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NewsThe Voice and BGT to overlap... just
BBC1 entertainment show The Voice will launch with a 20 minute overlap with the returning Britain’s Got Talent on ITV1.
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NewsBBC should consider pressures on print journalists
The BBC should consider the impact of its online news operation in light of the “challenge” faced by paid-for news outlets, according to its director general.
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NewsBBC to expand Global News team
The BBC is looking for a “heavyweight” chief business correspondent to expand its Global News team and increase its international coverage.
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NewsSNP: Scottish BBC is “entirely feasible”
The SNP is “seriously considering” attempting to carve up the BBC to create a Scottish Broadcasting Corporation as part of plans for devolution.
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NewsC4 poaches CBBC's Kavanagh
Channel 4 has poached CBBC controller Damian Kavanagh to head the department behind Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and Embarrassing Bodies.
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NewsC4 poised to snatch Grand National rights from BBC
Channel 4 has emerged as the frontrunner to win TV horse racing rights to the Derby, Royal Ascot and Aintree from the BBC.
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NewsThompson named BBCW chairman
BBC director general Mark Thompson has been named non-executive chairman of BBC Worldwide.
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NewsEastEnders exec Kirkwood exits
EastEnders executive producer Bryan Kirkwood is to step down next month after two years in the position.
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NewsRadio 4 to pilot News Quiz USA
BBC Radio 4 is to record a US version of topical panel show The News Quiz - the first time it has embarked on an American spin-off.
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NewsBBC3 orders Apprentice-style show
Innocent Smoothies co-founder Richard Reed has earmarked up to £1m to invest in young entrepreneurs’ ideas in a Twofour show for BBC3.
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NewsThe Voice and BGT on course for clash
BBC1’s new entertainment vehicle The Voice and ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent will almost certainly clash after the broadcasters drew up their initial battle lines today.
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NewsBBC3 orders Tourettes singing series
BBC3 has ordered a series following three singing Tourette’s sufferers.
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NewsNine Lives ramping up staff after Dispatches win
Manchester-based indie Nine Lives Media is expanding its headcount and moving into new offices after securing a Dispatches output contract from Channel 4 and a BBC3 film in which Richard Bacon attempts to track down his internet “trolls”.
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NewsiPlayer chief urges firms to simplify connected TV
Connected TVs are “punching well below their weight”, according to the BBC’s head of iPlayer, who has called on manufacturers and broadcasters to simplify their devices and services.
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NewsBBC radio gets boost as Sky slashes retrans fees
BSkyB has slashed its BBC retransmission fees by £4m, offering an unexpected late boost to the corporation’s under-threat local radio services.
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NewsBBC takes knife to in-house factual roles
The BBC is carving up its in-house factual structure to create genre heads around the country.
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NewsOrigin Pictures develops three shows for BBC
Origin Pictures is working on a The Wire-style crime drama set in Manchester and an adaptation of a PD James novel as part of trio of paid developments for the BBC
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NewsBBC1 hands former Goodie primetime comedy series
BBC1 is to hand comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor his first major series since The Goodies 30 years ago - a spoof news programme featuring animals.
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NewsHigh Court appeal over Dale Farm footage looms
The lawyer representing broadcasters fighting to retain footage shot during the Dale Farm eviction expects an appeal to take place in the next month and claims the case could set a crucial precedent.
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NewsBBC3 adapts 'honey trap' murder for crime season
BBC3 is set to broadcast a docu-drama based on the murder of teenager Shakilus Townsend as part of its Criminal Britain season.