All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 63
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CommentFrozen licence fee hints at tough future
Cutting £144m from the BBC for the sake of saving people less than £3 a year seems out of kilter, writes Chris Curtis.
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News‘Feisty’ Hunt to offer C4 vision
Jay Hunt’s ability to face down her critics and deliver a clear vision to producers won her the role of Channel 4 chief creative officer.
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NewsC4 names Jay Hunt as programming boss
BBC1 controller Jay Hunt is Channel 4’s new chief creative officer and will move to Horseferry Road in early January.
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NewsWayne Garvie heads to All3Media
Wayne Garvie is to leave BBC Worldwide to become All3Media’s managing director of international production.
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NewsExecs head for exit at ‘super-lean’ Channel 5
Andrew O’Connell and Steve Gowans are the only top-level commissioners left at Channel 5 as its £5m redundancy programme draws to a close.
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NewsLiving staff await Sky’s proposals for integration
Staff at Living TV Group (LTG) are bracing themselves to learn next week how the broadcaster will fit together with new owner BSkyB.
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NewsRuby celebrates haul of five Emmys
UK producer Ruby Films is celebrating five Emmy awards for its HBO drama Temple Grandin, including outstanding made for television movie.
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NewsRestructure takes shape as N&S finalises C5 cuts
Northern & Shell’s restructure of Channel 5 gathered pace this week, with staff waiting to hear who had been accepted for voluntary redundancy and speculation that there may not be a direct replacement for chief executive Dawn Airey.
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NewsPact digs in on Terms of Trade
Pact is ready to battle the BBC after Mark Thompson’s surprise MacTaggart revelation that the corporation believes the Terms of Trade need to change.
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NewsITV to get fresh factual Perspectives
EDINBURGH: ITV has finally revealed details of its strategy for serious factual - unveiling a strand called Perspectives.
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NewsC5 plans in-house production push
Channel Five is planning to introduce in-house production as part of Northern & Shell’s strategy to re-invigorate the broadcaster.
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NewsJay Hunt favourite for C4 role
EDINBURGH: Speculation that Channel 4 wants Jay Hunt as its new creative boss has reached fever pitch at Edinburgh.
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NewsThompson ramps up exec pay crusade
EDINBURGH: Any senior staff joining the BBC will be paid less than their predecessors as part of Mark Thompson’s crusade on executive pay.
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NewsThompson "up for the fight" with critics
EDINBURGH: Mark Thompson has proclaimed himself “up for the fight” of leading the BBC and taken aim at the newspapers that harangue the corporation.
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NewsLeading indies take aim at Channel 5
The prospects for Channel 5 under Richard Desmond are bleak, according to a group of 40 top indie programme-makers.
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NewsBBC’s Sanderson swaps Storyville for Review Show
BBC factual exec Greg Sanderson is swapping docs strand Storyville for The Review Show.
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NewsUKTV adds Peep Show to Dave
Dave will add Peep Show to its roster of comedy series after 4Rights sold 30 hours of programming to UKTV.
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NewsGreenlit in administration
Vexed producer Greenlit Rights has ended up in administration as part of the fall out from the acquisition of Target Entertainment by Metrodome.
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NewsBBC to air Scotland Euro qualifiers
BBC Scotland has picked up the rigths to air Scotland’s away qualifiers for the Euro 2012 football tournament.
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NewsMetrodome on brink of Target deal
The deal between distributor Metrodome Group and Target Entertainment Group is back on and will be concluded in a matter of days.