All BBC articles – Page 440
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NewsBal Samra lands beefed up role
BBC commercial director Bal Samra has been handed a beefed up role with responsibility for the broadcaster’s business partnerships, spend management and global and digital developments.
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RatingsTulisa & Blinging Up Baby docs perform solidly
MONDAY: Channel 5 and BBC3 performed solidly with tabloid TV documentaries Blinging Up Baby and Tulisa: The Price of Fame.
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NewsLord Coe out of BBC Trust race
Lord Sebastian Coe has ruled himself out of the race to become the next BBC Trust chair.
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NewsTop Gear 'racial term' breaks Ofcom rules
Ofcom has found Top Gear in breach of its regulations for using a “pejorative racial term” in its Burma special episode.
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RatingsRed Arrows doc soars to 2.4m
SUNDAY: BBC2’s documentary about the Red Arrows transported 2.4m as Channel 4’s The Mill dipped by 200,000 from last week’s opener.
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NewsBBC1 to explore childhood holidays with Raise The Roof
Glasgow-based indie Raise the Roof is to delve into celebrities’ childhood holiday memories for a BBC1 daytime series.
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RatingsAdam Peaty Commonwealth gold peaks with 3.7m
SATURDAY: BBC1’s Commonwealth Games coverage peaked with 3.7m (22.6%) as England’s Adam Peaty picked up gold in the men’s 100m breaststroke final.
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NewsUnions demand BBC News external recruitment freeze
Bectu, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Unite have called on BBC News to only consider internal candidates for the latest crop of vacancies to counter the impact of imminent redundancies.
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NewsBBC distribution team to join Future Media
The BBC’s distribution department will merge with Future Media’s business development team next month in a bid to consolidate online and traditional distribution under a single group of staff.
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RatingsCommonwealth Games opener peaks with 9m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s coverage of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony peaked with over 9m viewers and dented the rest of the schedule.
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NewsUnions ready to fight BBC over news redundancies
The BBC may have averted a strike during the opening of the Commonwealth Games this week – but it faces a fresh threat of industrial action over job cuts in its news division.
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NewsBBC to hire champion for disabled talent
The BBC will recruit its first disability champion to its commissioning team as it prepares a two-pronged plan to improve opportunities for disabled talent.
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NewsBBC First eyes scripted drama
BBC Worldwide chief executive Tim Davie has revealed that global drama channel BBC First will offer UK indies major scripted opportunities after its launch this summer.
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NewsBBC3 vision being finalised
BBC daytime boss Damian Kavanagh to present formal plans to the Trust in a ‘few weeks’
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NewsJane Lush returns to TV with Bruce Forsyth
Strictly Come Dancing commissioner and former Splash Media managing director Jane Lush is back in production with a Bruce Forsyth fronted BBC1 variety show.
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NewsRondo wins S4C sports magazine
Welsh indie Rondo Media is to produce a Grandstand-style Sunday sports magazine show for S4C.
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NewsBBC develops Sebastian Faulks screenplay
The BBC is developing Sebastian Faulks’ first self-penned screenplay, On Green Dolphin Street, after Eleventh Hour Films picked up the rights to the book.
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NewsBBC Savile costs swell to £7m
The BBC continues to feel the strain of the Jimmy Savile scandal after it revealed that Dame Janet Smith’s inquiry into the disgraced presenter has racked-up another £2m in costs.
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NewsDiane Coyle fails to make Trust shortlist
The acting chair of the BBC Trust, Diane Coyle, has failed to make the shortlist for the full-time position.
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NewsPlummer-Andrews preps 'smiley' emoticon series
The emoticon is to be transformed into a TV star after former CBBC chief Theresa Plummer-Andrews teamed up with French indie OuiDo Productions.