All News articles – Page 2708
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NewsSky 1 promotes Gray and Taylor to senior roles
Sky 1 has named Duncan Gray and Celia Taylor head of entertainment and head of factual and features respectively.
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NewsNews pilot bidders demand legal protection
Bidders to run the new independently funded news consortia (IFNC) pilots are still “in it to win it”, but many are demanding watertight termination clauses in their contracts after the Conservative party reiterated its desire to scrap the scheme.
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NewsBartlett eyes US execs to ‘fire up’ ITV Studios
ITV Global Entertainment managing director Lee Bartlett is looking to the US to find a head to “fire up” the ITV Studios’ newly reshuffled entertainment division’s output.
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NewsRDF Media staff to split £50m from Zodiak sale
RDF Media Group staff will share in a £50m jackpot later this spring if the company sells to Zodiak Entertainment as expected.
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NewsC4 execs nervous of losing Lygo
Channel 4 commissioners could start a “revolution” out of loyalty to Kevin Lygo if he leaves the broadcaster, insiders have predicted.
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NewsAbraham ready to shake up Channel 4
Incoming Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham is prepared to take brave decisions - and shake up his programming team if he feels it is required.
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BBC hoping to land 2012 Paralympics radio rights
The BBC has begun talks to secure radio rights for the London 2012 Paralympics having lost out to Channel 4 for the TV coverage.
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NewsR5 Live's Fogarty and Derbyshire to head to Salford
Radio 5 Live controller Adrian van Klaveren has revealed that Shelagh Fogarty and Victoria Derbyshire will both follow the station to Salford next year, having committed to presenting their shows from its new home.
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NewsMichael McIntyre signs £500k BBC deal
The BBC has signed a “golden handcuffs” deal with comedian Michael McIntyre, worth £500,000 for a year.
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NewsLyons claims £29,000 in expenses in six months
The 12 BBC Trustees racked up nearly £78,000 in expense claims between them over the last six months – with chairman Sir Michael Lyons accounting for £29,000 alone.
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NewsFHM.com boss to run Top Gear site
BBC Worldwide has hired the editor-in-chief of FHM.com to be the web editor of its Top Gear site.
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NewsCarrington quits CBeebies
CBeebies controller Michael Carrington is to leave the BBC for a senior role at Turner Broadcasting.
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NewsDave viewers targeted by insurer
Standard Life is to run a three-month sponsorship of digital TV channel Dave in a bid to target its younger viewers.
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NewsGaunt launches High Court challenge
Jon Gaunt, the former Talksport radio show presenter who was sacked after calling a Tory councillor a “Nazi” and an “ignorant pig” during a debate about foster care, has launched a High Court appeal claiming his right to free speech had been infringed.
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N Ireland 'invisible' on UK screens
Broadcasters must do more to adequately reflect the “ordinary life” of people in Northern Ireland, a Westminster report has said.
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NewsIrish quiz show complaints upheld
Nine complaints have been upheld against a late-night TV quiz show on the Irish channel TV3 which viewers branded deceitful and impossible to win.
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NewsSecond course for BBC3's Lunch Monkeys
BBC3 has ordered a second series of Lunch Monkeys – despite a weak first run for the office-based sitcom.
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NewsJohnson cuts ties with C4
Departing Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has described his time at the broadcaster as “among the most rich and rewarding experiences of my career”.
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NewsSteve Jones to front BBC1 physical game show
The makers of Total Wipeout are to produce another Saturday night BBC1 physical game show from Argentina.
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NewsBSkyB wins in £700m legal fight
BSkyB has won a landmark five-year legal battle against computing firm Electronic Data Systems over a failed computer customer management system.