The UK film industry will come under the microscope at the Screen Film Summit on Thursday 10 December.
The RTS has teamed up with the Summit to offer our members 15% off the standard ticket price to the day-long event at the newly opened Picturehouse Central, in London.
The conference will help attendees discover how filmmakers can access investment and the opportunities available.
"BBC Three is not closing, we are reinventing online," promised Damian Kavanagh, controller of BBC Three, after it was announced the youth-channel would be migrating from televisions to tablets and computers in the new year.
The decision, which has been mooted for several months, was met with a mixed reaction.
So BBC Three is set to close in February. Good.
ITV expects its new multi-million-pound fantasy drama Beowulf to appeal to audiences too squeamish to watch HBO’s gory Game of Thrones. And it’s hoped that the franchise will build on the North East’s growing reputation as a drama production base.
ITV Studios MD Julian Bellamy predicted that the new 13-part action series, filmed in Weardale and on Tyneside, will also have the broader appeal of more mainstream shows, such as BBC One’s Merlin.
One of the best contributions to the issue of the public purposes of the BBC was written almost 20 years ago by a then-future Chair of the BBC Board of Governors, Gavyn Davies.
He wrote: “Some form of market failure must lie at the heart of any concept of public service broadcasting. Beyond simply using the catchphrase that public service broadcasting must ‘inform, educate and entertain’, we must add ‘inform, educate and entertain in a way that the private sector, left unregulated, would not do’. Otherwise, why not leave matters entirely to the private sector?”
Fisayo Akinade tells Lindsey Russell that he is over the moon about winning the Best Performance in a Single Drama or Drama Series (Male) category for E4's Banana.
Here he explains what it was like working with Russell T. Davis in the Red Production Company show.
Sorcha Groundsell was nominated for best performance in single drama for Sleeping Lions.
Here she tells Lindsey Russell that she is thrilled to be at the RTS Awards.
Actress and Writer Sian Gibson tells Lindsey Russell how she pleased she is for friend Peter Kay who won a RTS North West Award for Best Performance in Comedy in Car Share.
Here she explains the fun she had filming the BBC One show.
Actor and Presenter Ted Robbins tells the RTS' Lindsey Russell that he is looking ahead to some of the categories before presenting the awards.
Here he explains what he is looking forward to.
The founder of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, gave a fascinating lecture to the RTS and IET at the British Museum on 4 November. Watch the full video of the event below or read our report here.
Actor and Comedian Vic Reeves who has written an array of programmes including Shooting Stars and Vic & Bob's Afternoon Delights reveals to Presenter Lindsey Russell that he is a huge Coronation Street fan.
Here he discusses the RTS North West Award ceremony.