All Bectu articles – Page 27
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NewsThompson "incredibly angry" at Times leak
BBC director general Mark Thompson has told staff he is “incredibly angry” about how the corporation’s strategy review leaked to the Times, and promised a “full investigation” to find out who was responsible.
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NewsBBC holds crisis talks with unions
Mark Thompson will meet with union leaders today for the second time in a week to discuss their concerns that the BBC’s review could lead to the loss of up to 600 jobs.
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NewsBBC to confirm "size and scope" cuts tomorrow
The BBC is to publish its size and scope review tomorrow morning, following Friday’s leak.
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News600 jobs at risk as BBC breaks silence
More than 600 BBC staff could lose their jobs under the size and scope review according to Bectu, which has just come out of tense discussions with BBC management.
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NewsDelia show crew owed £150,000
Freelancers who worked on BBC2’s Delia Through The Decades are owed a total of £150,000 - and the cooking superstar is herself about £50,000 out of pocket.
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NewsBectu urges BBC's IT crowd to strike
Bectu is urging Siemens staff working at the BBC to strike over pay.
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CommentBBC: training the industry
The launch of the 2010 Series Producer Programme highlights the BBC’s continued commitment to developing a highly skilled media workforce across the UK, writes Anne Morrison.
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NewsBectu slams ITV salary freeze
Bectu has denounced ITV’s “fat cat culture at board level”, criticising moves to give a multimillion pound salary package to incoming chief executive Adam Crozier while freezing staff pay levels.
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NewsBBC to offer pitching tips
The BBC is to host pitching workshops for indies and will post journalism masterclasses by Robert Peston and John Humphrys online, as part of a wide-ranging initiative to share its training resources.
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NewsGMTV staff fearful as ITV looks to cut costs in 2010
GMTV staff are heading into Christmas fearing that swingeing cuts will be made across the business in the new year.
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Job fears for regional ITV news staff
The ITV regional journalists who work in areas that will get pilot regional news consortium schemes next year have had no guarantees that their jobs will be safe.
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NewsReaction: ITV chairman appointment
Leading figures from the broadcast industry share their thoughts on the appointment of Archie Norman as the new chairman of ITV.
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NewsUnions pressure government to fast-track piracy clampdown
Indie trade body Pact and broadcasting union Bectu are backing a campaign to clamp down on illegal peer-to-peer file sharing on the internet.
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APC seeks to sign digital players to code of practice
The Alliance for the Protection of Copyright (APC) has updated its code of practice and is courting multichannel broadcasters after signing up History Channel operator AETN UK.
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NewsMediaCityUK operations director resigns
Peel Media operations director David Carr is to return to London after resigning from his role at MediaCityUK.
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CommentVideo journalists: Flying solo
Professional news gatherers are increasingly going it alone, meaning we have more unique voices but a need to replace the financial security previously provided by big production teams, writes Boaz Eshtai.
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ITV clarification about on-demand strategy
I was more than a little surprised to read in Broadcast that not only is ITV planning “to levy small charges for on-demand content” but that our plans are so far advanced that the service would “include flagship shows such as Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor” and the ...
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BBC News sets voluntary redundancy deadline
BBC News staff have less than a month to decide whether they are interested in voluntary redundancy, as the corporation battles to get nearly 90 staff off its books by April 2010 - the end of the current financial year.
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Highs and lows of Grade's time at ITV
Over two and half years, Michael Grade has experienced highs and lows as executive chairman of ITV. Broadcastnow presents his best and worst moments.