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Some see ‘tipping point’ as BBC and others are priced out of high-end dramas, as others say industry must simply adaptFrom the star of the Golden Globe-winning series Wolf Hall taking a major pay cut, to the BBC shelving premium TV projects due to a lack of funds, UK broadcasters are increasingly being priced out of the Netflix-fuelled golden age of big-budget drama.Over the past year some of the industry’s biggest names have provided evidence to MPs on the culture select committee, painting a grim picture of the struggles of the UK’s public service broadcasters – such as ITV, the BBC and Channel 4 – to fund the kind of high-end TV dramas that viewers now take for granted in the streaming era. Continue reading…
Some see ‘tipping point’ as BBC and others are priced out of high-end dramas, as others say industry must simply adapt
From the star of the Golden Globe-winning series Wolf Hall taking a major pay cut, to the BBC shelving premium TV projects due to a lack of funds, UK broadcasters are increasingly being priced out of the Netflix-fuelled golden age of big-budget drama.
Over the past year some of the industry’s biggest names have provided evidence to MPs on the culture select committee, painting a grim picture of the struggles of the UK’s public service broadcasters – such as ITV, the BBC and Channel 4 – to fund the kind of high-end TV dramas that viewers now take for granted in the streaming era.