All BBC articles – Page 669
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NewsiPlayer gender split levels off
New figures from the BBC have revealed that more women are using iPlayer than ever before and has identified the day on which the catch-up service is most used.
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NewsBBC pulls Ashcroft Panorama programme
The BBC pulled an edition of its Panorama programme about the financial affairs of controversial Tory backer Lord Ashcroft just hours before it was broadcast.
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NewsEastEnders steals the show at awards
EastEnders was streets ahead as the big winner at the Inside Soap awards - scooping six awards..
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NewsRumoured demise of Night Garden premature
BBC chiefs have confirmed that a new series of popular children’s TV show In The Night Garden will be made, ending reports that it was coming to an end.
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NewsEastEnders escapes rap over birth footage
Ofcom has cleared BBC1 of infringing the privacy of a woman and her son, after the channel aired footage of her giving birth.
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NewsBBC4 devoting £1.5m to new events coverage
The BBC is allocating £1.5m for its arts and culture channel BBC4 towards coverage of three cultural events for 2012/3.
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NewsBBC unveils £5m 'learning' fund
The BBC is to plough up to £5m into a range of initiatives that will provide children and adults with learning opportunities around flagship dramas and factual series.
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NewsC5's Donna Taberer returns to BBC
Channel 5’s former commissioning editor of entertainment and features Donna Taberer is to join the BBC Academy.
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NewsBBC calls time on In the Night Garden
The BBC has confirmed it will not be commissioning another series of the popular children’s show In the Night Garden.
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NewsStake in BBC Magazines to be sold
The sale of a majority stake in BBC Magazines has been agreed in principle by the BBC Trust, it has emerged.
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NewsTony Blackburn to join Radio 2
Veteran DJ Tony Blackburn is to return to BBC chart countdowns - nearly three decades after leaving Radio 1’s chart show.
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NewsBBC World Service axes content
The BBC World Service is axing regular drama shows and music and sports coverage in response to “an increasingly difficult financial climate”, a spokesman for the corporation said.
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NewsLeaked list points to Ofcom merger
Ofcom looks set to be merged after appearing on a leaked “bonfire of the quangos” list, which also suggests the future of the BBC World Service is being considered.
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NewsAll3 boss hits out at TV licence fee freeze
All3Media chief executive Steve Morrison has warned that “playing” with the BBC licence fee would be tantamount to “pulling a pin out of a grenade” in the UK production sector.
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NewsBBC Vision acts to cut red tape
Jana Bennett has tasked BBC Vision with reducing compliance red tape after taking on board concerns from producers.
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NewsBird wins commissions for BBC North ent team
BBC Entertainment North’s new creative director, Dominic Bird, has staffed up his team and won two BBC3 commissions that build on existing brands.
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NewsBBC loses exclusive US Masters coverage
The BBC will no longer have exclusive coverage of the US Masters golf tournament from 2011, ending a 24-year run as the event’s only broadcaster.
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NewsBBC defends coverage of Papal visit
The BBC has defended its coverage of last week’s state visit of Pope Benedict XVI after hundreds of complaints from viewers.
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NewsBBC plans live night for the Queen
The BBC is to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation - and the last year the corporation broadcasts from Television Centre – with a night of all-live programming.
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NewsWatchdog to look at BBC finances
Auditors from the National Audit Office are to be given greater freedom to inspect the BBC’s finances, under the terms of a deal to be announced today (22 Sep).