
The British Film Industry
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. National Heritage Committee
language: en
Publisher:
Release Date: 1995
This volume presents the minutes of evidence which includes evidence from David Puttnam, the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, The British Film Commission, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Alan Parker, British Screen Finance, the Federation of Entertainment Unions, the Directors Guild of Great Britain, the New Producers Alliance, the Society of Film Distributors, the Cinema Exhibitors' Association, the British Video Association, Ernst and Young, KPMG Peat Marwick, Polygram, the First Film Foundation, the BBC, Channel Four, the London Film Commission Initiative, Lord Attenborough, Mr Alexander Walker, the Societe des Realisteurs de Films, Rank Organisation Plc, the Department of National Heritage and BSKYB.