Latest BBC News – Page 372
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NewsIn The Night Garden takes root at CBeebies
CBeebies has renewed its deal for one hundred episodes of In The Night Garden from new owner DHX Media, guaranteeing the successful kids series will remain on air until at least 2020.
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NewsRadio 2 orders commercial radio doc
BBC Radio 2 has ordered a two-part doc looking at the history of the commercial radio sector.
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NewsBBC to create CBeebies Land at Alton Towers
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal to create a CBeebies-themed area at theme park Alton Towers.
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NewsBBC1 poaches Great British Bake Off
BBC1 will become the home of The Great British Bake Off from next year following its continued success on BBC2.
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NewsClangers revived by CBeebies
CBeebies is to bring back cult animated children’s show Clangers after a 45-year absence from UK television.
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NewsBBC re-hires nine payoff beneficiaries
The BBC has given freelance or contractor work to 10% of the top earners that have left the corporation with a payoff in over the past three years.
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NewsBBC2 revisits 1960s doc The Great War
BBC2 has dug up unused footage from landmark 1960s series The Great War for a special documentary.
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NewsKill List's Ben Wheatley to direct Doctor Who
The BBC has chosen acclaimed film director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Sightseers) to introduce Peter Capaldi in Doctor Who.
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NewsBBC2 plots holographic stats doc
BBC2 is to employ the 3D holographic projection technique used by ITV to bring back Les Dawson to help dispel myths about global population trends.
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NewsBBC unearths lost Doctor Who episodes
The BBC has released nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who on iTunes after they were discovered in a TV relay station in Nigeria.
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NewsElmo comes to MediaCityUK
The Furchester – the kids’ series resulting from a unique tie-up between Sesame Workshop and CBeebies – will help the north-west of England become the “home of British puppeteering”, according to the BBC.
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NewsBBC free to sell indie content
The BBC has paved the way for independently produced programming to be sold via its download-to- own portal BBC Store after agreeing terms with Pact.
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NewsUnpicking Hall’s BBC vision
Tony Hall’s first major address as BBC director general “laid the ground” for charter renewal – but industry commentators have quibbled with his plans to increase audience ownership of the corporation.
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NewsDiscovery and BBC co-pro deal ends
Discovery Communications has confirmed that its £150m co-production partnership with the BBC for landmark factual shows, such as Frozen Planet, has been terminated, as previously revealed by Broadcast.
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NewsBBC plans Playlister partner network
The BBC’s new ‘music curation’ service Playlister will evolve to connect to download-to-own digital services such as iTunes.
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NewsBBC1 to add +1 service
BBC1 is to launch a +1 service as the corporation underlines the ongoing importance of linear viewing alongside its digital future.
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NewsiPlayer to become BBC’s ‘front door’
The BBC is planning to “reinvent” the iPlayer to position it as the “front door” to the corporation’s programming over the next decade.
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NewsTony Hall's vision: speech in full
Click to read the full transcript of the speech given by the director general at the BBC Radio Theatre.