All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 57
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NewsDaniela Neumann joins Spun Gold
Former ITV commissioner Daniela Neumann is to return to her production roots by joining Spun Gold TV as creative director.
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NewsITV pre-tax profits soar 30%
ITV’s pre-tax profits rocketed 30% to £435m in 2013 as the company’s production acquisition drive and digital improvements delivered substantial returns.
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NewsBBC bids to become world's best broadcaster
Tony Hall will launch the BBC’s biggest-ever industry benchmarking study as he bids to transform the corporation into the best-run broadcaster in the world.
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NewsThompson nearly resigned over 2010 licence fee deal
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson nearly resigned in 2010 over a government threat to make the corporation foot a £556m bill for free television licences for the elderly, it has emerged.
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NewsJack Whitehall calls time on Bad Education
Jack Whitehall plans to call time on his BBC3 comedy Bad Education after three series.
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RatingsSilk locked up by DCI Banks
BBC1’s legal drama Silk returned with its lowest series debut ratings to date on Monday and was locked out by competition from DCI Banks.
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NewsBBC producers could get bonuses for hit shows
BBC director of television Danny Cohen is exploring the idea of awarding bonuses to in-house producers who create hit shows.
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NewsO Briain attacks BBC ban on all-male panel shows
Mock the Week host Dara O Briain has voiced concerns that the BBC’s ambition to ban all-male comedy could appear “tokenistic”.
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NewsITV to post profits of up to £642m
ITV will reveal it made a pre-tax profit of up to £642m in 2013 as the broadcaster’s transformation project enters its final 18 months.
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RatingsViewers turn away from Edge of Heaven
ITV’s B&B comedy drama Edge of Heaven failed to welcome 3m guests as it was flattened by the Six Nations Rugby clash on Friday.
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RatingsThe Voice out-sings Saturday Night Takeaway
The return of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway was unable to dampen The Voice UK, which was the highest-rated show on Saturday.
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NewsTony Hall: top-slicing would undermine whole TV industry
Tony Hall will hit back at growing calls to top-slice the licence fee, claiming that carving up BBC funding risks weakening the UK’s broadcasting ecology.
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NewsITV to sign long-term news deal
ITV is ready to sign a long-term deal with ITN to provide its news service after Ofcom renewed the Channel 3 licence for another 10 years.
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RatingsThe Smoke lights up Sky 1
Sky 1’s new firefighter drama The Smoke got off to a smouldering start on Thursday, engulfing an audience of just under 400,000.
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NewsBBC Scotland hunts referendum jokes
BBC Scotland has issued a call for budding comedy writers to submit jokes and sketches about the independence referendum to be developed into online shorts.
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NewsIndies fail to deal with BBC complaints
The BBC is to remind indies to respond to complaints properly after a review found that production companies failed to meet best practice guidelines when handling grievances directly.
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NewsBBC2 leads BPG Awards nominations
BBC2 leads the nominations for the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards as the channel’s drama push continues to reap rewards.
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NewsFour in the frame for BBC in-house comedy job
ITV comedy boss Myfanwy Moore is understood to be among the contenders to head up the BBC’s in-house comedy division following the promotion of Mark Freeland last year.
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NewsAnalysis: ‘Investment is key for ITVBe’
ITV will need to invest heavily in its new female-skewing channel ITVBe to ward off the risk of cannibalising its audience, according to the bosses of rival stations.