All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 65
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NewsBBC3 hopes to lure teens with afternoon opening
The BBC has petitioned the Trust to extend BBC3's hours into the afternoon, and is planning to give some of the extra space to its teen strand Switch.
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NewsCohen: lessons to be learned from 360-degree commissions
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has admitted that Upstaged, one of the channel's major multiplatform commissions, did not work and has called for more distinctive web content in programme pitches.
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FeaturesInterview: Jana Bennett
After her annus horribilis, BBC director of Vision Jana Bennett tells Katherine Rushton about her commitment to factual programming, why the licence fee must not be shared and how the saga of Queengate is firmly in the past.
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NewsLyons: Publicly-funded C4 would be 'BBC5'
Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust, has attacked proposals to publicly-fund Channel 4 - warning that such a move would simply reduce it to “BBC5”.
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NewsCBBC orders 'deadly' wildlife show
CBBC is to focus on the world's most deadly animals, in what is billed as its most ambitious presenter-led natural history series to date.
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NewsFry defends BBC
Stephen Fry last night launched a robust defence of the BBC, warning that “a diminution of any part of its great whole” would damage Britain.
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NewsTiger Aspect wins teen diary rights
Tiger Aspect is to develop a six-part comedy drama billed as a real-life female Adrian Mole.
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NewsFive launches spin-offs to bolster Milkshake! Strand
Five is looking to beef up its children's strand Milkshake! with the launch of further spin-off series, and has also unveiled plans to commission a Tracey Beaker-style drama series aimed at four to seven year-olds.
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NewsBBC pledges£8m a year for factual
The BBC has said it will invest at least£8m a year in landmark factual content over the next five years, in a fresh bid to shore up its public service credentials.
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Casualty move comes under fire
South West Screen and unions Bectu and Equity have hit out at BBC proposals to move Casualty to Cardiff.
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NewsBBC adds serials to academy expertise
The BBC is extending its successful drama academy to serials, with a special focus on crime drama.
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NewsHammond to investigate mega-structures
Top Gear star Richard Hammond is to examine the stories behind some of the world's most ambitious structures in a new series for National Geographic US and NGI.
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NewsBBC issues warning over titles
The BBC has warned staff to inform contributors about any changes to the titles of their programmes, after Ofcom upheld a complaint over The Bulls**t Detective.
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NewsNew BBC sitcom for Meera Syal
BBC2 has greenlit Meera Syal's first comedy project since The Kumars at No 42.
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NewsAttenborough: BBC should be only PSB
Sir David Attenborough has launched a forceful attack on licence fee top-slicing, warning that PSB strands on commercial broadcasters would become the “pariahs” of the schedules.
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NewsITV chased whole One Show team
ITV not only attempted to poach The One Show host Adrian Chiles but also approached co-presenter Christine Bleakley and its editor Doug Carnegie as well.
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NewsWorld Service relocations raise fears over integrity
The BBC World Service has been accused of compromising its editorial integrity with plans to relocate its foreign-language services to the countries they serve.
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Pupils turn teachers for CBBC quiz
CBBC will challenge pupils to teach their teachers in a 20 x 60-minute gameshow that turns the traditional school relationship on its head.
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NewsBBC: EastEnders cuts will curb ambitions
The BBC has said it will have to scale back its ambitions for EastEnders because of a budget cut at the soap.
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NewsBBC1 plans high-tech look at human body
BBC1 is planning a landmark series about the human body, harnessing the new technologies that have been developed since Robert Winston fronted its last in-depth look, The Human Body, in 1998.