All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 46
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BBC World Service eyes launch of Urdu channel
The BBC World Service is eyeing indigenous-language channels in the Indian subcontinent, China and Latin America, following the launches of its publicly funded BBC Arabic and BBC Persian television services.
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BBC daytime orders Countryfile spin-off
BBC daytime has ordered a Countryfile spin-off and a quiz show fronted by Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark.
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UKTV drops relationship dramas in Watch rethink
UKTV is ditching flagship “relationship” dramas from Watch in a bid to reposition the channel just three months after its launch.
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Balancing act in an asymmetric war
With the BBC receiving over 1,000 complaints about its latest Gaza coverage, Chris Curtis and Katherine Rushton examine how news bulletins have handled this politicised conflict.
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Kennel Club changes breeding rules
The Kennel Club is overhauling the controversial breeding rules that prompted the BBC to drop its coverage of Crufts.
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Cohen edges BBC3 younger
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen is trying to skew the channel's “sweet spot” younger - but insisted he will not alienate its core viewers.
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Butcher talent show leads BBC3's spring slate
BBC3 plans to do for butchers what The X Factor does for singers, in a new series of awards shows about Britain's young tradespeople.
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BBC launches fresh expenses crackdown
The BBC is monitoring how long staff keep taxis waiting as part of a fresh crackdown on expenses.
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BBC in Ski Sunday U-turn
The BBC has ditched its revamp of Ski Sunday and is splitting off the show's new travelogue elements in a separate series called High Altitude.
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Iran blocks BBC Persian reporter bid
Iranian authorities have refused the BBC permission to base a Persian-speaking correspondent in Iran, despite the launch of the BBC Persian television channel later this month.
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Fresh woes for Entertainment Rights
Entertainment Rights is facing a fresh crisis because its main US DVD distributor, Genius Products, has failed to pay it the money it owes.
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RDF deal to complete next month
RDF Media Group will delist on 2 February following shareholder approval of the£52m management buy-out.
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BBC's Gaza complaints split down middle
The BBC has received more than 1,000 complaints about its coverage of the Gaza conflict - but they are evenly split between accusations of bias towards either the Israelis or the Palestinians.
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BBC1 clears schedule for Obama
BBC1 has cleared the teatime schedules for two hours on 20 January for live coverage of Barack Obama's inauguration as US president.
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Olivia to make US debut
Chorion and Brown Bag Films' pre-school series Olivia is poised to air on Nickelodeon US for the first time.
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BBC3 plans Being Human online prequels
BBC3 is to launch a series of online prequels to Being Human, telling the back-stories of the series' central characters - a vampire, ghost and werewolf.
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Gromit wins iPlayer battle
Wallace and Gromit beat the Timelord and Jeremy Clarkson to the iPlayer top spot over Christmas, during the catch-up service's best ever viewing period.
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Indies ‘starving' due to R4 commissioning changes
Independent radio producers have claimed the BBC is “starving” them out after Radio 4 unveiled plans for a major overhaul of its commissioning process.
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BT Vision to escape group cuts
BT Vision chief executive Dan Marks has vowed the telecoms giant will not scale back investment in the IPTV service despite its plans to axe 10,000 jobs and slash costs.
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BBC resolves discrimination dispute
A journalist who suffers from multiple sclerosis has left the BBC after more than 20 years after claiming she suffered discrimination.