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NewsTrust: BBC is back on its feet
The BBC has “got back on its feet” by cutting costs and reducing senior management headcount after a tumultuous 2012/13 period, according to the BBC Trust.
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NewsBBC pay strike cancelled
A planned strike for BBC workers on the opening day of the Commonwealth Games in July has been cancelled following a successful union negotiations with management today.
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NewsBBC 'must do more for young and diverse audiences'
The BBC’s main television channels are losing touch with young and diverse audiences and must do more to stand out from the crowd, according to a BBC Trust report.
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NewsBBC News to cut 415 jobs
BBC News is to cut 415 full-time roles as part of a wide-ranging restructure designed to save £48m per year.
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NewsBBC culls in-house Panorama team
The BBC has culled its entire in-house Panorama reporting team as part of wide-ranging job cuts across its news division.
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NewsTrust: BBC3 lags behind online rivals
The BBC Trust has laid bare the challenge the corporation faces in transforming BBC3 into a digital proposition, arguing the channel is “yet to establish itself as an online destination”.
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NewsBBC3 brings back C4’s Fulfords for doc series
Aristocratic family the Fulfords are to allow television cameras back into their lives 10 years after Channel 4’s Bafta-nominated Cutting Edge doc The F***ing Fulfords.
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NewsBBC launches file delivery push
The BBC has kick-started its efforts to build an entirely file-based delivery and archive system just over a year after scrapping the Digital Media Initiative (DMI).
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NewsBBC in battle to avoid strike during Games
The BBC will sit down with the joint broadcasting unions this week as it bids to ward off strike action during the opening day of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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NewsBBC to meet C4 to discuss technology proposals
The BBC is ready to discuss sharing with Channel 4 its resources and expertise around developing video-on-demand technology in the UK.
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NewsBBC Productions eyes ‘creative headroom’
BBC Productions’ factual and daytime division hopes to revel in the “new creative headroom” afforded by the proposed quota overhaul, while remaining true to its traditional public service values.
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NewsBBC in-house fallout continues
Further details of the BBC’s radical production shake-up emerged this week, as some in-house producers voiced fears for their future in a commercial environment.
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NewsBectu seeks meeting with DG over BBC plans
Bectu has demanded a meeting with BBC director general Tony Hall after raising concerns over the corporation’s plans to radically transform in-house production.
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NewsThe Garden lands access double
High-street bank NatWest and airline Virgin Atlantic are the latest companies to open their doors for access documentaries made by The Garden Productions.
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NewsBBC to quadruple disabled talent levels
The BBC is to appoint a disability executive and aims to quadruple the level of disabled talent appearing on-screen over the next three years.
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NewsBBC Store hunts boss ahead of Simon Danker exit
BBC Worldwide is hunting for a general manager of BBC Store ahead of the departure of Simon Danker this autumn.
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NewsUnion strikes to disrupt BBC Commonweath Games coverage
The BBC’s coverage of the opening day of the 2014 Commonwealth Games faces disruption as unions agreed to strike after rejecting a revised pay offer from the corporation.
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NewsDanny Cohen signals major terms of trade shakeup
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has argued that super-indies should not receive the same terms of trade as smaller producers.
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NewsBBC rejects subscription model
BBC policy director James Heath has argued replacing the licence fee with a subscription model would create “many more losers than winners”.
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NewsBBC culture committee hearing
Click to catch-up with the live blog from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s (CMSC) inquiry into the future of the BBC - which heard evidence from four of the corporation’s most senior executives.