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BBC launching online talkshow

The BBC is due to launch a weekly, iPlayer-focused talkshow on its online catch-up service next month, fronted by comedian Frank Skinner. The series, titled Frank Skinner On Demand With…, will feature a different celebrity guest each week who will discuss the programmes they are enjoying on the BBC iPlayer – “from hidden gems to guilty […]

BBC, Worldwide order Beckham football film

UK pubcaster the BBC and its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, have co-commissioned David Beckham: For the Love of the Game, a 90-minute film in which the eponymous star will embark on a global footballing journey. Beckham will play seven football games across seven continents for the film, which will be part of BBC One’s Christmas […]

David Puttnam to oversee new BBC inquiry

Filmmaker David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire) is to chair a new independent investigation into public service broadcasting in the UK. The probe comes amid debate over the future of UK pubcaster the BBC and several government-backed investigations into its role and remit. Puttnam, a Lord who sits on the Labour party benches, is known to […]

Tyler replaces Linsey at BBC Entertainment

Alan Tyler has replaced Mark Linsey as acting controller of BBC Entertainment after the latter became interim director of television. The move was triggered by Danny Cohen’s departure as the BBC’s television chief, with former BBC Entertainment boss Linsey stepping up to replace him while a full-time replacement is sought. Various internal and external names […]

Producers group criticises BBC over Studios plan

Pact has claimed the BBC has failed to provide sufficient detail on its proposed BBC Studios plan. The UK pubcaster wants to create a new commercial programming division that will make content for BBC channels as well as third parties. Pact, the trade body for the UK indie sector, has issued a formal response to […]

BBC television chief to exit

BBC director of television Danny Cohen is leaving the BBC for a “new leadership challenge”. He will leave the BBC at the end of November, with Mark Linsey, controller of entertainment commissioning, taking on his duties in the interim as a successor is sought. Cohen joined the UK’s public broadcaster in 2007 as controller of […]

Italian drama sells in Cannes

Several broadcasters bought Italian crime series The Young Montalbano in Cannes last week. The cop series is distributed by RAI Com, the programme sales arm of Italian pubcaster RAI. The BBC picked up the new season of the show for the UK, NHK took it for Japan and RAI Com said it was close to […]

BBC opposed to Worldwide sell-off

The BBC Trust has defended its right to remain a “universal public service broadcaster” and opposed the potential sale of its commercial arm BBC Worldwide or future ‘top-slicing’of the licence fee. In its formal response to the UK Government’s Green Paper consultation on the BBC’s Charter Review, the BBC’s governing body claimed that, at 92%, […]

Commercial b’casters call for BBC charter changes

The trade body that represents the UK’s commercial broadcasters has called for governance of the BBC to be handled by a new external and independent body. The Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA) said that the Trust that currently oversees the activities of UK pubcaster the BBC, should be scrapped in its current form and replaced by […]

BBC Worldwide outlines OTT plans

BBC Worldwide plans to reboot its foreign over-the-top ambitions once it has built out support for registered sign-ins, according to BBC director of audiences Nick North. Speaking at MIPCOM here in Cannes, North said that the BBC’s commercial arm was looking to “review” its OTT stance – after formally shutting down its Global iPlayer on-demand […]

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