All Broadcasters articles – Page 803
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NewsJamie Oliver slams TV for failing to land talent
Jamie Oliver has condemned the lack of fresh thinking in TV commissioning and predicted original content could be funded through crowd-sourcing within 18 months.
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NewsFreesat grows by 145,000 homes
Free-to-air satellite TV platform Freesat has added 145,000 customers in the last 12 months to take its total base to 1.8m homes.
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NewsNUJ slams ITV regional news cuts
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has launched a scathing attack on ITV’s plans to cut its regional news coverage - branding the move a “major blow to public broadcasting”.
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NewsBBC baby coverage draws complaints
The BBC’s coverage of the royal baby’s birth riled nearly 380 viewers - with the majority complaining that there was too much of the news filling the airwaves.
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NewsTurner builds Lego bridge
Cartoon Network and The Lego Group have forged a partnership to produce a series of animated shorts, mobile game and building toy.
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NewsSky loses three execs in factual commissioning shake-up
Sky has completed the second stage of its factual and factual entertainment commissioning restructure, resulting in the departure of three execs including Clare Handford.
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NewsOfcom agrees ITV news shake-up
ITV’s regional news output is to be radically overhauled after Ofcom agreed renewed terms for the Channel 3 and Channel 5 licences until 2025.
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NewsNanny Mewes parachutes into C4
Professional nanny Kathryn Mewes is to front a Liberty Bell series for Channel 4 which will help parents struggling with difficult children.
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NewsMea Maxima Culpa doc shipped by Content
Alex Gibney’s doc Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, which aired on BBC4 earlier this year, has been sold to a raft of international broadcasters by Content Media.
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CommentThe Plane that Saved Britain
Behind the scenes on Channel 4’s WW2 documentary The Plane that Saved Britain.
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NewsNUJ rejects improved BBC offer
The NUJ has rejected the BBC’s revised pay offer after its members’ views were “coloured” by the corporation’s recent exec pay-offs and failed DMI project.
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NewsJamie Theakston uncovers conspiracy theories for Yesterday
Jamie Theakston is to investigate conspiracy theories and wartime secrets for Yesterday after the UKTV-owned channel partnered with Like A Shot Entertainment.
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NewsMiller writes to BBC over sexist sports coverage
Culture secretary Maria Miller has written a sharply worded letter to Tony Hall asking if the BBC plans to take action over John Inverdale’s comments about Wimbledon women’s champion Marion Bartoli.
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NewsPatten: talent exodus on the horizon for BBC
Lord Patten has warned that the BBC’s ongoing drive to reduce costs will ultimately lead to the corporation losing talented staff and on-screen presenters.
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NewsBBC2 bears brunt of DQF cuts
The BBC slashed the amount it spent on content for BBC2 by £11.8m in the last financial year, as part of the Delivering Quality First cuts.
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NewsBroadcast and Edinburgh TV Festival team up for commissioning survey
Broadcast has teamed up with the Edinburgh International TV Festival to launch a major health check on the state of commissioning in British television.
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NewsHall calls for the consultants
BBC director general Tony Hall has drafted in consultants from McKinsey & Company to help radically simplify the corporation and refocus its culture on creativity.
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Behind The ScenesThe Mill, Channel 4
C4’s history and drama teams came together to deliver a ‘worm’s-eye view’ of the Industrial Revolution.
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NewsCensus reveals BAME drain
The UK’s biggest broadcasters have launched a project to address the dramatic decline in the number of black, Asian and ethnic minority staff working in the industry.
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NewsJohn Kaye Cooper to leave ITV at end of the year
John Kaye Cooper’s long-standing association with ITV is to come to end after the entertainment commissioner decided to go freelance.