Latest BBC News – Page 348
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NewsAndrew Jackson to leave Discovery
Andrew Jackson is leaving Discovery after two years at the US broadcaster.
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NewsBBC plans News and radio job cuts
The BBC is planning to cut almost 600 jobs across its news and radio divisions, according to American business magazine Forbes.
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NewsAlbury questions BBC diversity efforts
Former RTS chief executive Simon Albury has questioned the seriousness of BBC news director James Harding’s ambition to tackle diversity.
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NewsArmando Iannucci calls for BBC subscription service
The Thick of It creator and writer Armando Iannucci has urged the BBC to launch an international subscription service to help bolster its revenues.
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NewsBBC comedy's Kakkar joins Big Talk
The BBC’s head of in-house comedy development Saurabh Kakkar is leaving the corporation after two years to join Big Talk Productions.
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NewsPat Younge: abolish BBC quotas
Pat Younge, BBC in-house’s former chief creative officer, has argued that the corporation’s TV production guarantees are “irretrievably broken” and should be abolished during charter renewal.
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NewsSam Bickley made acting BBC3 boss
Sam Bickley, BBC3’s head of documentaries and features commissioning, will step up to run the channel in an acting capacity later this month.
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NewsDiane Coyle: BBC must be a kaleidoscope of diversity
The BBC Trust’s acting chairman Diane Coyle has insisted that the corporation must reflect the “kaleidoscopic” diversity of modern Britain.
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NewsBBC receives over 1k complaints over Ukip coverage
The BBC has received a total of 1,190 complaints from viewers over its coverage of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) recent European Parliament 2014 election coverage.
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NewsDCMS fires starting gun on Trust race
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has fired the starting gun on the race to become chairman of the BBC Trust.
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NewsLion hires BBC development exec
Emma Lorenz, the BBC head of channel development behind BBC3’s Life and Death Row and forthcoming BBC1 doc The Met, is to join Lion Television as director of development.
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NewsComic Relief bans controversial investments
Comic Relief has banned indirect investments in alcohol, arms and tobacco companies following a review prompted by a Panorama documentary last year.
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NewsBBC’s Samantha Anstiss returns to production
BBC documentaries commissioner Samantha Anstiss is returning to programme making to set up a creative label within the corporation’s in-house production arm.
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NewsUkip to petition Ofcom for major party status
Ukip has pledged to “campaign hard” to convince Ofcom its major party status should be extended for the 2015 general election.
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NewsBBC renews e-book push with updated D-Day title
The BBC has renewed its push into the e-book market with the release of an updated D-Day title to mark the 70th anniversary of the landings.
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NewsBectu aims to break grips pay ‘stand-off’
Bectu has invited senior production managers at the BBC and ITV to a meeting overseen by arbitration service Acas as it attempts to break the long-running “stand-off” over pay for specialist drama production staff.
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NewsClarkson contract talks spark criticism
The BBC should not extend Jeremy Clarkson’s contract until after the publication of an Ofcom report, according to a law firm which has complained to the broadcaster about Top Gear.
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NewsSeb Coe 'front-runner' for Trust role
Lord Sebastian Coe is the front-runner to become the new chairman of the BBC Trust, according to reports.
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NewsEquity demands fairness from BBC
The BBC must distribute casting information for its new dramas more fairly according to actors union Equity.
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NewsBBC drama Quirke hit by audio complaints
BBC period drama Quirke has been the subject of a series of complaints from listeners about its audio quality, further to the barrage of criticism received about the sound in Jamaica Inn.