All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 27
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RatingsComic Relief ratings hit low
FRIDAY: Comic Relief pulled in its lowest audience since at least 1999 despite breaking the £1bn fundraising mark.
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NewsMarvellous triumphs at BPG Awards
BBC2’s scripted output led the way at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, as Pete Bowker’s Marvellous picked up two gongs.
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NewsLenny Henry awarded for diversity work
Lenny Henry is to be honoured at the Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards today for his contribution to television and championing industry diversity.
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NewsOverview: ITV’s production empire
Talpa Media pushed ITV’s production acquisitions into double figures under chief executive Adam Crozier. Broadcast runs the rule over the company’s growing empire.
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NewsITV buys Talpa for £355m
ITV has taken full control of Talpa Media for an initial fee of £355m in what marks chief executive Adam Crozier’s biggest acquisition to date.
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NewsBarb: blame it on the sunshine
The weather’s impact on ratings has been laid bare for the first time by Barb, which has revealed that warmer temperatures and more sun mean people spend less time in front of the television.
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NewsBBC Scotland boss to oversee Jeremy Clarkson case
The BBC’s investigation into the Jeremy Clarkson “fracas” will be overseen by Ken MacQuarrie and will be the highest-profile test yet of the corporation’s new bullying procedures.
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CommentJeremy Clarkson: a scandal too far?
Could the BBC’s zero tolerance approach to bullying spell the end for the Top Gear presenter
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NewsJeremy Clarkson fracas: allegations emerge
Jeremy Clarkson was suspended by the BBC after throwing a punch at Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon, according to reports.
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NewsBBC suspends Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended as the presenter of Top Gear following a “fracas with a BBC producer”.
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NewsBBC services face axe without ‘riskier’ management savings
More BBC services will face the axe if the corporation is unable to make “riskier changes to organisational structures and ways of working” as part of its strategy to save £700m a year, according to a report.
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NewsGaelic drama Bannan to return
Gaelic broadcaster BBC Alba is to tap into the success of foreign-language series such as The Killing after commissioning another 10 episodes of local drama Bannan.
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NewsMP tells Rona Fairhead to resign
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair Margaret Hodge has called on BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead to resign over her handling of the HSBC tax evasion scandal.
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RatingsTake Me Out loses 10% of audience
SATURDAY: Take Me Out’s seventh series ended with 400,000 fewer viewers than last year, as The Voice UK remained the top-rated Saturday night show.
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NewsBBC questions 25% indie quota
The BBC has raised concerns about its ability to continue commissioning 25% of its content from qualifying indies amid seismic market consolidation.
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CommentITV is wrong to blame BBC for ratings woes
Jake Kanter dissects Adam Crozier’s claims the BBC is the source of ITV’s ratings slump.
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PodcastTalking TV: BBC Trust future & Sky's Wild Things
Talking TV walks you through a busy fortnight of news, providing an analysis of Rona Fairhead’s speech on the future of the BBC Trust and unpicking ITV’s Talpa takeover bid.
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NewsBBC acquires female aviator film
BBC4 has acquired a film that will follow a female pilot’s mission to fly from Cape Town to London.
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NewsBBC beefs up ratings data
Danny Cohen wants to improve the way BBC shows are commissioned, cast and crafted by arming his team with more detailed daily ratings reports.
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NewsAnalysis: BBC Studios plans
The hunt for a leader of BBC Studios will begin imminently, but the industry wants more clarity about the newly rechristened production division after Tony Hall outlined his initial vision this week.