New BBC Chief Tim Davie Pledges to ‘Keep Reforming’ Broadcaster With ‘Urgency’

Naman Ramachandran Tim Davie, who recently took charge as director general of U.K. broadcaster BBC, has said that he is trying to create a differentiated service to retain customers.Speaking at a session that kicked off the Royal Television Society Digital Convention on Thursday, Davie referred to the “incredible competition” in the market and said, “You just cannot take an audience for granted anymore.

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The BBC on Tuesday touted further improvements in its gender pay gap alongside efforts to "prioritize" diversity, but highlighted the "exceptional challenges" of the novel coronavirus pandemic and need to cut costs and "keep reforming at an urgent pace." Publishing its annual report for fiscal year 2019-2020 on Tuesday, the U.K. public broadcastersaid that during the April 2019-March 2020 period, "over 90 percent of the U.K.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe BBC published its annual financials today, revealing its top earning presenters and executives.Sports personality Gary Lineker leads the way again but has agreed to take a £400,000 ($514,000) pay cut as part of signing a new five-year deal with the broadcaster, also announced today.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster BBC has garnered criticism for the millions paid in salaries to high profile on-air talent such as ex-soccer player and current sport pundit Gary Lineker.Lineker, who hosts popular soccer program “Match of the Day,” and fronts the BBC’s FA Cup and “Sports Personality of the Year” coverage, earned £1.75 million ($2.25 million) during the 2019/2020 financial year, according to the BBC annual report, which was released Tuesday.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster BBC’s new chief content officer Charlotte Moore will be stepping away from commissioning and her role as controller of flagship channel BBC One “in order to focus on the strategy and shape of the new BBC Content division,” the BBC has confirmed to Variety.Beginning Sept.

Katie Holmes now has both.The Logan Lucky actress was recently photographed in New York City kissing her new celebrity chef boyfriend Emilio Vitolo on two separate occasions — once in front of Manhattan’s Peasant Restaurant and again in from of Emilio’s Ballato in SoHo, which is owned by Ballato Jr.’s father, Emilio Vitolo Sr. According to an interview Ballot Jr. did with InStyle, the whole family has been working there since the ‘90s.“It’s a seven-day-a-week commitment,” Vitolo Jr.

© Getty Gordon Ramsay has been pulled up by Ofcom for his swearing in the past According to the BBC, the show will put contestants through their paces and test their poise, knowledge and nerve in the hopes of building a fortune.It is also possible for contestants to see their fortune come crashing down in seconds within the high-pressure game.Speaking about the upcoming gig, Gordon shared his excitement at landing the coveted spot as game show host.Love celebrity gossip? Sign up for the

Perth with a shared interest in mental and physical good health are gearing up to bring the city a new wellness cafe.Andy and Jess Douglas of Scotland All-Strong gym, Linda Fisken, founder of mental health support group Linda’s Ladies, and Katie Edgar of Perth social enterprise Well Minds Listening, are preparing a lottery grant application to start up ‘The Well of Perth’ cafe in the city.The group want to open from one of the vacant building’s in the middle of Perth High Street.Perth pub

Katie Holmes is rumored to be dating New York City-based chef Emilio Vitolo. The two were spotted having dinner together and engaging in a bit of tableside PDA in new photos published over the weekend.Vitolo is an Italian-Peruvian chef who helms his family's star-studded SoHo restaurant, Emilio's Ballato.Katie Holmes might be getting close to someone new.

Katie Holmes might be in the midst of a burgeoning new romance. She is reportedly dating restaurateur Emilio Vitolo Jr."The Kennedys" star Katie Holmes was recently pictured with a 33-year-old chef.

Manchester has long been the backdrop of TV productions - and this latest BBC series is no different.Life, a spin-off of popular drama series Doctor Foster, has been shot in and around the city - see if you can spot locations yourself now the trailer has been released.The six-part drama follows the intertwining stories of residents who live in a large house divided into four flats, exploring birth, death, love, loss and everything in between.As each of the four stories unfold, they tell a larger

Katie Holmes was all smiles when she was spotted out to dinner with chef Emilio Vitolo just one year after her split from Jamie Foxx.Photos obtained by TMZ show the Dawson’s Creek alum, 41, grinning and laughing as she drank wine with Vitolo, 33, at Mediterranean restaurant Antique Garage in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan on Tuesday, September 1.The twosome dressed casually for the outing with Holmes wearing a tank top and jeans and the restaurant owner donning a white T-shirt and jeans.

Peter White Television EditorTim Davie has laid out his priorities for the BBC in his first speech after taking over as Director General.In the speech, Davie, who was formerly boss of commercial division BBC Studios, reveals that it is cutting 900 jobs in news and across the nations and regions as it looks to “further reduce duplication, layers and overheads”.He says the BBC is still “relevant” in millions of people’s lives across the UK but that as it looks to the future, “there is no room for