All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 24
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NewsBBC3 matches BBC1 at Baftas
BBC3 took home the same number of Bafta Television Awards as BBC1 on Sunday as its future as a linear channel remains in the balance.
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NewsElection 2015: a nightmare result for the BBC?
Broadcast’s news editor Jake Kanter assesses what the general election result might mean for the BBC as it approaches one of the most important moments in its history.
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NewsGeneral election 2015: Tory plans for broadcasting
The Conservative Party is on course to win a small majority at the general election. Here is how its plans for the broadcasting industry stack up.
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NewsBT Sport hints at Gary Lineker deal
BT Sport has dropped the biggest hint yet that Gary Lineker is being lined up to front its Champions League coverage later this year.
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NewsBBC and Eurosport track down Diamond League rights
The BBC will air more network coverage of the athletics Diamond League season than ever before as part of rights deals that will run until 2020.
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NewsPatrick Holland wins race to be BBC documentaries boss
Patrick Holland, the managing director at Fremantle Media UK label Boundless, has been named head of documentaries at the BBC.
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NewsBBC factual in state of flux
BBC factual is in a state of flux as controller Emma Swain begins a year-long secondment to help shape the corporation’s approach to commissioning over the next five years.
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NewsHead-to-head race for BBC drama controller
Polly Hill and Faith Penhale are the frontrunners in the race to replace Ben Stephenson as the controller of BBC drama.
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RatingsNinja Warrior climbs to another high
SATURDAY: Ninja Warrior continued to build its audience, as Britain’s Got Talent remained dominant.
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NewsFormer All3 boss bags £4m bonus after sale
The former chief executive of All3Media pocketed a bonus of around £4m after the super-indie was sold to Discovery Communications and Liberty Global last year.
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NewsBBC Savile review delayed indefinitely
Dame Janet Smith’s review into the culture and practices of the BBC during Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall’s tenure has been delayed indefinitely following an intervention from the Metropolitan Police.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC Studios and No Offence
Talking TV gets the inside track on Paul Abbott’s new drama No Offence and mulls over the race to run BBC Studios and the Channel 4 entertainment changes.
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NewsBBC factual boss takes on charter renewal role
Emma Swain is to take a year out from her role as controller of factual to help shape BBC television’s approach to commissioning in the run-up to charter renewal.
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NewsTop Gear: what happens now?
The BBC is beginning to pick up the pieces of £50m mega-brand Top Gear after executive producer Andy Wilman resigned and Richard Hammond and James May pledged loyalty to their co-host Jeremy Clarkson.
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NewsCurve lands Terry Wogan series after BBCW deal
Curve Media will send Terry Wogan and A Cabbie Abroad star Mason McQueen on a culinary tour of Britain for a BBC2 series, fresh from securing investment from BBC Worldwide.
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NewsRace on to lead BBC Studios
Serious contenders have emerged to lead BBC Studios as the recruitment process begins in earnest.
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NewsBBCW takes 25% stake in Curve Media
BBC Worldwide has taken a 25% stake in Curve Media, the indie founded by former Cineflix Productions UK bosses Camilla Lewis and Rob Carey last year.
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NewsFiona Bruce closes indie as BBC changes talent contracts
Fiona Bruce is closing her production company as the BBC continues to overhaul the way it contracts some of its biggest stars.
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NewsFormer Culture Show editor wins 75-part Bloomberg arts series
An indie founded by former Culture Show editor Eddie Morgan has secured a three-year deal with Bloomberg TV to make a 75-part art series.
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RatingsMasterChef final cooks up four-year high
FRIDAY: The MasterChef final served up its biggest audience for BBC1 in four years.