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Danny Cohen
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Danny Cohen’s Access buys into Tranter’s Bad Wolf
Access Entertainment has acquired a 24.9% stake in Bad Wolf, the Wales-based prodco that is…
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BBCWW, Cohen form funding initiative
BBC Worldwide, Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment and UK indie Lookout Point have created a premium…
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Cohen, BBCWW make down payments on House
Former Channel 4 drama chief Tessa Ross and ex-Working Title Television UK boss Juliette Howell…
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Moore, Bulford upped in major BBC restructure
Anne Bulford has become the BBC’s first female deputy director general, while channels chief at…
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Industry backs British remain vote
The TV industry is overwhelmingly backing Great Britain to remain in Europe, as the country’s…
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Ex-BBC boss resurfaces at new production fund
Former BBC director of television Danny Cohen has a new job – leading a new…
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BBC Studios exodus continues with unscripted exits
The lead BBC exec at motoring series Top Gear is the latest senior staffer to…
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Another controller leaves the BBC
The BBC’s Janice Hadlow has become the second high-ranking channels to leave the UK pubcaster…
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TV’s Big Questions: what direction should the BBC take?
The BBC, perhaps the world’s most revered pubcaster, is under financial, political and cultural pressure…
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Shillinglaw exits in BBC channels rejig
BBC Two and Four controller Kim Shillinglaw (pictured) is to leave the UK pubcaster, as…
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Lygo to replace Fincham at ITV
Kevin Lygo is to become UK broadcaster ITV’s director of televison after current incumbent Peter…
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Tyler replaces Linsey at BBC Entertainment
Alan Tyler has replaced Mark Linsey as acting controller of BBC Entertainment after the latter…
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BBC television chief to exit
BBC director of television Danny Cohen is leaving the BBC for a “new leadership challenge”….
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Confirmed: BBC to foot licence fee bill for over-75s
The UK government has ordered public broadcaster the BBC will foot a £600 million (US$929.4…
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BBC ‘not throwing away’ BBC Three, says Cohen
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has claimed that after years of building up BBC…
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Kavanagh named BBC Three online chief
Damian Kavanagh has named as head of the new-look, online-only BBC Three. Kavanagh, currently controller…
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BBC to adapt JK Rowling detective novel
UK pubcaster the BBC is to drum up a TV drama adaptation of detective novels…
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BBC to save £50m by ‘reinventing’ BBC Three
The BBC’s plan to “reinvent” youth-skewing network BBC Three as an online-only channel will generate…
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Canal+, ABC visit BBC’s Happy Valley
French pay TV platform Canal+ and Australian pubcaster ABC are among buyers of the BBC’s…
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Cohen terms comments ‘disappoint indie TV sector’
The body that represents UK indie prodcos has slammed comments from the BBC’s Danny Cohen…
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BBC boss: UK drama matches US fare
The director of television at UK pubcaster the BBC has claimed the notion that US…
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Sky Atlantic poaches BBC Three’s Zai Bennett
BBC Three controller Zai Bennett is leaving the UK pubcaster to become director of Sky…
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Cohen: budgets may threaten BBC Four future
The BBC’s director of television has warned arts and culture channel BBC Four could go…
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BBC names acting BBC Two, BBC Four controller
The BBC has named Adam Barker as acting controller, BBC Two and BBC Four. BBC…
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Janice Hadlow out as BBC Two controller
Janice Hadlow has stepped down as controller of UK channels BBC Two and BBC Four….
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Freeland grabs top BBC in-house production role
The BBC’s controller of comedy production Mark Freeland has been promoted to a new role…
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BBC hunts for controller for ‘fifth channel’ iPlayer
BBC director of television Danny Cohen is set to hire a controller of iPlayer, in…
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Discovery and BBC shut down joint programming effort
Factual channel Discovery and UK public broadcaster the BBC have called time on their programming…
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Mark Linsey confirmed in top BBC television role
The BBC’s entertainment commissioning chief Mark Linsey has been confirmed as its new deputy director…
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BBC Four controller role axed
The BBC’s director of television Danny Cohen has scrapped the BBC Four controller that Richard…
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