Latest BBC News – Page 272
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NewsSelect committee’s BBC verdict
Hannah Gannagé-Stewart unpicks last week’s CMS Committee report on the BBC’s future
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NewsCharlotte Moore to tackle indie fears
BBC content supremo Charlotte Moore is preparing to address indie uncertainty over the corporation’s radical commissioning restructure, as the race to lead BBC2 begins in earnest.
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NewsTrust freezes S4C funding
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has written to S4C Authority chair Huw Jones to confirm that the Welsh-language broadcaster’s funding will remain at £74.5m until 2017/18.
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NewsTory lords: scrap BBC charter and keep C4 public
The BBC Trust and royal charter should be scrapped and the broadcaster protected from any “government interference”, according to two influential Conservative peers.
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NewsBBC2 checks back in to Marigold Hotel
Twofour’s social experiment The Real Marigold Hotel is to return to BBC2 for a second series.
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NewsScottish government outlines BBC vision
The Scottish government has outlined its vision for the future of public-funded broadcasting in the nation, including the full transition of BBC commissioning and budget decisions to BBC Scotland.
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NewsCharlotte Moore poised to unveil BBC strategy
BBC channels supremo Charlotte Moore will reveal her vision for television and iPlayer at an evening event at the Serpentine on 7 March.
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NewsMary Berry prepares BBC2 Easter special
Mary Berry will return to BBC2 with an Easter seasonal special.
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NewsKeeping Up Appearances tops BBCW sales
BBC Worldwide has revealed that classic sitcom Keeping Up Appearances is its most-sold TV programme of the last 40 years, beating the likes of Doctor Who and Top Gear.
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NewsKavanagh: BBC3’s shackles are off
BBC3 boss Damian Kavanagh has claimed that “the shackles are off when it comes to creativity” as the channel shifts to become an online-only proposition from today.
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NewsDame Jane Smith gets publication date
Dame Jane Smith has delivered her final report on Jimmy Savile to the BBC and it will be published on 25 February.
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NewsiPlayer struggles due to lack of Top Gear
The number of iPlayer requests in December fell for the first time in 2015, with the BBC attributing the decline to the absence of some of its biggest shows including Top Gear.
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NewsBBC2's The Trip heads to Sky
Sky Atlantic has swooped on Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s comedy travelogue The Trip after BBC2 opted not to commission a third series.
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NewsBBC2 prepares teatime show
BBC2 will delve into TV news and gossip in a live teatime format presented by Emma Bunton, Sara Cox, Rufus Hound, Aled Jones.
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NewsTony Hall poised to unveil radical genre commissioning plans
Tony Hall is preparing to unveil one of the most radical structural overhauls in the BBC’s 93-year history by finally confirming the move to genre commissioning.
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NewsKids’ TV lobby calls for BBC funding commitment
A consortium of TV trade bodies have called for the BBC to increase and ring-fence its budget for original kids programming.
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NewsBBC1 leads pack in BPG Awards
BBC1 leads the pack in the Broadcasting Press Guild awards after picking up 11 nominations.
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NewsMark Linsey lands £62k pay rise
Mark Linsey’s salary has been bumped up to £292,000 from £230,000 for stepping up as acting director of television after Danny Cohen’s departure.
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NewsCBBC to adapt The Worst Witch
CBBC has ordered an adaptation of Jill Murphy’s classic kids book The Worst Witch and a candid camera prank show to air later this year.
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NewsSelect committee: Tony Hall lacks support to make tough calls
The culture,media and sport select committee has claimed BBC director general Tony Hall is “effectively accountable to no-one” and lacks the support required to make difficult editorial decisions