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Clementi confirmed as BBC chairman

David Clementi has been confirmed as the next chairman of British public broadcaster the BBC….

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BBC commits to S4C funding

UK pubcaster the BBC has agreed to fix its level of funding of Welsh counterpart…

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MPs call on BBC to publish top stars’ salaries

The BBC should publish salary details of any employee that is paid more than the…

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Clementi report: watchdog ‘should regulate BBC’

The current system of governance of the BBC is “flawed” and the public broadcaster should…

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Gov’t committee: BBC Trust ‘should be abolished’

The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has “lost confidence and credibility and should be…

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BBC Trust: write funding process into Charter

The BBC’s governing body has called for a “proper process” for setting the BBC’s funding…

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BBC Trust reports consultation findings

The BBC’s plans for its future are “mostly welcomed” by the public, though questions remain…

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Commercial b’casters call for BBC reforms

The Commercial Broadcasters Association has called for new rules to force the BBC to make…

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BBC Three closure approved

The BBC Trust has approved plans to close down BBC Three as a broadcast channel…

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BBC Trust chair defends pubcaster role

BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has mounted a strong case aimed at promoting the BBC’s…

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BBC opposed to Worldwide sell-off

The BBC Trust has defended its right to remain a “universal public service broadcaster” and…

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BBC Three goes online-only in March 2016

The BBC plans to turn youth network BBC Three into an online-only service from March…

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Trust calls for greater protection for BBC

The BBC Trust has called for greater protection for the public broadcaster from politics, changes…

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Industry reacts to BBC review

Industry groups, analysts, media specialists and advocacy groups have been quick to react to yesterday’s…

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BBC Trust hits out over licence fee deal

The head of the BBC Trust has hit out over the way the recent licence…

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BBC weighs original family films in BBC3 hours

The BBC is considering making original family films to fill extra hours that could be…

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Confirmed: BBC to foot licence fee bill for over-75s

The UK government has ordered public broadcaster the BBC will foot a £600 million (US$929.4…

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Pact: indies will suffer from BBC Three move

Pact has slammed the BBC Trust’s provisional decision approving the move of the BBC Three…

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Trust agrees to BBC Three closure

Youth channel BBC Three will go online only after the body that oversees the UK…

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BBC Trust: BBC quota system ‘not sustainable’

The BBC’s governing body has ruled that the UK pubcaster’s current production quota system is…

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Industry unites behind BBC Three

Actors, writers, producers, managers and agents have united to call on the UK pubcaster the…

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Scripps to ‘meet BBC Trust chair over UKTV’

Scripps Networks Interactive will meet directly with the chair of the BBC Trust in an…

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Public petition to save BBC Three

A petition signed by more than 270,000 people opposing plans to take youth-skewing network BBC…

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BBC Trust seeks views on production plans

The BBC Trust has launched an industry consultation on proposals to scrap current production quotas…

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BBC Three controller: channel not for sale

BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh (pictured) has stressed that the network is “not for sale”,…

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BBC Trust to launch BBC Three consultation

The BBC Trust is due to launch a public consultation next month about plans to…

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BBC extends iPlayer window to 30 days

The BBC has extended the catch-up window for its on-demand iPlayer service from seven to…

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Lord Coe won’t run in BBC Trust race

Former athlete, Conservative politician and London Olympics chief Sebastian Coe has taken himself out of…

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Sebastian Coe frontrunner for vacant BBC Trust chairman role

Sebastian Coe is being strongly tipped to become the next chairman of the BBC Trust,…

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BBC and partners to commit £100 million to YouView

YouView’s shareholders, including the BBC, are set to sign a new agreement to secure the…

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