All articles by Catherine Neilan – Page 11
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NewsBBC takes knife to in-house factual roles
The BBC is carving up its in-house factual structure to create genre heads around the country.
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NewsUS drama leaders join tax break campaign
HBO, Starz, Showtime, ABC/Disney and RHI Entertainment have joined the campaign for tax breaks for British-made high-end drama, uniting with UK producers and associations.
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NewsReeves to star in new BBC2 sitcom
Vic Reeves is to star in a BBC sitcom series based on a show piloted as part of last year’s Salford Sitcom Showcase.
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NewsBBC launches production management scheme
The BBC has launched a new trainee scheme, which aims to teach successful applicants how to adapt to the changing media environment.
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NewsBe more commercial, MPs tell BBCW
The BBC should reconsider how much income it can generate through its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, in a report by MPs that labels its current plans “unambitious”.
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NewsTop journalists Ware and White leave BBC
Two of the BBC’s highest profile current affairs journalists are taking voluntary redundancy, leaving next month.
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NewsBBC staff reject "insulting" pay rise offer
BBC staff who are members of the NUJ, Bectu and Unite unions have rejected the offer of an “insulting” 1% pay rise for 2012/13.
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NewsPact seeks Brazilian treaty
Pact and its Brazilian counterpart ABPITV have agreed to work together to try to secure a co-production treaty from their respective governments.
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NewsCampaign for tax breaks gathers pace
Broadcast is urging the industry to back calls for tax breaks in drama and animation, as more voices join the campaign.
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NewsAnimation UK steps up fight for tax credits
Animation UK has been keeping up the momentum of its tax credits campaign with an eleventh-hour meeting with the Treasury.
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NewsHenson in talks with BBC for puppet show
The Jim Henson Company is creating a set of puppets for BBC1 to appear in what is hoped will become a new Saturday teatime series.
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NewsHorrocks: relocation will give BBCW influence
World Service staff could start feeding into network productions at the BBC, as its 1,400 London-based team members relocate to join the rest of the corporation.
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FeaturesTax breaks clamour grows
The UK’s foremost high-end drama producers and directors have joined the call to arms for the TV tax break campaign.
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NewsUK loses out on drama cash
The UK economy lost out on nearly £12m from BBC1’s Parade’s End and Sky 1’s Strike Back because the lack of a UK tax credit for high-end drama drove both productions overseas.
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NewsBBC Daytime head given peaktime powers
BBC Daytime controller Liam Keelan has been given responsibility for an additional 30 hours of peaktime programming.
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NewsFemale line up for BBC2's Orbit
BBC2 is to launch a new factual series investigating how the Earth’s journey through space affects us on the ground, with an all-female line up.
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C&IN revisits Essex Boy murders
Crime & Investigation Network has ordered a one-off docu-drama about a set of infamous drug-related murders from the 1990s.
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NewsFirst sales for Downs series Punky
Animated series Punky – featuring a lead character with Down Syndrome – has been sold into a raft of new territories and has secured award nominations in Ireland.
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NewsIdea of splitting DG role mooted again
The possibility of splitting the BBC’s top job has emerged once again, as headhunters put together a succession plan for Mark Thompson’s departure.
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NewsCut BBC radio execs to meet savings, report says
The BBC could save £11m from its local radio service without having to resort to sharing programmes, according to a new report.