All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 17
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NewsBBC Trust blocks atheists on Thought for the Day
Thought for the Day will remain closed to atheists and humanists, after the BBC Trust rejected accusations that the Radio 4 programme is in breach of editorial guidelines.
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NewsPrivate equity investors eye media as 2010 target
The media industry will attract more private equity investment in 2010 – but indies are still struggling to fund productions, financial advisory firm Grant Thornton has claimed.
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NewsOfcom recommends relaxing media ownership rules
Ofcom has called for a radical shake-up of media ownership rules which would open the door for a new spate of consolidation.
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NewsBBC Parliament hits 2m mark
BBC Parliament has doubled its audience since launching on Freeview – reaching more than 2 million viewers throughout October.
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NewsTories may shrink BBC licence fee
The Tories may force the BBC into accepting a reduced licence fee and axing its digital channels, shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsBBC's Hadlow and Cohen earn equal wage
BBC SALARIES: BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow earns exactly the same as BBC3’s Danny Cohen, despite the fact that she presides over a 24-hour terrestrial channel.
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NewsTop BBC execs tighten purse strings
Senior BBC execs reigned in their spending habits in the three months to July – signalling that the harsh light of public scrutiny is affecting their ability to schmooze talent.
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NewsGoogle new writers, Guild tells TV execs
The Writers’ Guild has advised TV execs to “Google” writers they have not worked with before, give feedback within eight weeks and to leave their “internal politics” out of script editing, in a new ‘good practice guide’ to working with TV writers.
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NewsTouchpaper opens in Wales as Scottish drama head joins Shed
Being Human will move to Wales if a third series gets the greenlight, in line with plans by Touchpaper Television to open a new office in Cardiff.
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NewsHadlow on hunt for ‘smart’ drama series
BBC2 plans to air regular 30-minute dramas at 10pm and is on the hunt for more “smart” returning series to stop the channel’s drama output feeling too bitty.
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NewsBBC science head bows out after landmark series
BBC head of science John Lynch is to step down at the end of this year, and will leave the BBC altogether in 2010 after delivering a major landmark series about the history of science.
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NewsCBeebies audio trial proves a turn-off with Radio 7 listeners
The BBC has all but given up on children’s radio after a trial CBeebies block on Radio 7 lost the slot 40% of its listeners in the six months it was running.
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NewsDad’s the word for BBC4 with documentary slate
BBC4 is to investigate the truth behind the cliché “every child needs a father” in a slate of films about fatherhood.
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NewsMonty Halls to escape to Outer Hebrides for BBC2
BBC2 has ordered a second series of Monty Halls’ Great Escape from Tigress Productions.
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NewsCamilla Campbell named head of C4 drama
Camilla Campbell, the commissioner behind Shameless, is to replace Liza Marshall as Channel 4 head of drama, Broadcast can reveal.
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NewsBBCW wins 2Entertain appeal
BBC Worldwide has triumphed over Woolworths’ liquidators in an appeal case over the value of DVD publishing business 2Entertain.
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NewsBradshaw urged to "strong arm" watchdog over Canvas
The House of Lords communications committee has urged culture secretary Ben Bradshaw to “strong arm” the Competition Commission into approving Project Canvas.
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NewsPeake to play "first modern lesbian" in BBC2 drama
Criminal Justice’s Maxine Peake is to play 19th century landowning lesbian Anne Lister, in a BBC2 dramatisation of her “painfully honest” diaries.
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NewsBragg returns to the BBC
Melvyn Bragg, the longstanding face of arts coverage at ITV, is to return to BBC television where he started his career nearly 50 years ago.
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NewsThompson reassures stars over Mock the Week censure
BBC director general Mark Thompson has given reassurances to key corporation talent that Mock the Week can still be “edgy”, as he was quizzed last night over a BBC Trust ruling regarding a joke about athlete Rebecca Adlington.