All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 48
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NewsBBC cold on C4/Worldwide merger
The BBC has poured cold water on proposals to merge Channel 4 with BBC Worldwide - claiming any such move would trigger a “catastrophic loss of value”.
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NewsShaps seeks indies for£5m investment slate
Simon Shaps is poised to invest around£5m in a raft of small to medium-sized indie producers, Broadcast can reveal.
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This Morning exec steps down
This Morning executive producer Anya Francis has left the daytime magazine show.
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NewsAllsopp to go it alone
Location, Location, Location co-presenter Kirstie Allsopp will go it alone for the first time in a new craft series for C4.
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NewsOnline Switch show to be 'glue' for BBC2 strand
BBC Switch's online magazine programme The 5.19 Show is to transfer to BBC2 and become the host strand for other Switch TV content.
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NewsCBBC snaps up Decode's talking dog animation
CBBC has signed a deal with Canadian distributor Decode to acquire a North American series about a talking dog.
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NewsPeter Salmon named BBC DG of the North
BBC Vision's chief creative officer Peter Salmon is to lead the biggest staff move in the history of the BBC as its first “director general of the North”.
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NewsTories call for licence fee breakdown
The Conservative Party has called for the TV Licensing Authority (TVLA) to adopt BBC branding and to offer a breakdown of how the licence fee is spent with any requests for payment.
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NewsC4 and ITV may get free use of iPlayer
Channel 4 and ITV may be granted free and open use of the BBC iPlayer, under new proposals by the BBC to help solve the PSB funding gap.
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NewsHoldsworth confirmed as English regions head
The BBC has confirmed David Holdsworth as controller of English regions.
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FeaturesIndies: Fighting for opportunities to survive
With forecasts of a tough year to come, even the biggest among production companies will have to cut costs. Katherine Rushton looks at the secrets of making it through a downturn.
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NewsMonkey Television picks up Make My Day for US
Monkey Television is to follow the lives of unsuspecting Americans in a Stateside remake of its Channel 4 hidden camera show Make My Day.
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NewsBBC emails reveal Sachsgate details
Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand were both “very keen” for the prank call at the centre of Sachsgate to be aired, BBC Radio 2 producer Nic Philps has claimed.
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NewsBBC under fire over more Brand/Ross claims
The BBC Trust has criticised the corporation over two further breaches of decency involving Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross.
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NewsBBC bosses waive bonuses
All the members of the BBC executive management team will waive their entitlement to bonuses in the 2008/2009 financial year, in the light of the current economic turmoil.
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NewsRoss to return to BBC
Jonathan Ross will be reinstated after his 12-week suspension, after the BBC Trust claimed it is not its responsibility to dictate sanctions against presenters.
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NewsOfcom: BBC local video would have negative market impact
The BBC's proposed local video service would have a “significant negative impact” on commercial rivals and threaten future innovation, Ofcom has warned.
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NewsBBC Trust refuses local online video plans
The BBC Trust has blocked BBC proposals for a£68m online local news service, claiming it would not justify the expenditure of licence fee funds or the negative market impact on commercial rivals.
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NewsHumphreys to head Shine specialist arm
Shine Television has recruited Parthenon Entertainment creative director Natalie Humphreys to head a new specialist factual unit.
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FeaturesInterview: Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux dodges questions on internal BBC politics, muses on the role of the journalist-interviewer and tells Katherine Rushton why these days he's more interested in telling good stories than trying to be funny.