The Athletic’s Editor-in-Chief for UK and Europe is joining the BBC to run its sports coverage.
Reporting to content boss Charlotte Moore, Alex Kay-Jelski will replace Barbara Slater in the all-encompassing role, setting the editorial and creative strategy and leading teams across commissioning, production, digital and journalism.
Kay-Jelski will also represent the BBC with external bodies and rights holders, and be responsible for rights acquisition deals across TV, audio and online.
Kay-Jelski has been Editor-in-Chief of the New York Times-owned subscription sports website’s UK and Europe arm since 2019, overseeing the site’s growth as it has grown internationally. He was previously sports editor for UK papers The Times and The Daily Mail.
Moore called him a “dynamic and creative editorial leader who has a clear vision about how to take BBC Sport into the future.”
“He joins us from the highly respected digital sports subscription service The Athletic,...
Reporting to content boss Charlotte Moore, Alex Kay-Jelski will replace Barbara Slater in the all-encompassing role, setting the editorial and creative strategy and leading teams across commissioning, production, digital and journalism.
Kay-Jelski will also represent the BBC with external bodies and rights holders, and be responsible for rights acquisition deals across TV, audio and online.
Kay-Jelski has been Editor-in-Chief of the New York Times-owned subscription sports website’s UK and Europe arm since 2019, overseeing the site’s growth as it has grown internationally. He was previously sports editor for UK papers The Times and The Daily Mail.
Moore called him a “dynamic and creative editorial leader who has a clear vision about how to take BBC Sport into the future.”
“He joins us from the highly respected digital sports subscription service The Athletic,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC’s Director of Sport is retiring after four decades with the corporation.
Barbara Slater will leave later this year after 14 years running the BBC’s sports coverage. Director General Tim Davie called her “a pioneer, innovator and outstanding leader.”
Amongst a number of achievements, Slater has frequently been credited with helping catapult the profile of women’s sport, especially football, culminating in gangbuster ratings for the recent Euros and World Cup finals, both of which England competed in.
She has also seen the likes of Fa Cup football and cricket brought back to the BBC, while overseeing thousands of hours of sports content per year across TV and radio.
She joined the BBC in 1983 as a trainee assistant producer in the Natural History Unit before working her way up the ladder, and was awarded an OBE for services to sports broadcasting in 2014.
“It was this week 40 years ago...
Barbara Slater will leave later this year after 14 years running the BBC’s sports coverage. Director General Tim Davie called her “a pioneer, innovator and outstanding leader.”
Amongst a number of achievements, Slater has frequently been credited with helping catapult the profile of women’s sport, especially football, culminating in gangbuster ratings for the recent Euros and World Cup finals, both of which England competed in.
She has also seen the likes of Fa Cup football and cricket brought back to the BBC, while overseeing thousands of hours of sports content per year across TV and radio.
She joined the BBC in 1983 as a trainee assistant producer in the Natural History Unit before working her way up the ladder, and was awarded an OBE for services to sports broadcasting in 2014.
“It was this week 40 years ago...
- 9/6/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Tennis Coverage
Coverage of the iconic Wimbledon tennis tournament has led to record-breaking numbers for U.K. broadcaster BBC. There were 54.3 million streams of the BBC’s coverage on streamer iPlayer and BBC Sport online during the two-week long competition – up from 53.8 million in 2022. On BBC One, there was a peak audience of 11.3 million to watch Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz beat Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in five sets in the men’s singles finals, the highest since the U.K.’s Andy Murray won in 2016. The match was also streamed live 4.1 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online, an increase of 58% from 2022.
During the women’s singles final, where Czech player Markéta Vondroušová triumphed over Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, there was a peak audience of 4.5 million on BBC One – an increase from 2022’s 3.1 million. The match was streamed 1.3 million times on BBC iPlayer, an 85% increase from 2022. Across the tournament,...
Coverage of the iconic Wimbledon tennis tournament has led to record-breaking numbers for U.K. broadcaster BBC. There were 54.3 million streams of the BBC’s coverage on streamer iPlayer and BBC Sport online during the two-week long competition – up from 53.8 million in 2022. On BBC One, there was a peak audience of 11.3 million to watch Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz beat Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in five sets in the men’s singles finals, the highest since the U.K.’s Andy Murray won in 2016. The match was also streamed live 4.1 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online, an increase of 58% from 2022.
During the women’s singles final, where Czech player Markéta Vondroušová triumphed over Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, there was a peak audience of 4.5 million on BBC One – an increase from 2022’s 3.1 million. The match was streamed 1.3 million times on BBC iPlayer, an 85% increase from 2022. Across the tournament,...
- 7/17/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The BBC failed to fully heed advice in 2020 that could have helped the broadcaster avoid a weekend of carnage over a single tweet from Gary Lineker, its highest-paid presenter.
A review of the BBC’s social media guidelines three years ago recommended that it specifically examine rules for freelance presenters such as Lineker, who hosts the popular Premier League highlights program Match of the Day.
The revelation is likely to raise further questions about BBC Director-General Tim Davie’s handling of the Lineker saga, given he admitted today that there are “grey areas” in its guidance for freelancers. Lineker earns £1.35M ($1.62M) a year from the BBC in addition to other work, including running WME-backed podcast producer Goalhanger.
Richard Sambrook, a former BBC News executive and emeritus professor of journalism at Cardiff University, was engaged in 2020 to help draw up new social media rules for BBC journalists.
Sources said...
A review of the BBC’s social media guidelines three years ago recommended that it specifically examine rules for freelance presenters such as Lineker, who hosts the popular Premier League highlights program Match of the Day.
The revelation is likely to raise further questions about BBC Director-General Tim Davie’s handling of the Lineker saga, given he admitted today that there are “grey areas” in its guidance for freelancers. Lineker earns £1.35M ($1.62M) a year from the BBC in addition to other work, including running WME-backed podcast producer Goalhanger.
Richard Sambrook, a former BBC News executive and emeritus professor of journalism at Cardiff University, was engaged in 2020 to help draw up new social media rules for BBC journalists.
Sources said...
- 3/13/2023
- by Jake Kanter and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC has reached a deal with Match of the Day host Gary Lineker following crisis talks, paving the way for Lineker to return to air.
The corporation will independently review the social media guidelines relating to presenters such as Lineker, and the former England footballer has agreed to return this weekend to the show he has been hosting for almost a quarter of a century. He will host coverage of the Fa Cup quarterfinal on Saturday, followed by Match of the Day, after a weekend of intense disruption.
“Everyone recognises this has been a difficult period for staff, contributors, presenters and, most importantly, our audiences. I apologise for this,” BBC director general Tim Davie said Monday. “The potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the BBC’s social media guidance that was introduced in 2020 is recognised. I want to get matters resolved and our sport content back on air.
The corporation will independently review the social media guidelines relating to presenters such as Lineker, and the former England footballer has agreed to return this weekend to the show he has been hosting for almost a quarter of a century. He will host coverage of the Fa Cup quarterfinal on Saturday, followed by Match of the Day, after a weekend of intense disruption.
“Everyone recognises this has been a difficult period for staff, contributors, presenters and, most importantly, our audiences. I apologise for this,” BBC director general Tim Davie said Monday. “The potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the BBC’s social media guidance that was introduced in 2020 is recognised. I want to get matters resolved and our sport content back on air.
- 3/13/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated: The BBC has apologized after its Premier League output went into freefall as mutinous presenters and pundits staged a protest over the suspension of Gary Lineker.
The British broadcaster took the unprecedented step of standing down Lineker on Friday afternoon over a politically-charged tweet, but the decision has backfired spectacularly with coverage falling off air.
The BBC said: “The BBC will only be able to bring limited sport programming this weekend and our schedules will be updated to reflect that. We are sorry for these changes which we recognise will be disappointing for BBC sport fans. We are working hard to resolve the situation and hope to do so soon.”
Barbara Slater, the BBC’s director of sport for nearly 14 years, apologized to staff in an email. “We understand how unsettling this is,” she said.
In a breathless few hours on Saturday, the BBC’s television and radio output...
The British broadcaster took the unprecedented step of standing down Lineker on Friday afternoon over a politically-charged tweet, but the decision has backfired spectacularly with coverage falling off air.
The BBC said: “The BBC will only be able to bring limited sport programming this weekend and our schedules will be updated to reflect that. We are sorry for these changes which we recognise will be disappointing for BBC sport fans. We are working hard to resolve the situation and hope to do so soon.”
Barbara Slater, the BBC’s director of sport for nearly 14 years, apologized to staff in an email. “We understand how unsettling this is,” she said.
In a breathless few hours on Saturday, the BBC’s television and radio output...
- 3/11/2023
- by Jake Kanter and Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
In a huge coup for Amazon Prime Video, the streamer has scored rights to the Champions League in the UK for the first time, shared with BT.
From the 2024/25 season, Amazon will show the big games on a Tuesday night through to the semi finals, amounting to around 20 games in total.
BT, which has held the rights since 2015 when it took over from ITV and Sky, will continue showing both the Champions League and the smaller European football competitions, the Europa League and Europa Conference League.
Amazon has been steadily increasing its footprint in the international sports rights market, showing U.S. Open Tennis and several weekends of Premier League football over the past few years.
The move was described as “truly momentous” by Alex Green, MD of Prime Video Sport Europe.
Indian Premier League Cricket Overtakes Match Value Of English Soccer As Viacom18 Emerges From Auction As Big Winner...
From the 2024/25 season, Amazon will show the big games on a Tuesday night through to the semi finals, amounting to around 20 games in total.
BT, which has held the rights since 2015 when it took over from ITV and Sky, will continue showing both the Champions League and the smaller European football competitions, the Europa League and Europa Conference League.
Amazon has been steadily increasing its footprint in the international sports rights market, showing U.S. Open Tennis and several weekends of Premier League football over the past few years.
The move was described as “truly momentous” by Alex Green, MD of Prime Video Sport Europe.
Indian Premier League Cricket Overtakes Match Value Of English Soccer As Viacom18 Emerges From Auction As Big Winner...
- 7/1/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadcasting technology show Ibc has canceled its December in-person event as the Covid-19 situation in The Netherland worsens. The event was due to take place at The Rai in Amsterdam Dec. 3-6.
“Ibc announces that the in-person IBC2021 event has been canceled. The move follows growing concerns about the Covid-19 situation in The Netherlands, which has deteriorated over the past week, and feedback from the Ibc exhibitor and visitor community,” the Ibc said in a statement.
“The Ibc Partnership Board made the decision today in order to prevent exhibitors and visitors from traveling to The Netherlands,” the statement added. “IBC2021 will now focus on bringing the content and technology community together via Ibc Digital.”
There were 22,956 new cases and 53 new deaths in The Netherlands on Tuesday and the government has classified the risk level as “Serious.” More than 84% of the population above the age of 18 are fully vaccinated. Protests have...
“Ibc announces that the in-person IBC2021 event has been canceled. The move follows growing concerns about the Covid-19 situation in The Netherlands, which has deteriorated over the past week, and feedback from the Ibc exhibitor and visitor community,” the Ibc said in a statement.
“The Ibc Partnership Board made the decision today in order to prevent exhibitors and visitors from traveling to The Netherlands,” the statement added. “IBC2021 will now focus on bringing the content and technology community together via Ibc Digital.”
There were 22,956 new cases and 53 new deaths in The Netherlands on Tuesday and the government has classified the risk level as “Serious.” More than 84% of the population above the age of 18 are fully vaccinated. Protests have...
- 11/23/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Lady Confesses
Written by Irwin Franklyn and Helen Martin
Directed by Sam Newfield
U.S.A., 1945
Vicki McGuire (Mary Beth Hughes) is resting at home one night, awaiting the return of her husband to be, Larry Craig (Hugh Beaumont), when who should appear at her door but Larry’s believed to be deceased former wife Norma (Barbara Slater). Stern in composure and unimpressed by Vicki, she storms off, warning the shell-shocked fiancée that no one else can have her husband. All the while Larry is hanging out at a club owned by Lucky Brandon (Edmund MacDonald), getting drunk silly. The evening grows ever more complicated when Norma’s body is later discovered in her apartment. The recently departed caused quite a stir during the few hours when she made her presence known, and now her demise is about to further stir the pot, especially with police captain Brown (Emmett Vogan...
Written by Irwin Franklyn and Helen Martin
Directed by Sam Newfield
U.S.A., 1945
Vicki McGuire (Mary Beth Hughes) is resting at home one night, awaiting the return of her husband to be, Larry Craig (Hugh Beaumont), when who should appear at her door but Larry’s believed to be deceased former wife Norma (Barbara Slater). Stern in composure and unimpressed by Vicki, she storms off, warning the shell-shocked fiancée that no one else can have her husband. All the while Larry is hanging out at a club owned by Lucky Brandon (Edmund MacDonald), getting drunk silly. The evening grows ever more complicated when Norma’s body is later discovered in her apartment. The recently departed caused quite a stir during the few hours when she made her presence known, and now her demise is about to further stir the pot, especially with police captain Brown (Emmett Vogan...
- 5/1/2015
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
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