All Bectu articles – Page 29
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NewsITV/NUJ talks continue
Representatives from ITV, the National Union of Journalists and BECTU have vowed to continue talks after no conclusions were reached at yesterday's meeting.
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NewsITV regions attack ‘the enemy within'
Furious ITV regional news staff have rounded on their employer after it announced plans to slash 429 jobs from the division, claiming they and their viewers have been “steamrollered” by the commercial broadcaster.
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CommentKeep Casualty in Bristol
As the BBC locate more production outside of the M25, creating regional 'super-hubs', Rob Champion is campaigning to keep BBC drama Casualty based in Bristol and brands the regional map 'an utter nonsense for the drama genre'.
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Behind The ScenesOn location: Unbreakable
Executive producer Chris Kelly on an extreme series that tested the crew as much as the competitors.
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CommentBlog: Broadcasting gloom
With Channel 4 slashing up to 150 jobs and unions warning of job losses from ITV's expected regional news cutbacks, it's a gloomy week for the industry, writes Robin Parker.
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NewsBectu backs Directors UK
Broadcasting union Bectu has given the recently established TV and film directors' body Directors UK the all-clear to negotiate directly with broadcasters.
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NewsBBC successful with HD over DTT test
BBC Kingswood Warren engineers, undeterred by talk of strike action, have for the first time successfully demonstrated a working demodulator capable of receiving HD signals transmitted using the DVB-T2 standard.
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NewsBBC Kingswood Warren faces strike action
Bectu members at the BBC's Kingswood Warren Research and Innovation centre will go on strike on Friday in protest at plans to move the pioneering technology development department to London.
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NewsBBC reveals problems in£100m outsourcing of HR
BBC people director Stephen Kelly has admitted problems with the corporation's£100m deal to outsource its human resources operation.
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NewsUnions continue ITV news battle
Bectu and the NUJ believe they are winning the campaign to prevent ITV merging the Border and Tyne Tees news regions - but have rejected a proposal to trim 15 minutes from the Border bulletin.
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NewsRadio OB strike could affect Beijing coverage
Industrial action by BBC radio outside broadcasts engineers - due to start this Thursday - could impact on the BBC's Olympics coverage, Bectu has revealed.
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Resources staff win rights
BBC Resources Bectu members have voted to accept a new pay and pensions package which will bring their redundancy rights into line with the rest of the BBC following the sale period.
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NewsITV job cuts in Manchester and Leeds
ITV is planning to make 89 staff redundant from its offices in Manchester and Leeds, it is understood.
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Casualty move comes under fire
South West Screen and unions Bectu and Equity have hit out at BBC proposals to move Casualty to Cardiff.
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NewsBBC staff seek option to ballot on a strike
The BBC is still facing the threat of staff strikes - despite being set to make fewer than 55 compulsory redundancies across News and Vision.
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NewsCritics slam ITV regional plans
Campaigners hoping to save regional news programmes in ITV Borders and Tyne Tees North East have criticised ITV's revised proposals to consolidate its regional structure.
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Comment
Broadcast letters issue 4 April 2008
Letters to the editor from Broadcast magazine dated 4 April 2008.
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NewsBBC Outside Broadcasts staff agree SIS terms
Bectu members working for BBC Outside Broadcasts have voted to accept a deal on the transfer of their employment to a subsidiary of Satellite Information Services (SIS).
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NewsUnion staff approve BBC deal
The prospect of a strike at the BBC over compulsory redundancies has been all but eliminated after union staff voted to rubber-stamp a deal with the corporation.
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CommentWhat now for BBC Post?
With OB sold and Studios staying, Will Strauss looks at why the BBC doesn't yet have a buyer for Post Production.