All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 34
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NewsBBC reveals comedy plans
A Ruth Jones comedy is among a raft of projects on BBC1’s radar as it bids to plug the hole left by Miranda and now Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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NewsComedy leads BBC3 revolution
Shane Allen has pledged that BBC3’s move online will boost the quality and quantity of its comedy output after being promised a budget of more than £10m under the plans.
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NewsSara Geater elected Pact chair
Former FremantleMedia UK chief executive Sara Geater has won the race to become chair of Pact council in the organisation’s first contested election in at least 14 years.
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NewsBBC3 online plans revealed
A fifth of BBC3’s new £30m digital budget will be ploughed into short-form content as the corporation bids to put the channel at the heart of young audiences’ online worlds.
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NewsBBC extends late evening regional news bulletins
The BBC is to double the length of its late evening regional news bulletins in the run-up to next year’s general election.
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NewsBBC1 lures Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is to make his first series for BBC1 - a three-part investigation into food waste.
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RatingsThe X Factor semi-final fails to hit high note
SATURDAY: The X Factor continued to underperform as it reached the semi-final stage with its lowest Saturday night audience of the series.
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NewsBBC News boss hits back at government criticism
James Harding has argued that BBC News will be “undeterred” in holding politicians to account following government anger over its autumn statement coverage.
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NewsVeteran BBC producer joins Ukip
Veteran BBC News producer Paul Lambert has joined Ukip as director of communications.
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NewsITV staff consider strike over pay offer
ITV staff are to ballot over strike action after the broadcaster tabled a “miserly” 2015 pay deal.
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NewsGeorge Osborne slams ‘hyperbolic’ BBC
Chancellor George Osborne has attacked the BBC’s “hyperbolic” coverage of the potential for public spending cuts after next year’s general election.
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NewsReggie Yates’ Russia trip leads BBC3 factual slate
Reggie Yates is to investigate the extremes of Russian society in a BBC3 series that forms the centrepiece of a raft of factual commissions for the channel.
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NewsBBC hints at savings focus
The BBC’s radio, digital and nations divisions are set to be put under the microscope after the corporation warned that it will be increasingly diffi cult to protect frontline programming and services from future efficiency cuts.
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NewsPact urges BBC to clarify IP ownership rules
The BBC must strengthen its guidelines around commissioners owning intellectual property to avoid another Prized Apart-style controversy, according to Pact.
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NewsDanny Cohen: ‘crazy’ to undermine BBC
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has warned the government it would be “crazy” to undermine the corporation during charter renewal negotiations.
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NewsHungry Bear hires new talent boss
Hungry Bear Media, the fledgling indie established by former Talkback boss Dan Baldwin, has hired a Gogglebox and Geordie Shore casting expert as head of new talent.
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RatingsHoney I Bought The House draws 80,000
TUESDAY: Honey I Bought The House, the first pilot in UKTV’s Formats Lab initiative, opened its doors to fewer than 100,000 viewers, as The Missing sunk to a low.
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NewsGreenbird indie hires Coast co-creator
Coast co-creator Kathy Myers is to join Greenbird-backed indie Hello Halo as executive producer and head of development.
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NewsBBC Trust to review Radio 4 and 5 Live
The BBC Trust has launched a review of the corporation’s speech radio stations BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live.
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RatingsWild Weather whips up 2.8m
MONDAY: Richard Hammond’s exploration of wild weather failed to hold off the headwind from I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!.