All Broadcasters articles – Page 1074
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NewsBBC online quiz to root out fraud
The BBC is asking staff to report their colleagues if they suspect them of fraud, as part of a new online questionnaire.
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NewsBectu: BBC strike is only option
Bectu will this week call on its BBC members to strike, claiming in an impassioned letter that there is “no alternative” but industrial action.
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NewsDrama heavyweights win BBC orders
Indies run by drama heavyweights Paul Abbott and Sita Williams and Roxy Spencer have won major new commissions from the BBC.
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NewsUKTV takes out Ration Book for four-part series
Yesterday’s one-off documentary Ration Book Britain is to return as a four-part series, and UKTV stablemate Home has ordered a look inside lottery winners’ houses.
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NewsBreakfast move defended
BBC North director Peter Salmon has hit back at critics questioning BBC Breakfast’s move to Salford, describing it as “a defi ning moment in how the show develops”.
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NewsFive lands crime dramas in deal with Warner Bros
Five has secured the next series of police drama The Mentalist and two new US crime dramas as part of a major deal with Warner Bros International.
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NewsCrozier hints at structural change for ITV news
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has said he is delighted the IFNC scheme has “come to a crashing end” and that the broadcaster will reveal its news strategy in the next three months.
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NewsDiscovery gains 3D licence
Discovery has been granted a licence for a 3D TV channel which could see it become the first broadcaster after Sky to adopt the format.
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NewsSky 1 cancels Blake’s 7 remake
Sky 1’s plans to remake cult science fiction series Blake’s 7 and produce a spy show with Gillian Anderson have been cancelled.
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NewsS4C: cuts not yet finalised
The new chief executive of Welsh language broadcaster S4C says that all options are open regarding its £101m annual government funding and that reports claiming its budget will be cut by a quarter are “hypothetical”.
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NewsTrust rejects complaint over 'gay execution' web post
The BBC Trust has rejected a complaint against a BBC World Service online messageboard which asked readers to debate whether gay people should be executed.
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NewsPay-TV movies face probe
Ofcom is to probe the pay-TV movie market after concerns were raised about consumer choice and pricing.
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NewsBBC2 unearths archaeology series
BBC2 has ordered a four-part archaeology series that will uncover a horde of 52,000 Roman coins and a mass burial of 97 infants.
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NewsC4's Sex Education draws 163 complaints
Channel 4 viewers have once again made themselves heard about the merits of The Sex Education Show, with complaints outnumbering messages of praise by four to one.
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NewsFaith school doc to launch More 4 Dawkins season
More 4 is to kick off a season of Richard Dawkins documentaries with a new film in which the biologist and atheism advocate investigates faith schools.
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NewsBulford to have nine reports in new C4 structure
Channel 4 has unveiled the new structure of the team led by chief operating officer Anne Bulford, which includes new financial and strategic roles for existing staff.
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NewsBBC boosts regional training with new role
As it prepares to move more than 2,000 staff to Salford in the next two years, the BBC has appointed Liz Molyneux to the new role of partner for BBC North and the nations at the BBC Academy training division.
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NewsCrozier outlines ITV targets
ITV has set out the four main pillars of its transformation strategy, but warned that there will be “no quick fixes, no silver bullets”.
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NewsSinbad sets sail to Sky 1
Sky 1 has unveiled a slate of new commissions and US acquisitions for its autumn schedule including a new take on the legend of Sinbad and a doc about Prince William’s first trip to Africa.
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NewsBBC lines up Pope season
The BBC has lined up Ann Widdecombe and documentary-maker Mark Dowd for a season of programmes to coincide with the Pope’s visit to the UK next month.