Latest BBC News – Page 375
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NewsBBC2 plans extension for Remarkable property brand
BBC2 plans to build on property brand The House That £100k Built by ordering a second series and a spin-off show.
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NewsAlan Davies lands Winter Olympics comedy show
Alan Davies is to front a Last Leg-style BBC2 comedy entertainment show about the Winter Olympics.
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NewsiPlayer enjoys record breaking year
BBC iPlayer enjoyed a record breaking year in 2013 as favourites such as Top Gear and its online-first strategy drove 3bn views.
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NewsBBC distribution boss to join Vodafone
Alix Pryde, the BBC executive who helped lead the successful digital switchover project, is leaving the corporation to join Vodafone.
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NewsSacked BBC DMI boss takes legal action
John Linwood, the BBC technology boss sacked in the aftermath of the Digital Media Initiative (DMI) scandal, is taking legal action against the corporation.
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NewsBBC governance under fire over DMI
The BBC’s governance arrangements have come under fire in a National Audit Office (NAO) report on the failed £100m Digital Media Initiative (DMI).
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NewsBBC Scotland launches craft trainee scheme
BBC Scotland is to launch a craft trainee scheme in partnership with Creative Skillset.
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NewsBBC Brit unveiled by Worldwide
Male-skewing factual entertainment programmes including Top Gear are to feature on a new BBC Worldwide international channel, BBC Brit.
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NewsBBCW strikes deal with Lesley Douglas
The BBC has gone back into business with Lesley Douglas, the former Radio 2 controller who resigned from the corporation at the height of the Sachsgate scandal.
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NewsBBC ‘to be asked to pay licence fees for the elderly’
The BBC may be asked to foot a £600m bill for free television licences for the elderly during charter renewal negotiations, according to a report.
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NewsBBC to rebuild exterior EastEnders set
The BBC is to rebuild and expand EastEnders’ exterior set at Elstree Studios as part of plans to improve the flagship soap opera.
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NewsBBC Newsbeat editor moved after bullying claims
Rod McKenzie, the editor of BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat, will be moved to another part of the corporation after he was accused of bullying by a number of staff.
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NewsBBC drama targets new writers
BBC1 has commissioned Working Title Television to produce drama strand The Secrets, which will pair emerging writers with established acting and directing talent.
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NewsRevealed: Diary of a director general
The political pressure and manoeuvring that comes with being director general of the BBC has been laid bare in an analysis of Tony Hall’s diary for his first seven months in office.
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NewsCheryl Taylor: TV is second screen for kids
CBBC controller Cheryl Taylor has claimed that the television has become the second screen for children as she prepares to launch a wide range of digital projects.
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NewsSherlock most-watched BBC drama in over a decade
The third run of Sherlock has become the BBC’s most-watched drama series in more than a decade.
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NewsDame Janet Smith review delayed by police request
The publication of Dame Janet Smith’s Jimmy Savile inquiry has been delayed until the middle of 2014 amid concerns it could compromise criminal proceedings against Stuart Hall.
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NewsRadio 4 comedy Party gets TV pilot
Radio 4 political comedy Party, written by and starring Plebs co-creator Tom Basden, is to be piloted for a BBC television series.
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NewsBBC nets three-year Davis Cup deal
The BBC has signed a three-year deal to broadcast all of Great Britain’s Davis Cup World Group matches.
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NewsOlly Lambert joins Newsnight
Olly Lambert, the award-winning freelance documentary director behind Syria: Across the Lines, has joined Newsnight as its first filmmaker in residence.