All articles by Katherine Rushton – Page 74
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NewsTinopolis: BBC has ‘moral duty' to Jam fallout firms
Tinopolis has called on the BBC to honour its “moral debt” to suppliers damaged by the collapse of BBC Jam as the corporation weighs up a replacement for the online education service.
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Minority sports coverage facing axe after BBC cuts
Sporting body UK Sport has spoken of its fear for minority sports after budget cuts at the BBC.
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NewsStoryville makes BBC2 comeback
BBC2 will examine the bloody world of brain surgery in one of seven Storyville documentaries lined up on the channel over the next six months.
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NewsBBC sells Aussie soap to the Aussies
In a classic case of carrying coals to Newscastle, the BBC has sold its own Australian soap back to Aussie broadcaster Network Ten.
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NewsMentorn reduces losses
Mentorn has narrowed its losses and is “on schedule” to pull into profit at the end of this year, Ron Jones, chief executive of parent company Tinopolis, has confirmed.
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NewsBBC Gaelic service moves closer
The BBC Trust has given the BBC the green light for a new Gaelic Digital Service (GDS), but has halved the cost to the licence fee payer by blocking a Freeview launch.
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NewsBBC Worldwide mines pop archive
BBC Worldwide has bolstered its Audio & Music team as part of a five-year strategy to make more money from the BBC's pop archive.
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NewsEnd in sight for Neighbours on BBC1
The BBC will air its last episode of Neighbours on 8 February, going right up to the wire before the soap transfers to Five.
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CommentBlog: Facebook for kids
Broadcast chief reporter Katherine Rushton reacts to the Daily Mail's dismissive remarks about the BBC setting up a 'Facebook for kids'.
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NewsBBC owns up to more deception
The BBC has admitted to faking two more phone-ins, this time on radio shows hosted by Jo Whiley and Russell Brand.
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NewsBBC to air the Super Bowl live
The BBC is to broadcast the Super Bowl live for the first time this year, with a late Sunday night showing on BBC2.
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NewsComplaints over Eastenders knife attack
More than 200 people have complained after EastEnders showed a violent knife attack on a 13-year-old boy before the 9pm watershed.
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NewsBBC strikes averted
The BBC has averted the prospect of imminent strikes after overnight talks with unions.
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NewsBBC sets 2016 date to correct London bias...
The BBC will source half of its programmes from outside London by 2016, in a renewed drive to redress its bias towards the capital.
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NewsBBC3 selects key viewers to inform multiplatform future
BBC3 used selected viewers to help develop its programme strategy in a new scheme which the corporation may roll out to other channels.
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NewsBBC to launch safe ‘kids Facebook' site
The BBC is launching a “Facebook for kids” - a safe social networking site that aims to push its public service credentials on the web harder than ever.
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NewsLiving swoops on hit US vampire thriller
Living has added another supernatural thriller to its roster by acquiring the UK rights to US vampire drama Moonlight.
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FeaturesTaking a slice of the action
The licence fee is under threat and top-slicing is back on the government's agenda. Katherine Rushton looks at what this might mean for the BBC - and what the alternatives are.
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NewsBBC makes major regional pledge
The BBC is planning to make half of all programming outside of London and base half of its programming staff outside the capital by 2016, director general Mark Thompson has revealed.
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NewsCohen demands multiplatform pitches for BBC3
Every programme pitch to BBC3 must from now on be embedded in a wider, multimedia proposition, in line with ambitions by the channel to close the gap between television and the internet.