All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 122
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NewsBBC plans to ‘liberate’ entertainment indies
The BBC’s entertainment commissioning team is set to overhaul its pitching processes in a bid to unearth the next big shiny floor show.
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NewsKaren Smith launches new indie
Former Shine TV managing director Karen Smith is poised to return to TV after establishing a new entertainment production company.
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RatingsThe Paradise opens with 5.5m as Bake Off rises
Bill Gallagher’s lavish BBC1 period drama debuted with nearly 5.5m viewers, as The Great British Bake Off rose to another high.
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NewsBBC apologises to the Queen over Abu Hamza revelations
The BBC has apologised after its security correspondent Frank Gardner revealed the details of a private conversation with the Queen about radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri.
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NewsSlater: BBC should boost news coverage of women’s sport
The BBC’s director of sport Barbara Slater has thrown down the gauntlet to the corporation to report more women’s sport in its news output.
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RatingsNigellissima cooks up 2.73m
Nigela Lawson’s latest vehicle exploring Italian recipes served up the cook’s biggest ratings since Christmas 2008.
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NewsQuestion Time adds Twitter panellist
BBC1 is to extend the weekly Question Time line-up to a sixth panellist who will tweet their views throughout the programme.
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NewsThe X Factor hit with double investigation
Britney Spears impersonator Lorna Bliss’ raunchy performance on The X Factor could land the ITV1 show in hot water as it faces a double Ofcom investigation.
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RatingsSimon Cowell boosts The X Factor
Simon Cowell’s return to The X Factor helped the show to its second highest audience of the series - as Downton Abbey lost half a million viewers.
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RatingsThe Jonathan Ross Show stumbles to low
The Jonathan Ross Show attracted its lowest audience on record, as Doctor Who underperformed again for BBC1.
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RatingsThe Choir rouses nearly 2.4m
Gareth Malone’s latest choir format scaled new heights – beating the debut of his previous series Military Wives.
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NewsBBC1 pulls Good Cop drama
BBC1 has pulled the final episode of its contemporary police drama Good Cop tonight following the shootings in Manchester this week.
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RatingsMrs Biggs robbed by Who Do You Think You Are?
ITV1’s drama about Ronnie Biggs’ wife attracted a series high, but was robbed at 9pm by Who Do You Think You Are?.
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NewsHMRC refreshes tax rules for freelancers
HM Revenue & Customs has shaken up its TV tax guidelines, potentially giving freelancers the freedom to work longer on productions in a self-employed capacity.
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NewsITV explores launch of pay-TV channels
ITV has been investigating two ideas as potential pay-TV channel launches, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsBBC set for radical shake-up
George Entwistle will kick off his tenure as BBC director general with a plan to radically reshape the corporation for a digital future.
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NewsOpie quits Twofour for BBC Vision
Twofour digital boss Lisa Opie is to become one of BBC Vision’s new business controllers as part of efforts to cut red tape and put more money on screen.
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NewsSky 1 pilots Dragons’ Den-style property show
Sky 1 has ordered a Dragons’ Den-style property show that will pit estate agents against each other to win the chance to sell someone’s house.
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NewsLocal TV licences awarded in Norwich, Bristol and Cardiff
Regional publishing group Archant has won the local TV licence in Norwich, while consortium Made Television has picked up licences in Bristol and Cardiff.
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News24 Hours in A&E exec named BBC commissioner
24 Hours in A&E executive producer Tom McDonald has joined the BBC as a factual commissioning executive.