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BBC plays down BBC Four closure threat
The BBC’s director of strategy has said the corporation does not have plans to close…
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‘Open BBC for the internet age’, pledges DG
BBC director general Tony Hall (pictured) has outlined plans for an “open BBC for the…
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BBC plans standalone children’s iPlayer
Britain’s pubcaster, the BBC, is to launch a standalone children’s version of popular on-demand service…
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Whittingdale: BBC future debate justified
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: UK Conservative government minister John Whittingdale has admitted “most people” see…
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BBC Studios hooks Salmon
Veteran British executive Peter Salmon has been named director of the BBC’s forthcoming commercial production…
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Profit down at BBC Worldwide post-AMC deal
Profit and revenue have declined at BBC Worldwide in the wake of the sale of…
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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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BBC to cut 1,000 jobs
The BBC will cut more than 1,000 jobs as the UK pubcaster aims to reduce…
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BBC says licence fee has ’10 years left’
The BBC licence fee model has got “10 years life in it”, according to director…
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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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BBC claims 308m weekly global reach
The BBC has a combined weekly global audience of 308 million people across its news…
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Tony Hall reveals BBC Studios
BBC director general Tony Hall has revealed the name and further details of the UK…
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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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AMC buying into BBC America in US$200m deal
AMC Networks is buying a 49.9% stake in BBC America for US$200 million. The US…
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BBC Worldwide posts revenue drop as UK, US decline
BBC Worldwide’s overall revenue was down in 2013/2014, although headline profit inched up. The commercial…
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Cohen terms comments ‘disappoint indie TV sector’
The body that represents UK indie prodcos has slammed comments from the BBC’s Danny Cohen…
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Indies welcome BBC quota move
The industry group representing UK indie producers has welcomed the BBC’s move to scrap programming…
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BBC quotas to be scrapped after TV mega-mergers
The BBC will scrap the mechanism by which it divides up in-house and independent production…
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BBC Trust chairman Patten steps down due to health
The chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of UK pubcaster the BBC, has…
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Cohen: budgets may threaten BBC Four future
The BBC’s director of television has warned arts and culture channel BBC Four could go…
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BBC launching five new HD channels this week
The BBC is to launch five new free-to-air HD channels tomorrow, adding high definition simulcasts…
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BBC lines up Twenty Twelve successor
The UK’s BBC has commissioned W1A, a spiritual successor to its London Olympic Games satire…
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Tony Hall: BBC is value for money
BBC director general Tony Hall has argued that though the corporation has made mistakes in…
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BBC appoints strategy chief
UK public broadcaster the BBC has appointed Gautam Rangarajan director of strategy. Having been a…
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Four-year WWI season is BBC’s ‘biggest ever undertaking’
UK pubcaster the BBC will launch 130 programmes comprising 2,500 hours between 2014 and 2018…
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BBC adds time-shifted flagship net
The BBC has unveiled a new time-shifted +1 channel for its flagship BBC One network….
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BBC ‘must learn lessons but is world’s greatest broadcaster’
The BBC pledged today to learn the lessons from what BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten…
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Moore appointed BBC1 controller
The BBC has appointed Charlotte Moore as its new permanent controller of flagship channel BBC1,…
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Euro pubcaster chiefs demand ERT is restored
Fifty European pubcaster bosses have demanded the Greek government reverses its decision to shutter national…