All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 23
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NewsTV must ‘urgently’ increase disabled talent
The Creative Diversity Network (CDN) and Creative Skillset have called on broadcasters and indies to “urgently” improve the number disabled staff in the television industry.
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NewsBBC3 to be less ‘secretive’ about production process
BBC3 is to open up its production processes as it bids to reach audiences online, according to the channel’s digital controller.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC campaign & Hoff the Record
On the latest Talking TV, Broadcast editor Chris Curtis explains why Broadcast has launched a campaign Backing the BBC and we go behind the scenes of Hoff The Record.
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News50 production bosses warn against BBC squeeze
Production companies behind some of the biggest shows on UK television and with revenues of nearly £2bn have thrown their weight behind a Broadcast campaign of qualified support for the BBC.
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NewsNever Mind The Buzzcocks cancelled after 19 years
BBC2 has pulled the plug on Never Mind The Buzzcocks after 19 years.
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RatingsBritain’s Got Talent goes live with 8.9m
MONDAY: The first live Britain’s Got Talent semi-final of 2015 lost 700,000 viewers on the equivalent episode last year.
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NewsIn brief: Lime Pictures; The Garden; Nan; Radio 5 Live 606
Lime Pictures is to delve into the world of clairvoyants for Channel 4 and Nan is to return for a two-part series on BBC1. Click for the rest of today’s news round-up.
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NewsSunset+Vine to make C5 Football League show
Sunset+Vine has clinched a three-year contract to produce Channel 5’s 9pm Football League highlights show.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC future & Netflix
Fallout from the general election is top of the agenda on Talking TV this week.
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NewsITV orders Peter Pan adaptation and Yorkshire period epic
ITV has ordered two high-end dramas: and adaptation of Peter Pan with Fortitude star Stanley Tucci as Hook; and epic series set in the “wild west” of the Yorkshire Dales in the 19th century.
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NewsITV on-screen performance a 'key focus'
ITV will make boosting audience share a “key focus” for 2015 after its main channel’s ratings fell 6% in the first three months of the year.
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NewsBBC4 ready for more slow TV
BBC4 is on the hunt for slow TV ideas on a bigger scale following the success of its Goes Slow season, which featured a canal trip and glassblowing.
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NewsTories’ TV plans in spotlight
Negotiating a fresh 10-year BBC charter is at the top of the agenda for new culture secretary John Whittingdale.
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NewsC4 raids Objective for head of entertainment
Objective Productions head of comedy Ben Caudell is to become Channel 4 head of entertainment as the commercial broadcaster finalises the team’s new structure.
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NewsEd Vaizey to continue as culture minister
Ten Downing Street has confirmed that Ed Vaizey will continue as a culture minister.
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NewsUnions plan protest at ITV AGM
The National Union of Journalists, Bectu and Unite will stage a protest at ITV’s annual general meeting on Thursday as members go on strike over pay.
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NewsAnimal charities slam The Island With Bear Grylls
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has urged the attorney general of Panama to press charges against the producers of The Island With Bear Grylls over the “abhorrent” treatment of pigs on the show.
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CommentJohn Whittingdale: better the devil you know for the BBC?
Nobody predicted that backbencher John Whittingdale would be named culture secretary in David Cameron’s new cabinet – but his appointment is far from leftfield.
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RatingsHave I Got News For You election special draws 4.5m
FRIDAY: The general election failed to bolster a Have I Got News For You special to a notable high, as Gogglebox bowed out with its biggest audience in three weeks.
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NewsWhose Line Is It Anyway? to get stage adaptation
Phil McIntyre Entertainment, Angst Productions and Hat Trick Productions are to turn Channel 4’s hit improvised comedy Whose Line Is It Anyway? into a stage show.