All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 97
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CommentSelect committee success - Hall's decent start
DG’s surefooted start was encouraging - now the hard work begins says Jake Kanter.
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NewsBBC committee hearing: At a glance
Tony Hall faced MPs on the cross-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee for the first time as BBC director general yesterday.
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NewsDG defends Helen Boaden radio hire
Tony Hall has defended the appointment of Helen Boaden as director of radio after she was criticised over the Jimmy Savile affair.
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NewsHall: North Korea doc needed written consent
BBC director general Tony Hall has admitted the corporation should have sought written consent from the students that accompanied a Panorama team to North Korea - but resisted calls for an independent review into the trip.
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FeaturesLocal shows for local people
With the launch of local TV services fast approaching, Jake Kanter finds out what audiences in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast can expect from their providers
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NewsHunt and Abraham to hear indie concerns
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham and chief creative officer Jay Hunt will listen to concerns about C4’s creative processes at a Pact council meeting next week.
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NewsBBC1 clocks up cost of living season
One of Danny Cohen’s final season commissions as controller of BBC1 is a look at the cost of living through five single docs, a two-parter and a Watchdog spin-off series.
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NewsCohen promises creativity and innovation
Danny Cohen wants to bring an emphasis on creativity and innovation to the BBC director of television role when he starts work next month.
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NewsBBC1 controller: hunt begins
Speculation over who would replace Danny Cohen as BBC1 controller sparked into life just minutes after he was unveiled as the BBC’s next director of television.
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NewsFever Media’s Mortimer joins NBCU
Fever Media managing director David Mortimer is to join NBC Universal Television Production in a newly created factual and entertainment role.
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RatingsThe Wright Way’s ratings go the wrong way
Ben Elton’s new BBC1 comedy about a health and safety officer got off to inauspicious start – as the finale of The Great British Sewing Bee stitched up a series high audience.
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NewsC5 preps more Botched Up Bodies
Channel 5 has ordered an extended second series of plastic surgery show Botched Up Bodies from Transparent Television.
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NewsJessica Hynes and Jennifer Saunders join Bafta jury
Jessica Hynes and Jennifer Saunders are to sit on a Bafta jury that will hand emerging comedy writers a place at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsShaps makes first Core Media hire
ITV Studios’ former head of entertainment development Clare Thompson is joining Simon Shaps’ Core Media Group as it continues its aggressive UK push.
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NewsDanny Cohen confirmed as BBC director of TV
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has been named director of television and will become the final member of Tony Hall’s new senior management team.
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RatingsBroadchurch bows out with killer ratings
ITV’s hotly anticipated Broadchurch finale revealed Danny Latimer’s killer to the show’s biggest overnight audience of the series.
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NewsCohen set to be unveiled as BBC director of TV
Danny Cohen is set to be unveiled as the BBC’s new director of television, Broadcast understands.
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RatingsIce Cream Girls licks competition
ITV’s Dorothy Koomson adaptation The Ice Cream Girls froze out competition from BBC1’s comedy double.
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NewsComic Relief investigated by Ofcom
Rowan Atkinson’s Comic Relief sketch as the Archbishop of Canterbury is to be formally investigated by Ofcom after it drew more than 3,000 complaints.
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NewsBarry Hearn criticises BBC snooker coverage
World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has complained to the BBC after it cut short coverage of Ronnie O’Sullivan’s comeback match.