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Unions serve notice on BBC cuts
Broadcasting unions are to warn BBC director general Mark Thompson that he may face further strike action in the new year if he presses ahead with up to 200 compulsory redundancies.
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NewsBBC plans new-look news to cut budgets
The BBC is to relaunch Newsnight, Breakfast and its flagship BBC1 bulletins as part of the corporation's drive to slash its news budget by millions of pounds a year.
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NewsGarvie to push BBC global sales
BBC Worldwide has signalled an aggressive drive into global format sales, appointing head of entertainment Wayne Garvie to a new production role.
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NewsThis is Your Life to return to ITV in 2006
ITV is looking to bring back This is Your Life and is lining up Sir Trevor McDonald to host it.
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NewsSpace Cadets may land in the US
Space Cadets, the controversial Channel 4 reality show its producers said could only be made once, might blast off for a second time in the US.
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NewsBellamy to refocus BBC3
BBC3's new controller, Julian Bellamy, is expected to oversee a drive into entertainment at the channel when he takes over in the New Year.
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NewsOnline rights row delays TV review
The ongoing row between producers and broadcasters over new media rights has forced Ofcom to postpone publication of its long-awaited Television Production Sector Review.
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Analysis - Indies reach City limits
Despite a raft of recent activity in the City from indies, analysts predict the appetite for TV stock has now been sated and future interest is more likely to come from mergers and acquisitions.
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My alternative Christmas
While you're sitting with your feet up this Christmas spare a thought for those who are beavering away to ensure your TV schedules are full of shows that make compelling viewing. Broadcast hears from four dedicated souls who have found themselves working over the festive period.
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Interview - Esther Rantzen: Still talking tough
Esther Rantzen is still pushing the boundaries of images of women in TV, hence her Women in Film and TV award this week. But she also criticises women for not rising to the challenges presented. By Suzy Bashford.
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Opinion: Steven D Wright - All in the name of art
After experiencing the magic of Rufus Wainwright live, Steven D Wright wonders if he has the right to think of himself as a real artist.
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Comment: Roly Keating - When media collide...
Channels will only disappear in the new media world if we let them, argues Roly Keating, outlining his vision for where the force of the BBC2 brand meets the power of the internet.
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Profile - The man from al-Jazeera
It has enviable worldwide brand recognition but al-Jazeera's UK editorial chief, Mostefa Souag, didn't expect his channel to become the story.
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Passage of rights
The needs of broadcasters and producers need to be balanced when it comes to new media rights, says Lorraine Heggessey.
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Leader - BBC3 needs a Big Brother
Industry plaudits are not enough - BBC3 needs to find a programming event unique to the channel, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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Cadle Hunts Soho for Envy talent
Former Blue managing director, Dave Cadle is poaching 45 staff from around six Soho facilities for his new£5.6m post-production facility Envy which opens in the middle of February.
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Industry plays down threat of in-house editing
Broadcasters, facilities and key independents thrashed out the issues of desktop editing and in-house production at Broadcast's first post-production forum last week, held at London's Vinopolis.
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First Post to expand north
Skillset, the training body for the TV and film industry, is expanding its new entrants training scheme, First Post, to Manchester in the new year.
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Blue makes Shameless promo
Blue has completed the post-production for the promo of the new series of Company Pictures' Shameless for Channel 4. The promo, directed by C4's Phil Lind and produced by Peter Maynard, has main character Frank remove the '4' logo and text displayed on screen. Blue's head of visual effects, Chris ...