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Dispute understood to be more about working conditions and long hours than pay

Critical crew shortages caused by the ongoing U.K. production boom can be alleviated by an...

After a period of public consultation, British broadcast regulator Ofcom has officially given the greenlight to the return of BBC Three — the pubcaster’s youth-skewing network — as a linear ...

BBC Three, the digital platform that’s been the home of “Fleabag” and...

It has been officially confirmed that BBC Three will be returning as a broadcast channel after Ofcom published their decision to approve the

The channel will relaunch in early February and will be available on Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat six years after it was taken off air because the BBC said young viewers abandoned traditional viewing.

By Max Goldbart2021-02-05T06:27:00+00:00 Bectu warns indies against ’penalising’ workers for pandemic-induced suspensions Freelancers working on some dramas are being paid as little as £350 per week after being forced to stop work due to Covid-induced suspensions, it has emerged. Broadcast has learned that staff on a number of scripted shows have been paid less than the London Living Wage amid production hiatuses. Furthermore, one ‘Covid rider’ attached to a contract seen by Broadcast...