All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 46

  • News

    BBC World Service eyes launch of Urdu channel

    2009-01-14T16:52:16Z

    The BBC World Service is eyeing indigenous-language channels in the Indian subcontinent, China and Latin America, following the launches of its publicly funded BBC Arabic and BBC Persian television services.

  • News

    BBC daytime orders Countryfile spin-off

    2009-01-14T16:49:53Z

    BBC daytime has ordered a Countryfile spin-off and a quiz show fronted by Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark.

  • News

    UKTV drops relationship dramas in Watch rethink

    2009-01-14T16:45:01Z

    UKTV is ditching flagship “relationship” dramas from Watch in a bid to reposition the channel just three months after its launch.

  • Features

    Balancing act in an asymmetric war

    2009-01-14T15:44:08Z

    With the BBC receiving over 1,000 complaints about its latest Gaza coverage, Chris Curtis and Katherine Rushton examine how news bulletins have handled this politicised conflict.

  • News

    Kennel Club changes breeding rules

    2009-01-13T15:46:04Z

    The Kennel Club is overhauling the controversial breeding rules that prompted the BBC to drop its coverage of Crufts.

  • News

    Cohen edges BBC3 younger

    2009-01-13T13:00:18Z

    BBC3 controller Danny Cohen is trying to skew the channel's “sweet spot” younger - but insisted he will not alienate its core viewers.

  • News

    Butcher talent show leads BBC3's spring slate

    2009-01-13T09:58:26Z

    BBC3 plans to do for butchers what The X Factor does for singers, in a new series of awards shows about Britain's young tradespeople.

  • News

    BBC launches fresh expenses crackdown

    2009-01-13T09:51:07Z

    The BBC is monitoring how long staff keep taxis waiting as part of a fresh crackdown on expenses.

  • News

    BBC in Ski Sunday U-turn

    2009-01-12T11:30:32Z

    The BBC has ditched its revamp of Ski Sunday and is splitting off the show's new travelogue elements in a separate series called High Altitude.

  • News

    Iran blocks BBC Persian reporter bid

    2009-01-08T13:18:17Z

    Iranian authorities have refused the BBC permission to base a Persian-speaking correspondent in Iran, despite the launch of the BBC Persian television channel later this month.

  • News

    Fresh woes for Entertainment Rights

    2009-01-08T10:21:10Z

    Entertainment Rights is facing a fresh crisis because its main US DVD distributor, Genius Products, has failed to pay it the money it owes.

  • News

    RDF deal to complete next month

    2009-01-07T14:33:04Z

    RDF Media Group will delist on 2 February following shareholder approval of the£52m management buy-out.

  • News

    BBC's Gaza complaints split down middle

    2009-01-07T13:13:11Z

    The BBC has received more than 1,000 complaints about its coverage of the Gaza conflict - but they are evenly split between accusations of bias towards either the Israelis or the Palestinians.

  • News

    BBC1 clears schedule for Obama

    2009-01-07T12:35:40Z

    BBC1 has cleared the teatime schedules for two hours on 20 January for live coverage of Barack Obama's inauguration as US president.

  • News

    Olivia to make US debut

    2009-01-07T11:51:40Z

    Chorion and Brown Bag Films' pre-school series Olivia is poised to air on Nickelodeon US for the first time.

  • News

    BBC3 plans Being Human online prequels

    2009-01-07T11:11:23Z

    BBC3 is to launch a series of online prequels to Being Human, telling the back-stories of the series' central characters - a vampire, ghost and werewolf.

  • News

    Gromit wins iPlayer battle

    2009-01-06T16:47:52Z

    Wallace and Gromit beat the Timelord and Jeremy Clarkson to the iPlayer top spot over Christmas, during the catch-up service's best ever viewing period.

  • News

    Indies ‘starving' due to R4 commissioning changes

    2009-01-06T12:49:20Z

    Independent radio producers have claimed the BBC is “starving” them out after Radio 4 unveiled plans for a major overhaul of its commissioning process.

  • News

    BT Vision to escape group cuts

    2009-01-06T10:50:40Z

    BT Vision chief executive Dan Marks has vowed the telecoms giant will not scale back investment in the IPTV service despite its plans to axe 10,000 jobs and slash costs.

  • News

    BBC resolves discrimination dispute

    2009-01-06T10:33:04Z

    A journalist who suffers from multiple sclerosis has left the BBC after more than 20 years after claiming she suffered discrimination.