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Former BFBS chief executive Simon Bucks has been appointed to Ofcom’s Content Board on a three-year term. The Board holds advisory responsibility for a wide range of content issues, including the regulation of television, radio and video-on-demand quality and standards. It is made up of experts from a range of commercial, media, telecoms and broadcasting…

BFBS has appointed Ben Chapman as its new CEO, replacing Simon Bucks.

The BBC is renowned for its sober and staid news executives. Most are invariably educated...

news Rashford interview nets BBC TV journalism award The BBC has won scoop of the year at the Royal Television Society journalism awards for its interview with footballer Marcus Rashford about his experience of growing up in poverty. Rashford spoke to BBC Breakfast in June as he urged the government to extend the provision of free school meals. The awards judges said it was the exclusive "everyone wanted". Elsewhere, the BBCs Clive Myrie won television journalist of the year while Andrew Marr ...

BBC News Published media captionMan Uniteds Marcus Rashford spoke about his tough upbringing in bid to end food poverty The BBC has won scoop of the year at the Royal Television Society journalism awards for its interview with footballer Marcus Rashford about his experience of growing up in poverty. Rashford spoke to BBC Breakfast in June as he urged the government to extend the provision of free school meals. The awards judges said it was the exclusive "everyone wanted". Elsewhere, the BBCs C...

BBC News Published David McIlveen won Camera Operator of the Year at the RTS Journalism Awards on Wednesday. Judges said he had "demonstrated a mastery of composition and lighting" in his work for BBC News at Ten. He is a senior camera journalist based in Belfast where he works with the BBCs Ireland Bureau. He tweeted that he was "absolutely delighted and amazed" with the award. Absolutely delighted and amazed to win @RTS_media camera op of the year. It’s such a huge honour - it wouldn’t ha...

Clive Myrie BOLTON broadcaster Clive Myrie has been nominated for two prestigious awards for his TV work throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The former Hayward Grammar School student, who went on to attend Bolton Sixth Form College, has been nominated in both the ‘Television Journalist of the Year’ and ‘Network Presenter of the Year’ at the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2021. Chair of the Awards, Simon Bucks, said: “The Covid-19 pandemic has been the first truly global news ...