All BBC articles – Page 592
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CommentDQF: let’s cut the crap
BBC report will not be the final word on changes at the broadcaster.
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NewsBBC1’s Case Histories to return
BBC1 drama Case Histories is to return next year in a new feature-length format.
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NewsBBC opens pay change discussions to staff
The BBC is hoping to avoid the chaos created during its pension reforms by opening up a series of staff sessions to discuss changes to pay.
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NewsBBC1 unwraps Lapland details
Sue Johnston and Stephen Graham are to star in a “heartwarming” new BBC1 comedy this Christmas.
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NewsBectu: BBC strikes before Christmas
The BBC will be hit by strikes this side of Christmas if the corporation does not reconsider its 2,000 job cuts, Bectu has claimed.
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NewsBBC cuts at-a-glance
Browse Broadcastnow’s full coverage of the BBC cuts, following the Delivering Quality First proposals.
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NewsDoctor to battle Guy Fawkes in online game
The BBC is launching a Doctor Who adventure game set in 1605, in which the Timelord will battle to stop Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot.
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NewsBBC TV and radio to lose 10% of staff
The BBC’s TV and radio divisions are set to lose roughly 10% of their staff under Delivering Quality First, corporation figures reveal.
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NewsBBC: Danny Baker show may air outside London
A campaign to save Danny Baker’s BBC London radio show from closure may have jumped the gun, according to BBC sources.
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NewsXbox inks deals with BBC, C4 and C5
The BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have signed distribution deals with Microsoft Xbox which will see their VoD services roll out via the gaming platform.
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NewsMore than half BBC2 schedule will be repeats
Repeats will account for more than half the BBC2 schedule under DQF proposals put forward today.
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NewsThompson: BBC cuts could dent audience figures
Cuts being made to the BBC could result in a reduction in audience figures, but viewers’ appreciation of its output will be maintained, Mark Thompson has said.
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NewsChildren's content could move to digital channels
All children’s content may be moved to CBBC and CBeebies once the digital switchover has been completed, the Delivering Quality First review has revealed.
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NewsBBC creates £145m digital pot, phases out red button
The BBC has created a dedicated annual fund of £145m to invest in new media and will drastically scale back its red button services as it battles to ensure it is not left behind digitally despite the wide-reaching DQF cuts.
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NewsBBC safeguards news output
Underlying investment in news output will increase under the DQF proposals as the BBC makes providing ‘the best journalism is the world’ its first editorial priority.
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NewsBBC1 to boost drama and comedy amid cuts
BBC1 has emerged relatively unscathed from dramatic cuts to the corporation’s services and will be a major beneficiary of higher than needed savings from across the corporation.
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NewsDQF: winners and losers
With the BBC outlining where it will find 20% savings, where will the cuts bite deepest? And which areas have escaped relatively unscathed?
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NewsUK nations to benefit from investment and HD
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will benefit from millions of pounds of commissions and new HD channels, as a result of the Delivering Quality First proposals.
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NewsBBC to simplify broadcast operations
The BBC has pledged to make £53m of technology-related savings by the end of 2017 as part of the wider cost-cutting measures announced today.
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NewsUnions: "DQF will destroy the BBC"
Unions have accused Mark Thompson of “destroying” the BBC and “diluting” its programmes through the DQF proposals.