It was the afternoon of Oct. 5, 2015, when Steve Carter, a 67-year-old tantric yoga instructor, told his wife, Lokita Carter, that he was going out for a hike on a nearby trail.
They had been staying with friends in Northern California, having returned to the U.S. six weeks earlier from Costa Rica, where they retired, so Lokita could seek treatment for breast cancer.
Steve headed out that day accompanied by their Doberman pinscher, Coco.
“We hugged, and that was it — and he drove away and never came back,” Lokita tells People.
She says her husband texted her at 6 p.m.
They had been staying with friends in Northern California, having returned to the U.S. six weeks earlier from Costa Rica, where they retired, so Lokita could seek treatment for breast cancer.
Steve headed out that day accompanied by their Doberman pinscher, Coco.
“We hugged, and that was it — and he drove away and never came back,” Lokita tells People.
She says her husband texted her at 6 p.m.
- 4/20/2017
- by Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
New York, Apr 28: A man in Us found out that he was kidnapped by his own mother after he found his picture on a missing persons website.
Steve Carter from Philadelphia is now unravelling the details of his childhood abduction, more than a year after finding his own face on the website.
Carter, 35, knew he had been adopted from a Hawaiian orphanage as a child, but never knew anything about his biological family. He had always been puzzled about a couple things, like his birth certificate, which wasn't created until almost a year after his birth, and.
Steve Carter from Philadelphia is now unravelling the details of his childhood abduction, more than a year after finding his own face on the website.
Carter, 35, knew he had been adopted from a Hawaiian orphanage as a child, but never knew anything about his biological family. He had always been puzzled about a couple things, like his birth certificate, which wasn't created until almost a year after his birth, and.
- 4/28/2012
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Christmas came early for one British family after actor Rupert Grint escorted them to Florida for an all-expenses paid trip to the Harry Potter theme park.
Grint was heartbroken to hear about the grief-stricken Carters, who have been struggling to cope with the loss of their mother Denise, who died giving birth to her and her husband Steve's fourth child in 2009.
The group's touching story was picked up by TV bosses and aired on U.K. special Noel's Christmas Presents, which aired on Sunday, and featured the family being granted their vacation wish and being showered with gifts for the holidays.
But, as an extra special surprise, Grint recently accompanied the group to Orlando to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios and gave them a personal tour of the rides and wand shops.
Family patriarch Steve Carter tells film-news.co.uk, "The best thing was the look on the kids' faces. There are great memories and I know Denise was watching over us on the trip."...
Grint was heartbroken to hear about the grief-stricken Carters, who have been struggling to cope with the loss of their mother Denise, who died giving birth to her and her husband Steve's fourth child in 2009.
The group's touching story was picked up by TV bosses and aired on U.K. special Noel's Christmas Presents, which aired on Sunday, and featured the family being granted their vacation wish and being showered with gifts for the holidays.
But, as an extra special surprise, Grint recently accompanied the group to Orlando to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios and gave them a personal tour of the rides and wand shops.
Family patriarch Steve Carter tells film-news.co.uk, "The best thing was the look on the kids' faces. There are great memories and I know Denise was watching over us on the trip."...
- 12/22/2011
- WENN
Stephen Carter, the man who re-engineered the UK’s regulatory landscape for media, is to offer a presentation on convergence at next month’s Spaa conference.
The session at the Screen Producers Association of Australia event is highly timely because Australia’s media regulations are undergoing a similar review to that carried out by Carter around seven years ago.
Carter created the UK super-regulator Ofcom after the merger of several individual media regulators. He later became a government minister and is now boss of telco giant Alacatel-Lucent.
According to Spaa, Carter’s presentation will cover media convergence issues around the three Ps of politics, policy and profit.
During his previous business career, Carter also had a stint as an executive with advertising agency Jwt.
The announcement follows news last week that Gareth Neame, managing director UK of NBCUniversal international TV production and head of TV hit series Downton Abbey will...
The session at the Screen Producers Association of Australia event is highly timely because Australia’s media regulations are undergoing a similar review to that carried out by Carter around seven years ago.
Carter created the UK super-regulator Ofcom after the merger of several individual media regulators. He later became a government minister and is now boss of telco giant Alacatel-Lucent.
According to Spaa, Carter’s presentation will cover media convergence issues around the three Ps of politics, policy and profit.
During his previous business career, Carter also had a stint as an executive with advertising agency Jwt.
The announcement follows news last week that Gareth Neame, managing director UK of NBCUniversal international TV production and head of TV hit series Downton Abbey will...
- 10/25/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
As Obama prepares to hand over control of Libyan airstrikes to a Nato coalition-and Gaddafi pledges a long fight-the skies of Tripoli lit up with airstrikes for the fourth night.
Plus, Stephen Carter on why this is America's war, Daniel Stone asks if the intervention is legal, and full coverage of Libya.
Related story on The Daily Beast: My Harrowing Libya Escape
Libya's capital is under siege for the fourth night in a row, as a fresh round of Western aistrikes hit Tripoli again on Tuesday. "We've been hearing big noises. We've heard some explosions in the last 10 minutes," said an Al Jazeera reporter in the city. Witnesses said the anti-aircraft strikes are zeroing in near the Gaddafi residence (his location is still unknown) and the capital's air defenses are retaliating with fire. A ground battle continues to rage as well: Pro-Gaddafi troops reportedly killed dozens in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi today,...
Plus, Stephen Carter on why this is America's war, Daniel Stone asks if the intervention is legal, and full coverage of Libya.
Related story on The Daily Beast: My Harrowing Libya Escape
Libya's capital is under siege for the fourth night in a row, as a fresh round of Western aistrikes hit Tripoli again on Tuesday. "We've been hearing big noises. We've heard some explosions in the last 10 minutes," said an Al Jazeera reporter in the city. Witnesses said the anti-aircraft strikes are zeroing in near the Gaddafi residence (his location is still unknown) and the capital's air defenses are retaliating with fire. A ground battle continues to rage as well: Pro-Gaddafi troops reportedly killed dozens in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi today,...
- 3/19/2011
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
It's not just any old person who can get a job created just for them: God, perhaps, or Fonzworth Bentley, P Diddy's personal wielder of his Puffjesty's umbrella. Stephen Carter (Lord Carter of Barnes, to give him his full name) has just been slotted into a brand new job at Alcatel-Lucent.
Carter, the former head of the U.K.'s telecom watchdog unit and a one-time minister to Gordon Brown, is moving to Paris next month for his latest role: Chief Marketing, Strategy and Communication Officer. Hmmm, have we ever had a Cmsco before? (Not unless you're a dyslexic fan of disco, methinks.) No matter, what he'll need to do is turn the Franco-American global telecoms company around when he arrives at company headquarters in Paris next month. How will he do it? Let's look to his past to find out:
Alcatel-Lucent is already up against it. Its CEO,...
Carter, the former head of the U.K.'s telecom watchdog unit and a one-time minister to Gordon Brown, is moving to Paris next month for his latest role: Chief Marketing, Strategy and Communication Officer. Hmmm, have we ever had a Cmsco before? (Not unless you're a dyslexic fan of disco, methinks.) No matter, what he'll need to do is turn the Franco-American global telecoms company around when he arrives at company headquarters in Paris next month. How will he do it? Let's look to his past to find out:
Alcatel-Lucent is already up against it. Its CEO,...
- 3/4/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
Underoath, Shooter Jennings, Forever the Sickest Kids and others brave the weather for the punk festival's latest stop.
By Gil Kaufman
All Time Low's Jack Barakat at the Warped Tour in Cincinnati on Wednesday
Photo: Gil Kaufman/ MTV News
Cincinnati — It takes more than a little Liberty-spike-melting rain — Ok, an hour-plus torrential downpour with mega-flashes of lightning — to wash out the Vans Warped Tour '09. With a crowd undeterred by the weather, the 15th annual punk extravaganza rolled up on a steamy Wednesday afternoon to the Riverbend Amphitheatre with a typically eclectic mix of old-school and new-school punk, plenty of hardcore, tons of screamo, a dash of ska, a dusting of hip-hop and ... whatever crunkcore is.
As Warped — the longest-running summer festival tour in the U.S. — continues to evolve, one thing remains clear: No genre is safe. Where in years past screamo and metalcore bubbled up as the predominant sounds of the day,...
By Gil Kaufman
All Time Low's Jack Barakat at the Warped Tour in Cincinnati on Wednesday
Photo: Gil Kaufman/ MTV News
Cincinnati — It takes more than a little Liberty-spike-melting rain — Ok, an hour-plus torrential downpour with mega-flashes of lightning — to wash out the Vans Warped Tour '09. With a crowd undeterred by the weather, the 15th annual punk extravaganza rolled up on a steamy Wednesday afternoon to the Riverbend Amphitheatre with a typically eclectic mix of old-school and new-school punk, plenty of hardcore, tons of screamo, a dash of ska, a dusting of hip-hop and ... whatever crunkcore is.
As Warped — the longest-running summer festival tour in the U.S. — continues to evolve, one thing remains clear: No genre is safe. Where in years past screamo and metalcore bubbled up as the predominant sounds of the day,...
- 7/30/2009
- MTV Music News
Welcome to Grey Britain. Welcome to the real Britain: a land of poverty, petty violence, bad diets, bad attitudes. A land of dole queues, decay and dealers; ignorance and Jerry Springer-esque DNA tests; of knives and gangs and registered restraining orders worn as badge of honor. Welcome to Gallows’ new State of the Nation Address.
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A damning indictment...
- 7/21/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
London -- Signaling a looming row with regulators and government, BBC director general Mark Thompson on Wednesday hit out at plans to share the BBC license fee with ailing commercial rivals -- so-called "top-slicing" -- and accused "a small number of people" within the regulators and government of trying to undermine the pubcaster's funding mechanism.
Speaking on "The Media Show" on BBC Radio 4 Wednesday, Thompson said there was "a suspicion" that government and regulators plans were aimed at forcing the BBC to give up control of the license fee on ideological grounds.
"There is a suspicion that for some years now there has been a small group of people who have been ideologically focused more on the principle of getting a wedge into the license fee and trying to prove a point about the principle of top-slicing, rather than having a particular urgent need," Thompson said.
"When Ofcom was interested...
Speaking on "The Media Show" on BBC Radio 4 Wednesday, Thompson said there was "a suspicion" that government and regulators plans were aimed at forcing the BBC to give up control of the license fee on ideological grounds.
"There is a suspicion that for some years now there has been a small group of people who have been ideologically focused more on the principle of getting a wedge into the license fee and trying to prove a point about the principle of top-slicing, rather than having a particular urgent need," Thompson said.
"When Ofcom was interested...
- 6/24/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- Former BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball has been appointed to the board of U.K. telecoms giant British Telecom as non-executive director, it was announced Wednesday, in a surprise move that potentially casts doubt on his likelihood to succeed Michael Grade as ITV chief executive.
Ball, who is currently chairman of German cable operator Kabel Deutschland, is thought to be the frontrunner in the race to succeed Grade, who has said he will step down as ITV CEO before the year-end. Communications minister Stephen Carter is also thought to be under consideration for the post.
But the BT board announcement could potentially count against Ball with the ITV board, which could view the appointment as a potential conflict of interest.
The news comes a day after the government announced a £6 ($9.80) per year tax on BT customers to support investment in new broadband infrastructure.
If Ball were to take the ITV post,...
Ball, who is currently chairman of German cable operator Kabel Deutschland, is thought to be the frontrunner in the race to succeed Grade, who has said he will step down as ITV CEO before the year-end. Communications minister Stephen Carter is also thought to be under consideration for the post.
But the BT board announcement could potentially count against Ball with the ITV board, which could view the appointment as a potential conflict of interest.
The news comes a day after the government announced a £6 ($9.80) per year tax on BT customers to support investment in new broadband infrastructure.
If Ball were to take the ITV post,...
- 6/18/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- The BBC has hit out at government proposals to use up to 3.5% of its annual license fee to fund non-bbc news, saying that it should instead should be returned to viewers.
The proposals, put forward by Communications Minister Stephen Carter in the Digital Britain report published Tuesday, could see broadcasters including ITV as well as local newspapers benefit from BBC funds amounting to about £130 million ($213 million) a year so that they can provide competition to the BBC's own news services. Children's programming also could be subsidized by the fund.
Other plans in the report include the introduction of a target to cut digital piracy in the U.K. by 70% within 12 months and the introduction of a new £6-per-household tax to support broadband infrastructure investment.
The report welcomed a possible tie-up between the BBC's commercial arm BBC Worldwide and Channel 4, but so far the two broadcasters have failed to come up with an agreement.
The proposals, put forward by Communications Minister Stephen Carter in the Digital Britain report published Tuesday, could see broadcasters including ITV as well as local newspapers benefit from BBC funds amounting to about £130 million ($213 million) a year so that they can provide competition to the BBC's own news services. Children's programming also could be subsidized by the fund.
Other plans in the report include the introduction of a target to cut digital piracy in the U.K. by 70% within 12 months and the introduction of a new £6-per-household tax to support broadband infrastructure investment.
The report welcomed a possible tie-up between the BBC's commercial arm BBC Worldwide and Channel 4, but so far the two broadcasters have failed to come up with an agreement.
- 6/16/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- The BBC could be forced to hand £100 million ($163 million) of the license fee to fund local news on ITV under proposals that will be put forward by a major government report to be published Tuesday.
Billed as the biggest shake up in broadcasting in a generation, the Digital Britain report from Communications Minister Stephen Carter is thought likely to anger the BBC with plans to "top-slice" the license fee, which until now the BBC has never shared with another broadcaster.
The money is cash left over from a fund that was set up to pay for digital switchover awareness.
But BBC Trust chair Michael Lyons has argued that the money should be returned to BBC license fee payers.
In a speech last month to the Royal Television Society he said license fee money should only be used by the BBC.
"License fee payers give us their money in good faith.
Billed as the biggest shake up in broadcasting in a generation, the Digital Britain report from Communications Minister Stephen Carter is thought likely to anger the BBC with plans to "top-slice" the license fee, which until now the BBC has never shared with another broadcaster.
The money is cash left over from a fund that was set up to pay for digital switchover awareness.
But BBC Trust chair Michael Lyons has argued that the money should be returned to BBC license fee payers.
In a speech last month to the Royal Television Society he said license fee money should only be used by the BBC.
"License fee payers give us their money in good faith.
- 6/15/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- Prompting intense speculation that he is in the running to head ITV, communications minister Stephen Carter is understood to be stepping down from the government post following next week's publication of his long-awaited report into the future of Britain's creative industries.
Carter, who has been working on the Digital Britain report for almost two years, is reportedly about to rejoin the private sector, according to the Times newspaper, which said Carter had told Prime Minister Gordon Brown that he would step down by July.
As a previous chief executive of media regulator Ofcom, cable venture Ntl and public relations group Brunswick, and with a background in the advertising industry, Carter would have both the digital know-how and commercial experience to run ITV, senior figures said.
"He's one of a very small group of people who probably have the right balance of experience," a senior broadcast executive said. "He's...
Carter, who has been working on the Digital Britain report for almost two years, is reportedly about to rejoin the private sector, according to the Times newspaper, which said Carter had told Prime Minister Gordon Brown that he would step down by July.
As a previous chief executive of media regulator Ofcom, cable venture Ntl and public relations group Brunswick, and with a background in the advertising industry, Carter would have both the digital know-how and commercial experience to run ITV, senior figures said.
"He's one of a very small group of people who probably have the right balance of experience," a senior broadcast executive said. "He's...
- 6/12/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan said Wednesday the broadcaster will cut its editorial budget by 10% -- or £60 million ($90 million) -- this year in the face of an estimated 18% slump in TV advertising revenue in 2009.
The broadcaster, which backed Oscar-winner “Slumdog Millionaire” and airs such shows as “Desperate Housewives,” reiterated its decision to step back from U.S. acquisitions and said it was sending a smaller team to the La Screenings this year, with director of television Kevin Lygo not in attendance.
Speaking as the broadcaster announced total revenues down 4% in 2008 to £906 million ($1.36 billion) compared with £945 million ($1.4 billion) in 2007, Duncan said he remained “optimistic” about partnership talks with the BBC’s commercial division, BBC Worldwide, aimed at boosting the government-owned broadcaster’s financial position.
“The broad concept of a significant partnership between us and BBC Worldwide has real potential... I think we both see a real synergy between the two organizations.
The broadcaster, which backed Oscar-winner “Slumdog Millionaire” and airs such shows as “Desperate Housewives,” reiterated its decision to step back from U.S. acquisitions and said it was sending a smaller team to the La Screenings this year, with director of television Kevin Lygo not in attendance.
Speaking as the broadcaster announced total revenues down 4% in 2008 to £906 million ($1.36 billion) compared with £945 million ($1.4 billion) in 2007, Duncan said he remained “optimistic” about partnership talks with the BBC’s commercial division, BBC Worldwide, aimed at boosting the government-owned broadcaster’s financial position.
“The broad concept of a significant partnership between us and BBC Worldwide has real potential... I think we both see a real synergy between the two organizations.
- 5/7/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- ITV executive chairman Michael Grade on Thursday announced his plans to relinquish day-to-day running of the ailing company "as soon as practicable." It's the latest development in a saga that has seen the U.K.'s most powerful commercial network humbled, as its strategy and direction continue to be found wanting.
ITV's board said Thursday that Grade will remain non-executive chairman of the broadcaster, famous for such shows as "X Factor" and "Coronation Street," but will hand over the reins to a new chief executive as soon as a successor is found.
Grade will remain in place to guide ITV through the current round of government and regulatory reviews into the U.K. television market but will step down when they are finished later this year.
Speculation about who could replace Grade has been tempered by the sheer scale of the challenge facing the broadcaster, but executives...
ITV's board said Thursday that Grade will remain non-executive chairman of the broadcaster, famous for such shows as "X Factor" and "Coronation Street," but will hand over the reins to a new chief executive as soon as a successor is found.
Grade will remain in place to guide ITV through the current round of government and regulatory reviews into the U.K. television market but will step down when they are finished later this year.
Speculation about who could replace Grade has been tempered by the sheer scale of the challenge facing the broadcaster, but executives...
- 4/23/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- The government has thrown its support behind a planned merger of Channel 4 and the commercial arm of the BBC, a move that could herald a major shake-up in the U.K. broadcasting landscape if it goes forward later this year.
In Thursday's long-awaited Digital Britain report, Communications Minister Stephen Carter said that Channel 4 needs to broaden its public purposes and be placed at the front and center of a new public service entity suited to the digital and broadband age.
"At the heart of this new remit should be strong commitments to international and national news, current affairs, documentaries and film, with the prospect of introducing programming for older children and news for the nations," he said.
Carter said it "made sense" to begin by looking at combining public sector bodies Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide, but added that the government also will look at a range of other...
In Thursday's long-awaited Digital Britain report, Communications Minister Stephen Carter said that Channel 4 needs to broaden its public purposes and be placed at the front and center of a new public service entity suited to the digital and broadband age.
"At the heart of this new remit should be strong commitments to international and national news, current affairs, documentaries and film, with the prospect of introducing programming for older children and news for the nations," he said.
Carter said it "made sense" to begin by looking at combining public sector bodies Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide, but added that the government also will look at a range of other...
- 1/29/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- U.K. Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, speaking at a news conference Thursday, signaled that the government would prefer a tie-up between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide to a merger with Rtl-owned Channel Five.
In his first public comments on the matter since Wednesday's publication of the Ofcom public service broadcasting report, Burnham told the Oxford Media Convention that Channel 4 will be continue to be supported and has a key role in the provision of public service broadcasting. The network estimates it will face a 150 million pound-per-year ($206.4 million) cash deficit by 2012.
"Let me be clear: the Channel 4 brand is here to stay. Public service content would be at its heart but it must be allowed to be innovative and flexible with partnerships," Burnham told an audience of policymakers, broadcast executives and academics.
"It is natural to look at BBC Worldwide first," he said. "But we have to keep other options open,...
In his first public comments on the matter since Wednesday's publication of the Ofcom public service broadcasting report, Burnham told the Oxford Media Convention that Channel 4 will be continue to be supported and has a key role in the provision of public service broadcasting. The network estimates it will face a 150 million pound-per-year ($206.4 million) cash deficit by 2012.
"Let me be clear: the Channel 4 brand is here to stay. Public service content would be at its heart but it must be allowed to be innovative and flexible with partnerships," Burnham told an audience of policymakers, broadcast executives and academics.
"It is natural to look at BBC Worldwide first," he said. "But we have to keep other options open,...
- 1/22/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- Channel 4 will invest as much as 5 billion pounds ($7 billion) in creative content over the next decade if it secures investment to support its public service mission, director of content Kevin Lygo said Tuesday.
Speaking at a regional programming conference in the northern city of Manchester, Lygo said that the broadcaster would commit 1.5 billion pounds ($2.1 billion) to commission programming from outside London over the period at a time when other commercial broadcasters are scaling back their regional investment.
But he stressed that the commitments "would depend heavily" on the outcome of current policy debates about the future of public service broadcasting and dismissed "short-term" solutions -- thought to be a reference to the proposal to merge the publicly owned broadcaster with Rtl-owned Five.
"There is a huge opportunity for the creative industries to be a key driver of the U.K.'s economy in the next decade, and we...
Speaking at a regional programming conference in the northern city of Manchester, Lygo said that the broadcaster would commit 1.5 billion pounds ($2.1 billion) to commission programming from outside London over the period at a time when other commercial broadcasters are scaling back their regional investment.
But he stressed that the commitments "would depend heavily" on the outcome of current policy debates about the future of public service broadcasting and dismissed "short-term" solutions -- thought to be a reference to the proposal to merge the publicly owned broadcaster with Rtl-owned Five.
"There is a huge opportunity for the creative industries to be a key driver of the U.K.'s economy in the next decade, and we...
- 1/20/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- Rtl chief executive Gerhard Zeiler has given his support to the idea of a merger between Rtl-owned Five and publicly owned Channel 4, in a move that will ratchet up pressure on Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan and chairman Luke Johnson who strongly oppose any such deal.
Writing in the Financial Times Monday, Zeiler said the two broadcasters were very "complementary" and that a merger "would create a much stronger operator."
"With this merger, the future of both as public service channels would be guaranteed, delivering real benefits to the public while standing on their own two feet commercially," he said.
With the merger garnering the explicit support of BBC director general Mark Thompson, and the apparent support of communications minister Stephen Carter -- whose recommendations on the future of broadcasting are to be published Jan. 26 -- Channel 4 seems to be losing the argument that such a deal could never work.
Writing in the Financial Times Monday, Zeiler said the two broadcasters were very "complementary" and that a merger "would create a much stronger operator."
"With this merger, the future of both as public service channels would be guaranteed, delivering real benefits to the public while standing on their own two feet commercially," he said.
With the merger garnering the explicit support of BBC director general Mark Thompson, and the apparent support of communications minister Stephen Carter -- whose recommendations on the future of broadcasting are to be published Jan. 26 -- Channel 4 seems to be losing the argument that such a deal could never work.
- 1/20/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- In what would amount to a severe blow for Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan, the publicly owned broadcaster is thought to have lost out in its bid for increased public funding and may instead face the prospect of being merged with Rtl-owned Channel Five, according to a report in the Financial Times.
Citing a leaked draft copy of the "Digital Britain" report being prepared by Communications Minister Stephen Carter for publication later this month, the newspaper said Friday that Channel 4 has lost out in its bid for extra financial support to meet the estimated 150 million pounds ($224 million) a year deficit it faces.
Instead, the channel is thought likely to become part of "larger entity" that will "combine private and public assets" and take on additional public service responsibilities in such genres as news.
If the report is correct, it would signal a major victory for the BBC, which...
Citing a leaked draft copy of the "Digital Britain" report being prepared by Communications Minister Stephen Carter for publication later this month, the newspaper said Friday that Channel 4 has lost out in its bid for extra financial support to meet the estimated 150 million pounds ($224 million) a year deficit it faces.
Instead, the channel is thought likely to become part of "larger entity" that will "combine private and public assets" and take on additional public service responsibilities in such genres as news.
If the report is correct, it would signal a major victory for the BBC, which...
- 1/16/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- Stephen Carter, former chief executive of media regulator Ofcom, has been appointed minister for communications, technology and broadcasting as part of a government reshuffle announced by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Carter will take a seat in the House of Lords rather than the House of Commons. While not a sitting Member of Parliament, he brings to the newly created role a wealth of industry experience, having overseen the launch phase of the integrated media and communications watchdog. Before that he was head of Ntl, the U.K. cable operator that had to be bailed out from bankruptcy.
Carter will take a seat in the House of Lords rather than the House of Commons. While not a sitting Member of Parliament, he brings to the newly created role a wealth of industry experience, having overseen the launch phase of the integrated media and communications watchdog. Before that he was head of Ntl, the U.K. cable operator that had to be bailed out from bankruptcy.
- 10/7/2008
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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