Latest BBC News – Page 287
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NewsNAO prepares two BBC reviews
The National Audit Office (NAO) is to test whether the BBC offers value for money in two separate reviews before the end of the current charter.
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NewsMatt LeBlanc unveiled as Top Gear host
Matt LeBlanc will join Chris Evans as a co-host on the upcoming reboot of Top Gear.
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NewsBBC Olympics deal analysed
The BBC and Discovery are eyeing future sports partnerships after striking an Olympics rights deal this week that was hugely important for both parties.
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NewsMoyles gets Radio X off to a strong start
Chris Moyles helped fledgling station Radio X grow its breakfast audience by almost a quarter compared with its predecessor XFM.
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NewsDCMS reverses decision to cut S4C budget
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has reinstated £400,000 it planned to cut from S4C’s budget - freezing the broadcaster’s funding until after a comprehensive review.
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NewsLord Burns bemoans ‘erratic’ BBC charter renewal
Former Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns has criticised the government’s handling of BBC charter renewal, branding it an “erratic process”.
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NewsBBC1 orders Rillington Place drama
Endomol Shine Group’s fledgling label Bandit Television is to co-produce a dramatisation of the notorious Rillington Place murders for BBC1.
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NewsThe Garden tackles wealth and parenthood for BBC1
Parenthood and wealth are among the topics to be investigated by Anne Robinson in a factual series being developed by The Garden Productions for BBC1.
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NewsBBC to hold on to Olympics until 2024
The BBC will hold onto rights to the Olympics until 2024 after it struck a landmark licensing deal with Discovery Communications.
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NewsBBC criticised over Kids Company scandal
A report examining the collapse of children’s charity Kids Company has said that the BBC’s handling of Alan Yentob’s role in the scandal reflected poorly on its leadership.
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NewsStephen Fry to revisit BBC1 depression doc
Stephen Fry will revisit his 2006 documentary The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive for a BBC1 mental health season.
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NewsBBC lands online cricket highlights
The BBC is to share the online rights to all major International Cricket Council (ICC) events for the next four years with ESPN.
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NewsComic Relief chief exec steps down
Kevin Cahill is to step down after 19 years as chief executive of Comic Relief later this year.
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NewsGareth Malone heads to Invictus Games for BBC1
Choirmaster Gareth Malone will pull together an ensemble of members and veterans of the Armed Forces ahead of Orlando’s The Invictus Games for his latest musical endeavour for BBC1.
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NewsTributes flood in for Sir Terry Wogan
Tributes have been paid to Sir Terry Wogan, with Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan calling him “one of the greatest radio hosts this country has ever heard,” and ITV director of television Kevin Lygo praising his sense of family.
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NewsDCMS eyes radical plans to devolve BBC commissioning power
The government is exploring proposals to hand BBC funding and commissioning power to other organisations to boost public service genres such as arts and children’s.
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NewsRoughcut lands BBC NI chatshow
Patrick Kielty is to dig into the internet histories of celebrity guests in a chatshow format for BBC1 Northern Ireland.
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NewsMOTD chief to join Whisper Films
Channel 4-backed indie, Whisper Films, has hired the BBC’s Match of the Day chief as its head of television.
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NewsBBC inks £100m network deal with BT
The BBC has awarded a £100m, seven-year contract to BT to provide its broadcast network.
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NewsBBC3 reaches out for support
BBC3 will be far from the finished product when it launches online next month and controller Damian Kavanagh has called on the industry to rally around the channel to make it a success.