All Broadcasters articles – Page 601
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NewsBBCW looks to digital future
BBC Worldwide chief executive Tim Davie is determined not to suffer the same fate as the music industry by ensuring his distribution business remains profitable as it makes the transition to digital.
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NewsFormer ITV controller installed as Objective boss
All3Media has installed former ITV entertainment controller Layla Smith as chief executive of Objective Productions with immediate effect, replacing Andrew Newman after six years in the role.
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NewsBBC gets on the front foot
The BBC used the publication of its annual report to get on the front foot after a bruising period in the run-up to charter renewal negotiations with the government.
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NewsBBC hints at radical genre move
BBC director general Tony Hall has hinted that a radical overhaul of the corporation’s commissioning structures may be modelled on the approach already being applied to music and arts.
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NewsLove to explore culture & community for latest C4 doc
Benefits Street indie Love Productions is following up its controversial Channel 4 series with a show exploring religion, culture and community in the UK.
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NewsBBC trustee considered resigning over licence fee deal
BBC trustee Richard Ayre has revealed he considered resigning after discovering the BBC was to be saddled with the cost of licence fees for the over-75s.
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NewsBoomerang lands 60 hours of C4 business
Twofour Group indie Boomerang has won 60 hours of business from Channel 4 including a one-off documentary about high-end removal firms and a bumper second series of Posh Pawnbrokers.
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RatingsGreat Ormond Street moves 1.4m
TUESDAY: BBC2’s Great Ormond Street documentary series got underway with a bigger audience than The Bank as Only Connect replacement Hive Minds started strongly on BBC4.
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NewsBullying cases fall at the BBC
Around 13 staff were found guilty of bullying at the BBC in the year to end of March 2015, as the number of bullying and sexual harassment cases at the corporation fell 37%.
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NewsTop stars urge prime minister to protect the BBC
A host of top stars including Brian Cox, Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench, have written to the prime minister urging him to protect the “precious institution” that is the BBC.
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NewsBBC network spend in Scotland tumbles
Political pressure on the BBC from Scotland could be ramped up after the corporation spent less in the country in 2014 on network TV and appreciation fell for BBC Radio Scotland.
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NewsWorldwide pledges to return £1bn to BBC
BBC Worldwide plans to return around £1bn to the corporation cumulatively over the next five years, despite a dip in profits following the sale of 49.9% of the business to AMC Networks.
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NewsC4 orders health slate
Channel 4 has ordered a raft of health-based feature shows from Twofour, Fresh One and Broadbean Media.
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NewsBBC TV channels suffer further falls in reach and appreciation
Audience reach and appreciation scores for all the BBC’s major television channels has decreased for the second year, despite content spend growing at all but BBC4, CBBC and CBeebies.
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RatingsRookies arrests 3.3m
MONDAY: ITV police documentary Rookies won the slot despite recruiting an audience below slot average, while Hair’s migration to BBC2 failed to result in an uplift.
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NewsBBC back office spend rockets £100m
BBC back office support costs have rocketed by almost £100m at a time when the corporation has warned that services could be at risk from further funding cuts.
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NewsLifetime revives Britain’s Next Top Model
Lifetime has revived Britain’s Next Top Model two years after the format was axed by Sky Living.
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NewsTony Hall to stand up for entertainment
BBC director general Tony Hall will stress that entertainment shows should remain at the heart of the BBC and that the public’s voice should be heard during charter renewal negotiations, as he unveils the annual report.
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NewsBBC working on radical commissioning overhaul
The BBC is giving serious consideration to one of the most radical changes in its 93-year history: scrapping specific TV, radio and online commissioning teams and installing what has been dubbed internally as “genre commissioning”.
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NewsBBC WoCC figures reveal impact of indie consolidation
The Endemol Shine Group mega-merger and All3Media’s sale meant that qualifying indies won just 13% of business in the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC), according to adjusted BBC figures.