All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 69
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NewsNUJ apologises to BBC HR boss
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has apologised to BBC HR director Lucy Adams for suggesting she was involved in a “dirty tricks campaign” to undermine its members.
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RatingsKangaroo Dundee draws 1.6m
Kangaroo Dundee, BBC2’s follow up to a two-part Natural World special earlier this year, failed to put a big bounce in the channel’s ratings on Friday.
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NewsBBC Savile review put back to 2014
Dame Janet Smith’s review into sexual harassment at the BBC during Jimmy Savile’s tenure will not be finalised until the end of January 2014.
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NewsBBC1 to go Inside KFC
BBC1 will go behind the scenes at fast food giant KFC as part of Charlotte Moore’s ambition to reinvigorate the channel’s factual output.
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NewsPaul O’Grady tends to Animal Orphans for ITV
ITV is to extend its slate of Paul O’Grady animal programming by sending the presenter to meet orphaned wildlife in the Africa.
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RatingsBBC2 single drama Legacy tracks down 1.6m
Cold War thriller Legacy performed solidly for BBC2 on Thursday night, tracking down 1.6m viewers.
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NewsSugar urges BBC to remove 'layers of jobsworths'
The Apprentice star and former YouView chairman Lord Sugar has criticised the BBC for being “heavily overstaffed” and argued that the BBC Trust should be scrapped.
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NewsBBC hires ITV News and The Times deputy editors
BBC News has hired the deputy editor of ITV News and of The Times as James Harding builds his senior management team.
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RatingsNigel and Adam’s Farm Kitchen harvests 3.7m
BBC1’s Nigel and Adam’s Farm Kitchen lost nearly a million viewers on Wednesday - as I’m a Celebrity continued to dominate for ITV.
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NewsITV confirms Rising Star deal
ITV has confirmed that it has acquired Israeli musical talent competition Rising Star in its quest for a breakthrough entertainment hit.
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NewsBBC prepares to spend £85m on consultants
The BBC is prepared to spend up to £85m on consultants over the next two to four years, amid growing pressure over its use of external support.
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NewsBBC moves Coast to Cardiff
The BBC is planning to move Coast to Cardiff in 2014 – little more than a year after the programme was relocated to Bristol.
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NewsC4 under nations pressure
Channel 4 is facing mounting pressure from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments to significantly ramp up the amount of programming it commissions from the nations.
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NewsJonathan Munro to leave ITV News
ITV News’ deputy editor Jonathan Munro is to leave ITN after 26 years amid speculation he is to become the BBC’s head of newsgathering.
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NewsHall in the dark about Scottish independence plans
BBC director general Tony Hall has admitted he was unaware until yesterday of the Scottish government’s plans to break up the BBC if it wins independence.
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NewsHall: BBC must be ‘more aggressive’ in explaining value
Tony Hall has argued that the BBC must be “more aggressive” in explaining its value to audiences amid increasing hostility towards the licence fee.
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NewsBrian Cox heads BBC science orders
Professor Brian Cox is to explore humans’ place in the universe while Dragonfly has secured access to an Australian wildfire-fighting service, as part of a raft of BBC2 and BBC4 science orders.
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NewsSNP outlines blueprint for BBC break-up
The Scottish government plans to create a Scottish Broadcasting Service (SBS) using £320m of licence fee cash if the nation votes for independence in the 2014 referendum.
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NewsBlast! Films hires exec producer
999: What’s Your Emergency? series editor David Hodgkinson has joined Blast! Films on a permanent basis.
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RatingsPanorama’s Amazon exposé cashes in
Panorama’s Amazon exposé on Monday drew the strand’s best ratings since its controversial North Korea investigation earlier this year.