All articles by Catherine Neilan – Page 23
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NewsShine poaches Warner Bros exec
Shine has poached Warner Bros vice president of sales to head its international formats division.
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NewsBBC apologises for "misleading" MP reports
The BBC has apologised on air to Tory MP Andrew Tyrie for insinuating he had been influenced by Downing Street advisers, admitting its news reports “fell below our usual standards”.
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NewsThompson: we will listen to public on local radio
RADIO FESTIVAL: Mark Thompson has defended the cuts to BBC Local Radio – but said he will “listen carefully” to responses from listeners.
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NewsBBCW expands in Asia
BBC Worldwide is to launch four of its flagship channels in Thailand next year, as part of a series of moves to expand the business in Asia.
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NewsSowerbutts resurfaces at BBC Books
Paul Sowerbutts, a former exec at Diverse and Zodiak, has resurfaced at Ebury Publishing’s imprint BBC Books.
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NewsBBC: no need for licence fee reform
The BBC is unlikely to call for a change to the scope of its licence fee remit until the next Charter renewal in 2016/17, Broadcast understands.
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NewsHigh Court judge strikes out Top Gear suit
A High Court judge has struck out a law suit against BBC2 programme Top Gear, which had been brought against it by electric car manufacturer Tesla.
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NewsShine boosts digital strategy with exec hiring
Shine Group has appointed a digital consultant to the newly-created role of chief technology officer as it moves to enhance its digital offering.
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NewsTrue Vision wins Poor Kids spin offs
True Vision has won a string of spin-off developments and commissions from its critically acclaimed BBC1 film Poor Kids.
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NewsCosgrove Hall resurrected
The Bafta Award-winning animator behind Dangermouse, Wind in the Willows and Count Duckula has risen from the ashes two years after it went out of business.
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NewsFoundation Scotland hosts CBBC's Ultimate Sports Day
The Foundation Scotland is producing a children’s sports series for CBBC that will air in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics.
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NewsBBC4 to lose history and science programming
BBC4 documentaries like Wellington Bomber, Spitfire Women and The Secret Life of the National Grid are to be a thing of the past as the channel is stripped of its history budget.
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NewsRDF to refashion History salvage series for ITV1
RDF TV West is producing two versions of a documentary series about salvage reclamation for UK broadcast.
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NewsBBC extends Wimbledon contract to 2017
The BBC has extended its contract to cover Wimbledon for a further three years.
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NewsBBC Trust to examine Arab Spring coverage
The BBC Trust is embarking on a review of the corporation’s coverage of the year’s series of uprisings known as the Arab Spring.
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NewsInvestigations funding "vulnerable", warns film makers
Award winning film maker Roger Graef and former Panorama executive Roger Bolton have warned that funding for investigative journalism is “very vulnerable”, calling for a statutory obligation to be introduced.
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NewsMPs attack BBC over local radio
The BBC was attacked by 50 MPs in the House of Commons this morning, over its planned cuts to local radio.
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NewsBBC local radio not "picked on", claims Boaden
The BBC’s director of news has defended decisions to cut local radio disproportionately to other radio services, ahead of a parliamentary debate on the matter.
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NewsBBC "unable to agree" union demands
The BBC has said it will be “unable to agree” to the joint unions’ “list of demands” – edging the probability of pre-Christmas strikes at the broadcaster ever closer.
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NewsUnions ballot BBC staff over festive strikes
The BBC is facing strikes on some of its biggest programmes of the year, including Strictly Come Dancing, with the joint unions balloting its members over action in the run up to Christmas.