Latest BBC News – Page 346
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NewsBBC on hunt for riskier docs
Emma Willis is on the hunt for an innovative format on the scale of Stephen Lambert’s controversial 2007 series The Verdict as she looks to boost risky and provocative documentaries across her BBC channels.
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NewsBBC Worldwide rejigs senior content team
BBC Worldwide has completed the restructure of its senior content team – filling its vacant commissioning roles with the promotion of two senior executives.
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NewsKids’ classics set for TV return
A nostalgic commissioning boom and a rush to wring value out of rights is behind a glut of revivals of iconic British children’s TV shows, according to industry experts.
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NewsC4 defends BBC Productions
BBC Productions has found an unlikely ally in Channel 4 after the corporation faced further calls to scrap its in-house programme making division.
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NewsBBC3 Fresh calls for new ideas
BBC3 is looking to commission six new documentaries for its Fresh strand in 2015.
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NewsBBC 'cannot afford' more desks at NBH
The BBC cannot afford to install more staff seating at New Broadcasting House, despite on-going staff frustration, the W1 manager has admitted.
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NewsBBC expenses claims fall 15%
BBC senior manager expenses fell 15% year-on-year in the final three months of 2013 – as comedy boss Shane Allen spent £120 on cupcakes for staff.
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NewsBBC1 orders CPL daytime quiz
BBC1 has beefed up its daytime slate with a CPL Productions gameshow, hosted by Shane Richie.
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NewsPact: make the BBC a publisher broadcaster
Pact chief executive John McVay has argued that the BBC should drop all of its in-house guarantees and become a “publisher broadcaster”.
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NewsBBC testing facial coding technology on TV viewers
BBC Worldwide has begun testing facial coding technology that can measure how viewers are responding to television programmes.
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NewsPhil Neville’s co-commentary draws complaints
Phil Neville’s co-commentary during England’s opening World Cup match against Italy has received hundreds of complaints.
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NewsVictory wins National Lottery gameshow
Sony Pictures’ Victory Television has scooped a BBC1 National Lottery gameshow that sees contestants choose their own prizes.
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NewsBBC to launch music awards show
BBC1 is planning to launch a music awards show to rival the Brits later this year in collaboration with Radio 1 and Radio 2.
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NewsSlater & Gardner receive Queen's Birthday honours
BBC Sport director Barbara Slater and Julie Gardner, the producer who helped revive Doctor Who, have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours.
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NewsCulture secretary eyes BBC licence fee overhaul
Culture secretary Sajid Javid has hinted that the BBC licence fee will be overhauled during charter renewal negotiations next year to reflect changing viewing habits.
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NewsPeter Capaldi wins at first RTS Scotland awards
Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi won a special prize at the inaugural Royal Television Society Scotland Awards in Glasgow this week.
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NewsImagine to uncover hidden WW2 German art
BBC1 is to delve into the mysteries surrounding artworks hidden in Munich throughout the Second World War for an Imagine documentary.
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NewsBectu joins plans for BBC strike vote
Bectu will join the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in balloting for BBC strike action if the corporation does not improve its pay offer.
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NewsBroadcast unveils top execs for commissioning forum
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt, ITV director of television Peter Fincham BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore are among the industry figures speaking at Broadcast’s second annual Commissioning & Funding Forum.
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NewsFormats are back in fashion
Commissioners and producers at Sheffield DocFest 2014 suggested that the ob-doc renaissance is here to stay, but there was also a sense that more factual formats are on the cards.