All Bectu articles – Page 10
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NewsBBC Food to be axed under wide-reaching online cull
The BBC Food website is to be axed, while development spending on iPlayer will be put at risk, as the corporation aims to save £15m per year.
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NewsBBC Studios gets greenlight
The BBC Studios plan has been given the greenlight by the government, but the BBC has been told it must abolish all in-house television guarantees.
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NewsMark Freeland to exit BBC
Mark Freeland is to leave the BBC and will not take up the post of head of scripted comedy and drama at BBC Studios when the new division launches tomorrow.
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NewsAnalysis: BBC Studios set to launch
BBC Studios will formally launch as an operating division within the BBC on 29 April, paving the way for its next challenge of becoming a fully commercial operation in April next year.
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NewsThames reacts to runner woes
They are the juggernauts of TV entertainment, but when it comes to working conditions, the view of many runners is: “It’s a no from me.”
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NewsBGT and X Factor in runners row
The treatment of as many as 40 runners on The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent over the past two years has prompted complaints to Thames TV and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsBectu survey: BBC Studios bosses don't know what they're doing
BBC staff have issued a vote of no confidence in the management of BBC Studios following the departure of Peter Salmon, according to a Bectu survey.
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NewsBBC faces strike threat over expenses clampdown
The broadcasting unions have vowed to launch a strike ballot should the BBC push ahead with a major clampdown on staff expenses.
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NewsTony Hall in staunch defence of public service broadcasting
Tony Hall has defended the role of public service broadcasting and admitted that he feels under attack from the media and Westminster.
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NewsBectu demands BBC halts Studios plans
Bectu has urged the BBC halt to plans to set up BBC Studios as a separate entity, following director Peter Salmon’s decision to “jump ship” to Endemol Shine Group.
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NewsBectu battles MPC for recognition
Bectu is prepared to go to the government’s Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) to get union recognition at visual effects house MPC, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsUnion talks help to soften 3sixtymedia job losses
The impact of job losses at 3sixtymedia has been lessened following discussions between ITV Studios and media industry trade union Bectu.
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NewsBBC Studios takes shape
The BBC could begin tendering out returning in-house series as early as this year, as plans to launch BBC Studios gather pace.
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NewsBectu: BBC staff 'betrayed' by Studios plan
Bectu has slammed the BBC’s decision to tender its hit shows to the independent sector as a “betrayal” of its responsibilities to in-house production.
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NewsPeter Salmon reveals timetable for BBC Studios plan
Peter Salmon has set out the BBC’s preferred timetable for commercialising its in-house production division and accepted that its shows could be tendered out in the future.
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NewsFears mount over BBC Studios
Concern is mounting over the BBC’s ambition to commercialise its production division as a BBC Trust consultation on the plans closes this week.
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CommentMaking radio a fair place to compete
Radio indies are embedded across the UK and winning international awards. We must let them compete, says Will Jackson
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NewsBectu rejects plans to boost competition in BBC radio
Broadcasting union Bectu has begun campaigning for the BBC Trust to reject plans to inject more competition into radio production by offering up to 60% of the BBC’s output to indies.
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NewsBectu challenges BBC over 'disingenuous' bonus scheme
Broadcasting union Bectu has challenged the BBC over £700,000 of bonuses paid to staff after the corporation withdrew discretionary payments in 2009.
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NewsUnions to fight BBC expenses clampdown
The BBC is poised for a showdown with the broadcasting unions over the changes it is planning to its expenses policy.