All Bectu articles – Page 47
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Pay for freelancers is 'soul destroying'
Nearly half of the industry's substantial freelance workforce earned less than£20,000 in the year to June - well below average full-time earnings in the UK, according to the first industry
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WORK EXPERIENCE - Invisible workers
Work experience might seem like the best way of getting a foot in the door of the audiovisual sector but in return for their free labour are volunteers really gaining the skills they need to get on? Nishita Sharma reports.
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TV freelance pay 'soul destroying'
First freelance survey in eight years shows freelancers paid less than£20,000 per year - well below average earnings
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Unions in bid to fight ITN job cuts
News provider in crunch talks with unions opposed to plans to make up to 100 staff redundant
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Mortimer considered quitting over BBC factual job cuts
BBC deputy controller of general factual says he will stay on despite accusations that under his jurisdiction commissions have 'nose dived'
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Chowns quits ITV 2 for PIRS
ITV 2 commercial director Andrew Chowns has finally left the struggling channel to become chief executive of Producers' Industrial Relations Services (PIRS), the body that represents ITV's production arms and indie
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Mortimer mooted quitting
BBC deputy controller of general factual David Mortimer has admitted he considered quitting the corporation after 129 posts were axed from the troubled factual and learning department.Mortimer made the disclosure at
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Chowns quits ITV2
Commercial director takes on new role as head of trade body that represents ITV's production arms and indie producers
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MEDIA JOB OPEN DAY
All UK terrestrial broadcasters and other organisations including Bectu, Skillset and the National Film & Television School are taking part in the London media careers information day at Kensington Town Hall
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Rapture pay-off 'miserly'
Staff at dance music channel Rapture are being offered redundancy packages of£240 per year of service as owner United Business Media gears up to close the channel next month, writes Simon Ellery.
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Media careers open day
All UK terrestrial broadcasters and other organisations including Bectu, Skillset and the National Film & Television School are taking part in the London media careers information day at Kensington Town Hall
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Rapture staff offered 'miserly' pay-off
Dance channel owner United Business Media offers redundancy packages of£240 per year of service
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Pay freeze leaves Granada staff cold
Granada staff have reacted angrily to the company's decision to freeze pay, with unions demanding that senior management forgo executive perks to shore up the company's flagging revenue, writes Steve Aston.
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Granada staff express anger at pay freeze
Unions demand a 'fairer' system and say executives should give up share options no longer available to regular staff
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ITV Unions to oppose budget and jobs cuts
Newly established pan-union body says further ITV cuts will 'seriously weaken' broadcaster
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ITV Unions takes anti-cuts stance
Newly established pan-union body ITV Unions has agreed to oppose cuts in programme budgets and any future compulsory redundancies from ITV companies, writes Simon Ellery.At its first meeting this week, the
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Broadcasters need to open training
Skillset/DCMS report calls on Ofcom to monitor amount broadcasters spend on training
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Report calls for IT skills training
Broadcasters need to open up their teaching facilities to third parties to prepare workers for the changing demands of the information age, according to the industry's leading training body, writes Katy Elliott.
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BBC Radio acts to prevent ideas theft
Corporation's radio arm signs code of practice designed to prevent the theft of ideas proposed by freelancers and independents
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BBC signs ideas code
BBC Radio has signed up to a code of practice designed to prevent the theft of ideas proposed by freelancers and independents, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The Code of Practice for the Submission