All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 116
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NewsOfcom probes BBC & ITV over child abuse reports
Ofcom has launched investigations into the BBC and ITV over their handling of broadcasts containing allegations of child abuse.
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NewsMcAlpine poised for Newsnight settlement with BBC
Lord McAlpine is on the brink of reaching an out-of-court settlement with the BBC after Newsnight wrongly implicated him child abuse allegations.
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NewsAgents and freelancers hit back over BBC employment tests
Talent agents and freelancers have criticised the BBC’s plans to introduce employment tests for temporary staff.
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NewsMosey: it’s ‘business as usual’
BBC acting director of Vision Roger Mosey has insisted that the broadcaster will continue to take “creative risks” in its television output, despite the editorial crisis engulfing Newsnight.
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NewsThe unravelling of a BBC DG
Sympathy for George Entwistle has lessened since the exposure of his frailties and pay-off
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NewsBBC1 ends Hunted
BBC1 has confirmed that Kudos Film and Television’s drama Hunted will not return for a second series.
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RatingsThe Paradise bows out with 4.7m
The Paradise shut up shop with its biggest audience in three weeks - but failed to compete with I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!.
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NewsFran Unsworth bids to plug press leaks
Fran Unsworth, the acting director of BBC News, has warned staff off leaking internal developments to the press and social networking websites as the corporation bids to restore public trust.
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RatingsNewsnight beaten by The Agenda
The scandal swirling around Newsnight failed to translate into significant viewing figures as it was easily beaten by a record performance from ITV1’s The Agenda.
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NewsNewsnight report: 'Basic journalistic checks not completed'
The BBC has begun disciplinary action against staff involved in Newsnight’s erroneous Lord McAlpine report after an internal inquiry found that journalists failed to carry out “basic” checks.
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NewsNAO to question Entwistle’s £450,000 payoff
The National Audit Office has confirmed that it will discuss George Entwistle’s £450,000 payoff with the BBC Trust in light of increased political disquiet about the severance deal.
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NewsDavie blames 'fuzzy decision making' for Newsnight report
Tim Davie, the acting BBC director general, has blamed Newsnight’s erroneous Lord McAlpine report on “fuzzy decision-making” within the corporation’s news division.
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NewsBBC in flux: temporary roles and changing faces
In the wake of George Entwistle’s resignation, see Broadcast’s at-a-glance guide to who’s doing what at the BBC.
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NewsCulture secretary questions Entwistle’s £450,000 payout
Political pressure is mounting on the BBC over George Entwistle’s £450,000 payout after culture secretary Maria Miller said it was “tough to justify”.
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NewsBBC changes News management
BBC director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell have “stepped aside” in the wake of Newsnight’s erroneous Lord McAlpine report and pending the results of the Pollard review.
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NewsPatten: new DG will be appointed ‘within weeks’
Lord Patten has promised that a new BBC director general will be in place in the next “few weeks” and will be tasked with launching a “radical structural overhaul” of the corporation.
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CommentThe BBC's darkest weekend
The BBC has just endured the darkest weekend in its history following the shock resignation of director general George Entwistle.
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NewsBBC director general George Entwistle resigns
George Entwistle has dramatically resigned his post as director general of the BBC after Newsnight wrongly implicated former Tory treasurer Lord McAlpine in child abuse allegations.
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CommentA taxing issue for the BBC
Jake Kanter examines the consequences of the BBC’s employment test for freelancers.
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NewsRed Arrow Entertainment posts €1.4m loss
Red Arrow Entertainment made a loss of €1.4m (£1.11m) in the third quarter of 2012 on the back of its acquisitions spree - but its turnover more than doubled.