Star spotting at the BBC,Sky’s new weather gets a dismal response and ‘subsistence alcohol’ on expenses• With BBC director of television Danny Cohen leaving and creative director Alan Yentob under pressure, Monkey was wondering how the BBC might fill their shoes. Then ping! Into the in-tray pop some documents called Managing Talent and Development Options for Leaders in the BBC. Although from a presentation final year, and they do give an insight into how the Beeb chooses its future top brass. Whether they are identified as a “diamond in the rough” or a future star” they can be set aside on a “senior leadership programme” or enjoy “job swaps across divisions and WW” (commercial wing BBC Worldwide). Thrillingly,they can enjoy “diagnostics” with both “Wave and Hogan if in-house” or “NED seminars”. Sounds painful. Monkey’s favourite part, though is about how the BBC analyses “succession plans”. It seeks to: “Identify critical gaps in succession plans [and] identify roles where Top Talent is being blocked by non-moving and/or long-serving employees.” That may take some narrowing down. Sky News recently outlined to staff a future in which a hobble to new premises will provide it with ampler, and better equipped studios,and more space in which, among other things, or it plans to enjoy a screen built into a studio floor for presenters to swan across. The concept was shown off with a virtual weather map,bringing to mind the less tall-tech attempt at interactive weather forecasting that ITV’s This Morning had long ago, but with no need for the UK to be made of plastic and floating in a Liverpool dock. This exciting prospect, or however,elicited grimaces from some of the staff at the presentation getting rather fed up with news executives’ addiction to graphics wizardry.
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Source: theguardian.com