All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 81
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The Broadcast InterviewKate Bartlett & Kate Lewis, ITV Studios
ITVS execs have mined history to create internationally attractive period dramas
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NewsBBC to publish annual payoffs review
The BBC is to publish a senior management payoffs review as part of its annual report in a bid to win back public trust over poorly governed severance deals.
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NewsBBC claws back Bennett's £687k payoff from Worldwide
The BBC paid for Jana Bennett’s £687,333 BBC Worldwide redundancy package out of the licence fee but later recovered the cost, according to new revelations about the corporation’s payoffs.
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RatingsBake Off rises to series high
A series high for the Great British Bake Off continued to prove a trifling matter for BBC2’s rivals on Tuesday – as Jack Whitehall’s Bad Education returned with a strong audience of over 830,000.
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NewsLucy Adams hits NUJ with legal threat
BBC HR director Lucy Adams has issued the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) with a legal warning over its claims that she tried to undermine its resistance to 2010 pension changes.
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NewsElaine Pyke to exit Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic controller Elaine Pyke is to join New Pictures, the indie created by former Company Pictures founder Charlie Pattinson.
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NewsGeoff Hill named ITV News editor
Channel 5 News editor Geoff Hill has been appointed as Deborah Turness’ replacement at ITV News.
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NewsMidsomer Murders meets The Killing for Scandi special
Bentley Productions has teamed up with DR, the Danish broadcaster behind The Killing, to make a Scandinavian Midsomer Murders special.
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RatingsSky Sports News scores transfer deadline day high
Sky Sports News signed up its biggest football transfer deadline day audience in two years on Monday.
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NewsBBC drama trail angers female writers
The BBC’s new Original British Drama trailer has sparked an online backlash with female television writers complaining that it features hardly any women.
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NewsFormer Indy editor to lead BBC Scottish referendum output
John Mullin, the former editor of The Independent on Sunday, is to lead the BBC’s coverage of the Scottish independence referendum next year.
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RatingsWhat Remains loses 800k viewers
BBC1’s David Threlfall drama What Remains lost nearly 800k viewers as ITV’s Vera benefited from a boost from The X Factor on Sunday.
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NewsC4 grabs Super Bowl rights from BBC
Channel 4 is to become the terrestrial home of the Super Bowl after it snatched the National Football League rights from the BBC.
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RatingsThe X Factor back on song
The X Factor was back on song after returning to ITV with an audience of 9.2m on Saturday.
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NewsTributes pour in for Sir David Frost
Tributes have poured in for broadcaster and producer Sir David Frost, who has died aged 74.
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NewsNUJ accuses BBC of undermining pension reform
The BBC has been accused of trying to destabilise union resistance to 2010 pension changes, in an extraordinary attack by the National Union of Journalists.
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RatingsChickens scares off one third of audience
Sky 1’s Inbetweeners-style comedy Chickens lost more than a third of its audience on Thursday – as Tom Hardy failed to pin down a sizeable audience for ITV.
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NewsUnions pressure ITV to reward staff for turnaround
The broadcasting unions have ramped up the pressure on ITV to reward staff for contributing to the company’s continued transformation plan.
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NewsBBC HR boss to step down
BBC HR director Lucy Adams is to step down in March 2014 – but the decision is not thought to be linked to criticisms of her handling of executive payoffs.
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NewsAdrian Chiles to return to the BBC
Adrian Chiles is to return to the BBC to take on presenting duties for Radio 5 Live’s Friday night 5 Live Drive.