Archive for Independent Broadcasting

Channel 4 no longer employs its own playout staff following their transfer to Red Bee Media on 1 August.

The London Studios, part of ITV, has started a 30-day consultation with BECTU over proposed job losses.

This week’s leak suggesting that Ofcom favours the retention of the Border licence has prompted an open letter to ITV’s Michael Jermey.

A two-year agreement at ITN, which has been backed by members, has headed off a dispute with the company.

A consultative ballot on a 4.5% pay offer for Arqiva members is underway.

BECTU has accused ITV of failing to deliver on its 5-year plan after 89 job losses were announced yesterday in Leeds and Manchester.

Discussions at ITN over the company’s proposals to make £300,000 worth of savings from staff benefits could soon be put into dispute.

The campaign by Border TV staff to save their much-loved local news programme arrives in London today.

BECTU is strongly critical of ITV’s revised proposal for Regional News which is published today.

The Competition Commission’s decision to allow Macquarie to buy National Grid Wireless paves the way for significant change.

BECTU officials are to brief the union’s parliamentary group on the current threat to ITV regional news on 26 March.

BECTU has today welcomed the government’s decision to order BSkyB to sell part of its 17.9% shareholding in ITV plc.

Members have voted overwhelmingly to accept ITV’s 2008-9 pay deal of 4.2% plus a number of improvements to terms and conditions.

STV has announced 45 people are facing redundancy with a further 15 at risk if Setanta Sport does not renew its contract with STV in May.

Meridian BECTU and NUJ members leafleted Fareham Shopping Centre today to highlight ITV’s threat to reduce regional news output.