All Broadcasters articles – Page 810
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NewsBBC Production’s Younge quits for ‘fresh challenge’
Pat Younge is stepping down from his role as chief creative officer of BBC in-house production.
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NewsBBC raises diversity targets
The BBC has set itself “stretching” new diversity targets and will ramp up the pressure on individual divisions to hit them, after falling short of its goals for 2012.
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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.