BBC fined £28k after recording clip of High Court hearing and broadcasting it on local news

The BBC has been fined £28,000 for contempt of court after footage of an online High Court hearing was included in a broadcast. Six seconds of footage from a hearing in November last year were shown during two BBC South East Today news bulletins before the corporation was alerted to it by the court. The … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches Health Secretary Matt Hancock on a broadcasting blitzkrieg

Another day, another deluge of Matthew Hancock. Oh goody. Just what a weary nation needed on a dreary Monday. It was one of those mornings when you couldn’t get away from the Health Secretary. Sky News, LBC, Radio 4.  Everywhere you flicked, there was that self-satisfied voice, trotting out the usual government lines with customary … Read more

Amol Rajan tells Lord Hall about fears the BBC is becoming ‘broadcasting wing of the BLM movement’

BBC media editor Amol Rajan has questioned director general Lord Hall about fears among colleagues that the corporation is becoming ‘the broadcasting wing of the Black Lives Matter movement’. Outgoing director general Tony Hall appeared on The Media Show yesterday to discuss the crises and successes of his time in charge of the outlet, covering topics … Read more

TV historian David Olusoga says racism in broadcasting made him clinically depressed

TV historian David Olusoga said racism in broadcasting left him clinically depressed. The Civilisations presenter said it is ‘lonely’ as a black person in the television industry and he has often been left feeling ‘patronised and marginalised’ throughout his career.  Speaking in the wake of the global Black Lives Matter movement, the historian said the industry … Read more

TV reporter accidentally films her husband naked in the shower while broadcasting from her bathroom

TV reporter accidentally films her husband naked in the shower in clip about how to give yourself a DIY lockdown haircut A California news reporter accidentally showed off her naked husband in the shower during a live broadcast from her bathroom Melinda Meza is a correspondent for KCRA 3 in Sacramento and was filing a … Read more

ITV and BBC abandon plans to send broadcasting teams to Italy vs England in Six Nations

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more