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NewsPact calls on BBC to ‘open up’ about terms of trade plans
The BBC has come under pressure to open up about its plans to overhaul the terms of trade amid concern that some true indies could lose out as a result of any changes.
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NewsBBC boost for indie relations
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has demanded that the corporation’s commissioners abide by a fresh set of guiding principles as he bids to improve indie relations.
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NewsEmma Willis to join Twenty Twenty
The Great British Bake Off commissioner Emma Willis is to leave the BBC after nearly nine years to become creative director of Twenty Twenty Television.
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NewsBBC News condemns China over website clampdown
BBC news boss Peter Horrocks has condemned the Chinese authorities for “deliberate censorship” after they blocked access to the BBC News website earlier today.
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NewsBBC orders Shaun The Sheep Christmas special
The BBC has ordered a Christmas special episode of Shaun the Sheep from Aardman Animations.
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NewsBBC drama to cut back production team
BBC in-house drama is planning to cut seven executive producer and producer roles to remain “flexible, fleet-of-foot and on fire” in a changing marketplace.
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NewsEd Vaizey urges radio stations to engage young listeners
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has claimed that the decline in younger audiences for radio is “troubling” and urged the industry to engage with new listeners.
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NewsBBC spends £220,000 on iPhone training
The BBC has spent over £220,000 training its journalists how to capture and edit video via iPhones over the past three years.
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NewsBBCW & ZDF develop event gameshow
Mipcom: BBC Worldwide has teamed up with German public service broadcaster ZDF to develop an event gameshow in which 1,000 contestants compete in each episode.
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NewsDavid Attenborough questions BBC2 role
Sir David Attenborough has questioned the editorial policy of BBC2 and criticised the short runs of current factual series.
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NewsRadio 5 Live orders Buzzfeed-style show
The most-trending news stories from across the internet are to form the backbone of a Buzzfeed-inspired BBC Radio 5 Live programme set to launch next month.
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NewsPolitical parties scrutinise debate plans
The broadcaster proposals for leaders’ debates in the run-up to the general election have received a sceptical response from the main political parties.
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NewsNigel Farage invited to participate in 2015 leaders’ debate
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have invited Ukip leader Nigel Farage to take part in a leaders’ debate ahead of next year’s general election.
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NewsAndy Wilman defends Top Gear
Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman has denied claims that his team intentionally used a license plate which referenced the Falklands War during the filming of the Argentina Christmas special.
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NewsBBC ups safety measures after attacks on reporters
The BBC has intensified its risk assessment processes for international correspondents following threats to journalists covering conflicts in Ukraine, Syria and Iraq.
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NewsBBC slammed for casting white actor in London Spy
Actor and diversity champion Danny Lee Wynter has criticised the BBC for casting a white actor in a role originally advertised for a “non-Caucasian” on an upcoming BBC2 drama.
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NewsRona Fairhead begins work at BBC Trust
Rona Fairhead has formally begun work as the chairman of the BBC Trust, pledging to ensure that the corporation meets the “changing needs of its audiences”.
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NewsBBC3 vows to keep Fresh strand if it moves online
BBC3 has pledged to safeguard its fledgling film-maker documentaries scheme Fresh if the channel moves online next year.
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NewsFuture BBC kids’ boss must fight for funding
Joe Godwin’s successor as director of BBC Children’s must “stand up and shout” for the division during next year’s charter renewal negotiations, according to kids’ TV producers.
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NewsBBC1 orders final series of Wallander
BBC1 has green-lit the fourth and final series of the multi-Bafta winning crime drama Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh.