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BBC reveals £440m indie spend
The BBC invested £440m in the indie sector across TV, radio and new media in 2008/09, according to provisional figures released today.
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Wallander scoops four prizes at Bafta Craft Awards
Kenneth Branagh’s BBC detective drama Wallander picked up four prizes at last night’s Bafta Craft Awards that also honoured Doctor Who with two gongs.
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BBC religion hiring sparks 115 complaints
The BBC has assured audiences that Christians “will remain the key audience” for its religious output, following a deluge of complaints over the appointment of a Muslim as its new head of religion.
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Torchwood radio plays to fill Doctor Who hiatus
The BBC is to fill the gaps between seasons of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood with three radio plays.
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C4's Younghusband takes final BBC Knowledge job
Jan Younghusband is leaving Channel 4 after a decade to take the commissioning editor for music and events role at the BBC.
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Just a Minute gets animated in BBC comedy site refresh
Flights of fancy from BBC Radio 4’s panel game Just a Minute are to be given an animated spin on the BBC’s new-look comedy website – part of a major move towards web-only comedy commissions.
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Fox passes on Ab Fab
The US remake of hit BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous has fallen at the first hurdle.
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Shine sets MasterChef superbrand strategy
Shine Television is planning to turn MasterChef into a global superbrand after inking a deal to produce more than 150 new hours of the show for the BBC.
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Huggers: Licence fee avoiders should pay for iPlayer
BBC technology chief Erik Huggers has called on the corporation to close the legal loophole that permits people who do not pay the licence fee to watch BBC content online for free.
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BBC Switch soap will air online and have TV slot
BBC Switch is to launch what is planned as a long-running online soap that will also get a weekly omnibus slot on BBC2.
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BBCW/C4 joint venture would turnover £800m
BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 chiefs are now awaiting a decision from the Government as to whether they can reach a partnership deal in a joint-venture that would produce an annual turnover of £800m and a profit of £200m.
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IWC to celebrate Africa's history for BBC4
BBC4 is to examine the “forgotten” history of pre-colonial Africa in a series from IWC Media.
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BBC reveals new team to commission knowledge
Producers are anticipating a fresh impetus behind religion and arts programming at the BBC, after the corporation revealed its new knowledge commissioning line-up.
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TMi presenters to front CBBC Skate Nation
CBBC has ordered a Strictly Come Dancing-style show for teenage roller and inline skaters, fronted by TMi’s Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes.
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NewsBBC moving 13 news roles to the North
BBC News is to bolster its presence in the North by moving around 13 posts and creating at least three new jobs in Salford.
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Canvas on track for launch in 2010, says Huggers
BBC technology chief Erik Huggers has said Project Canvas is still aiming to launch in the first half of next year – insisting it is “appropriate” for the corporation to lead the way in developing an open standard.
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BBC bosses reject C4's call to curb acquisitions
BBC chiefs today flatly rejected a demand from Channel 4 that the corporation should stop buying American programmes, insisting it helped to keep the costs of making British programmes down.
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Canvas partners hit back at critics
Project Canvas’s partners, the BBC, ITV and BT, have fought back against critics of the IPTV joint venture, saying that the initiative will transform the TV industry.
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BBC pays libel damages to West Ham duo
The BBC has paid undisclosed libel damages to West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola and first-team coach Steve Clarke after a contributor claimed on Radio 5 Live they were planning to take over at rival club Chelsea.
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Grey's Anatomy star cast in BBC hospital drama
Grey’s Anatomy’s Kevin McKidd is to star in another medical drama – a BBC production that transplants Greek classic The Odyssey to a British city hospital.