All articles by Catherine Neilan – Page 17
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NewsBBC wipes £21m off top level pay bill
The BBC has wiped £21m off its senior pay bill in the last 18 months, surpassing its self-imposed target of reducing by 25% its pay for top brass.
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NewsSky’s Sammon joins Prebble’s Storyvault
Sky’s former head of factual entertainment Mark Sammon has joined Stuart Prebble’s indie Storyvault Films.
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NewsMentorn hires Scotland head
Mentorn has hired a new head for its Scottish base after a gap of almost a year.
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NewsBBC moots paid-for archive
The BBC is developing plans to charge viewers for access to its vast back catalogue.
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NewsBack2back and Target give birth to Royal Babies
Back2back has struck its third co-production deal with rights manager Target Entertainment, again looking at the world of royalty.
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NewsVictoria Wood writing new BBC drama
Victoria Wood is penning a 90-minute film for BBC1 following her commercial and critical success with biopic Eric and Ernie.
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NewsBBC1 orders War of the Roses drama
BBC1 will air 24 new dramas in 2012 after adding three literary adaptations, a trucking series and a special from the makers of The Gruffalo to its winter slate.
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RatingsSherlock tops 10m viewers
CONSOLIDATED: Sherlock’s return to BBC1 was recorded by nearly 2m viewers, putting it just behind Pam St Clement’s exit from EastEnders as the most watched show of New Year’s Day.
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NewsSalford staff complain over Derbyshire
Staff at BBC Radio 5 Live are understood to have complained over preferential treatment for presenter Victoria Derbyshire following the station’s move to Salford.
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NewsBox TV wins Asian Beats pilot
Channel 4 and Bauer Media’s joint venture Box TV has won a TX pilot for a new music show trumpeting the British Asian scene.
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NewsBBC staff plan action over Birmingham move
BBC staff are to carry out industrial action over plans to relocate shows such as Hairy Bikers and Countryfile from Birmingham to Bristol.
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NewsSomething for the Weekend axing sparks 2,300 complaints
Nearly 2,300 people have complained to the BBC over its plans to can Sunday morning show Something For The Weekend.
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NewsLiz Murdoch to deliver 2012 MacTaggart
Shine Group chief executive Elisabeth Murdoch is being lined up to give the MacTaggart lecture at this year’s Edinburgh International TV Festival.
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NewsBBC axes Something for the Weekend
BBC2’s Sunday morning magazine show Something for the Weekend is being cancelled after its current series.
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NewsDisaster and dictators dominate 2011 news
Natural disasters, the downfall of dictators and the Royal wedding dominated international broadcasters’ output over the last 12 months, according to new figures from the Associated Press.
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NewsDragons' Den relocated to Salford
Flagship BBC2 series Dragons’ Den is to cease filming at Pinewood Studios and move to the MediaCity studios in Salford.
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Children's classics get CBeebies treatment
Eight well-loved children’s books are being turned into a series of short films for BBC Worldwide’s global preschool network CBeebies.
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NewsBBC: coping with the cuts
If the BBC’s 2011 was defined by months of speculation over where exactly that 16% budget cut would be made, the year ahead will be characterised by the start of the surgery.
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NewsGiles Coren to serve up history of food for BBC2
Giles Coren is to front a new series for BBC2 investigating the history of food throughout the British Isles.
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NewsShine poaches Maverick exec
Shine TV has poached an Embarrassing Bodies exec to head up its new fact ent department, marking a second senior appointment in as many months.