All BBC articles – Page 663
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NewsTV election debates get the go-ahead
Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will go head-to-head in three TV debates that will be hosted by ITV, Sky and the BBC in turn.
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BBC Persian reveals signal jamming battle
The BBC World Service has revealed that an un-named organisation is unsuccessfully attempting to jam the signal for the BBC Persian TV channel.
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NewsBBC Trust set to greenlight Canvas
The BBC Trust is set to announce tomorrow that it has provisionally approved multi-broadcaster IPTV joint venture Project Canvas.
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BBC names Telegraph's David Bond as sports editor
Daily Telegraph journalist David Bond is to replace Mihir Bose as the BBC’s sports editor.
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NewsBBC's older female newsreaders revealed
The BBC is expected to name Zeinab Badawi and Fiona Armstrong as two of its new female news presenters over 50.
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NewsWatchdog to return in spring as live show
BBC1 stalwart Watchdog will return next spring as a revamped live show, following lower than hoped ratings for the recent autumn run.
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NewsC4 and Talk Talk join Project Canvas
Channel 4 and ISP Talk Talk have become partners on IPTV joint venture Project Canvas.
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NewsPatrick Stewart's Macbeth to follow David Tennant Hamlet on BBC
Patrick Stewart will reprise his role as Macbeth on the BBC next year, following the TV version of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet starring David Tennant, which airs this Christmas.
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NewsBBC2 backs second series of Miranda
BBC2 has ordered a second series of Miranda, the pre-watershed studio comedy show starring Miranda Hart.
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NewsBBC drama to explore social services fallout
The BBC is to air a 90-minute film about three brothers split up by social services, produced by Kindle Entertainment and directed by The Devil’s Whore director Marc Munden.
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NewsBBCW forms German JV with All3Media
BBC Worldwide is to partner with superindie All3Media to launch a new production company in Germany.
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NewsBBC to offer pitching tips
The BBC is to host pitching workshops for indies and will post journalism masterclasses by Robert Peston and John Humphrys online, as part of a wide-ranging initiative to share its training resources.
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NewsHuggers: NHS and Job Centre could use Canvas
BBC director of Future Media & Technology Erik Huggers has raised the prospect of public sector organisations like the NHS and the Job Centre creating apps for Project Canvas – and insisted there is space for Sky as well.
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NewsSarah Edwards bolsters BBC entertainment
The BBC has recruited Sarah Edwards, head of entertainment development at TalkbackThames, to bolster its in-house entertainment production team.
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NewsToday announces guest editor line up
Guest editors including former England football captain Tony Adams, influential artist David Hockney and crime writer PD James will take the helm of the Today programme over the festive period, the BBC announced.
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NewsRadio industry honours reluctant Wogan
Broadcasting legend Sir Terry Wogan was honoured by the UK radio industry today as he prepares to bow out from his Radio 2 Breakfast Show, and admitted: “I don’t really want to go”.
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NewsMurray to debunk German stereotypes for BBC4
BBC4 plans to combat negative stereotypes about German culture in a two-part factual series fronted by comedian Al Murray.
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NewsBBC ditches Siemens from £80m DMI scheme
The BBC’s £80m Digital Media Initiative is floundering so severely that the corporation has ditched technology partner Siemens.
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NewsPedigree Dogs was "on the money", producer claims
Pedigree Dogs Exposed producer Jemima Harrison has claimed today’s Ofcom ruling as a victory after it rejected Kennel Club allegations that the doc was unfairly edited.
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NewsBBC3 charts 9% year on year growth
BBC3 is on course to increase its share of 16-to 34-year-olds to 4.4% by the end of the year – in line with growth for all the BBC’s digital channels.