All Bectu articles – Page 40
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Siemens is chosen for bbc Technology
Siemens has been selected as the preferred single bidder for BBC Technology. The bid, which has not been disclosed, must now be approved by the BBC governors, the secretary of state for media Tessa Jowell and the EU Competition Commission. If it is passed Siemens will take a 10-year contract ...
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Unions and BBC Worldwide reach pay deal
Unions have settled their pay dispute with BBC Worldwide following an improved offer from the company. Staff will now receive a 2.8% rise - up from 2.6% - plus improved bonuses from 1 July after Bectu and the National Union of Journalists agreed to drop a strike ballot. The unions ...
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NewsStrike action looms at BBC
Broadcasting union Bectu and the National Union of Journalists are set to call for an industrial action ballot against the BBC after the unions rejected a 2.7% pay offer.
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Bectu warns against weakening PSB
Broadcasting union Bectu has warned MPs that setting up an Arts Council of the Air to redistribute licence fee money to commercial broadcasters would weaken PSB. In evidence to the media select committee on BBC's Charter renewal, Bectu said the proposal 'would have the effect of seriously weakening a viable ...
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NewsBBC Technology staff balloted over strike
BBC Technology staff are threatening strike action over potential redundancies arising from the sale of BBC Technology.
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BBC strike threat
Staff at BBC Worldwide are on the verge of strike action following a disagreement over its latest pay offer. BBC Worldwide has offered to pay an inflation-inked 2.6% increase but has turned down union demands for a 5% rise. In response, the National Union of Journalists and broadcast union Bectu ...
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NewsBectu calls for halt of BBC Technology sale
Broadcasting union Bectu has written to the new BBC chairman Michel Grade calling on him to review recent decisions, including the sale of BBC Technology.
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Industry tackles lapse in training
An initiative to tackle the growing lack of skills training across the audio-visual industries was launched by a group of broadcasting organisations this week.
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Far-right tries to 'hijack' C4 social documentary
Channel 4's multicultural remit seems to have backfired this week after the British National Party 'hijacked' a documentary, which includes a section in which Asian men groom young white girls for sexual abuse.
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Production on Location - Rough cut.
Maxim Jago on the many motivations for people who pursue a career - or even a life - in the media.
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NewsBectu secures BBC freelance deal
The BBC has been forced to negotiate key rights for freelance cameramen at its Natural History Unit (NHU) - including hours of work, rates of pay and holiday pay.
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Production - Crews take aim at novice producers.
Hiring a young, inexperienced producer may have its advantages, but for many crews and equipment hire firms, it marks the start of a disastrous or at least difficult relationship. Richard Dean finds out why.
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Slowdown leads to London Studios cuts.
The London Studios, home to programmes such as Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, has axed 23 people following a slowdown in business, writes Paul Revoir.
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Slowdown leads to London Studios cuts
THE LONDON Studios, home to programmes such as Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, has axed 23 people following a slowdown in business, writes Paul Revoir.
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News1500 jobs go at NTL
NTL is set to axe 1,500 jobs as it consolidates its 13 call centres into three state-of-the-art operations.
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Central staff launch final bid for studios
Staff at Central Television have put together a last-ditch proposal to keep a standalone news studio at Nottingham Studios, which ITV wants to sell off.
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NUJ launches own inquiry into BBC editorial 'defects'.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has set up a committee to review the BBC's editorial guidelines in the wake of the Hutton report after it was left out of the corporation's own internal inquiry, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NUJ launches own inquiry into BBC editorial 'defects'
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has set up a committee to review the BBC's editorial guidelines in the wake of the Hutton report after it was left out of the corporation's own internal inquiry.
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Crisis at the BBC - Staff plan more action.
BBC staff were preparing to show their support for deposed director general Greg Dyke again on
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NewsBBC staff protest
Thousands of BBC staff took to the streets yesterday (Thursday) in a day of protest against the forced resignation of director general Greg Dyke and government interference in the corporation.