All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 33
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News
CBeebies dishes up food series targeted at tots
The BBC is to teach preschoolers how to cook and where their food comes from, in a new CBeebies cookery show.
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FeaturesBBC3: search for the secret of youth
BBC3 faces several obstacles in its remit to reach 16- to 34-year-olds - not least a brand teens see as uncool. Katherine Rushton reports on how the channel is engaging with its viewers
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News
Tiger's Fell to go freelance
Tiger Aspect drama exec Richard Fell is to go freelance after entering a period of consultation over his post.
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NewsTony Ball joins BT as non-exec
Tony Ball, the former BSkyB chief exec tipped to replace Michael Grade at ITV, has joined the BT Board as non-executive director.
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NewsBBC Trust will not 'sit by' and allow licence fee raid
DIGITAL BRITAIN: The BBC Trust has warned it will not “sit quietly by” whilst the licence fee becomes a general “slush fund”, in a strongly-worded list of objections to the Digital Britain report.
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NewsDigital radio switchover set for 2015
DIGITAL BRITAIN: The government is pushing manufacturers to offer DAB radios for under £20, and has set a 2015 date for digital switchover in radio.
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NewsChannel 4 to take on teens
DIGITAL BRITAIN: Channel 4 is to have a “solid commitment” to children’s programming enshrined in its statutory remit – particularly targeted at older children and teens.
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NewsBBC names dot com boss
BBC Worldwide has named Luke Bradley-Jones as its new head of BBC.com and is planning a tailored US version of the international website.
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NewsBBC and STV may share resources
The BBC and STV could share their archives, news footage and production technology, under the latest in the corporation’s partnership initiatives.
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News
Disney XD to replace Jetix in UK
The Walt Disney Company is to call time on its Jetix brand, replacing it in the UK with Disney XD.
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NewsPat Younge named BBC Vision Productions boss
Pat Younge is to replace Peter Salmon as the new chief creative officer of BBC Vision Productions - arguably the biggest production job in UK broadcasting.
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NewsBBC faces £130m cut to licence fee
The Digital Britain report, due to be unveiled tomorrow, is expected to take the £130m digital switchover surplus from the BBC and use it to fund services on other broadcasters.
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Ratings
Sissons retires from news after 45 years
Peter Sissons, Britain’s longest-serving national news presenter, is to retire in the summer - ending his 45-year career whilst he is “still on top of his game”.
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NewsBBCW in High Court over value of 2Entertain
BBC Worldwide is to appear in the High Court today with the administrator of Woolworths, to settle a dispute over the value of their join venture 2Entertain.
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News
Five offers shows to third-party sites
Five has inked a syndication deal with the online video platform Brightcove, which will allow viewers to embed full episodes of its programmes on third-party websites.
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NewsIMG hunts for further job cuts at Tiger Aspect
IMG Media is planning to make a fresh round of redundancies at Tiger Aspect Productions and its natural history subsidiary, Tigress Productions.
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NewsCBBC focuses on science with double order
CBBC has ordered a guide to “holidaying in space” and a second run of Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab - both to tie in with the BBC’s 2010 year of science.
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NewsLumsden on lookout for agile comedy series
BBC controller of comedy commissioning Lucy Lumsden has asked indies to tender “nimble” series that could be shifted to pre-watershed slots if they are successful.
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NewsBBC1 debut for Nigel Slater with simple cooking
Nigel Slater is to move from BBC2 to BBC1 for a primetime show about “achievable” cooking.
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NewsSergeant goes on the rails in India for BBC4
Strictly Come Dancing star John Sergeant is to travel to India in the latest in a string of BBC documentaries about railways.