Latest BBC News – Page 454
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NewsBBC unveils iPlayer TV revamp
A new version of iPlayer that will appear on Youview has been unveiled by the BBC as it overhauls its VoD app for connected TVs.
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NewsBBC1 teams with NT for restoration project
BBC1 is teaming up with the National Trust to create a series in which a team of experts renovate a 500-year-old manor house to reflect four classic periods of its history.
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NewsIdeal latest to go in Bennett's BBC3 comedy clear-out
BBC3’s comedy clear-out has continued with the cancellation of Johnny Vegas-fronted sitcom Ideal.
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NewsRadio listening hits record high
RAJAR: Overall radio listening is at an all-time high with 91.7% of the population tuning into a station every week, according to the latest Rajar figures.
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NewsMoyles loses 100,000 listeners
RAJAR: Radio 1 breakfast show host Chris Moyles, who recently signed a two-year contract with the broadcaster, saw a 100,000 drop-off in his audience over the quarter.
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NewsBBC producers join C4 commissioning team
Channel 4 has poached two senior BBC producers for fresh factual commissioning roles and has bolstered its fact-ent team with a new development executive.
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NewsHarrison revisits world of pedigree dogs for BBC4
BBC4 has ordered the filmmaker behind 2008’s controversial Pedigree Dogs Exposed to make a follow-up documentary three years later.
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NewsDoctor Who tops iPlayer chart
The last episode of Doctor Who before its summer hiatus proved the most-watched programme on iPlayer in June.
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NewsWormwood Scrubs locks in Grierson nominations
ITV1 documentary series Wormwood Scrubs has been nominated for two awards at the Griersons, the UK’s pre-eminent documentary awards ceremony.
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NewsBBC to air Strictly final in 3D
The BBC has unveiled plans to air the final of Strictly Come Dancing in 3D.
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NewsOfcom clears EastEnders despite 14,000 complaints
EastEnders’ controversial baby swap storyline has been cleared by Ofcom despite the watchdog and the BBC receiving more than 14,000 complaints combined.
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NewsBBC journalists on second strike over redundancies
Journalists at the BBC have gone on a second strike over forthcoming redundancies – disrupting news programmes across television and radio.
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NewsF1 deal to save BBC tens of millions
The BBC will save tens of millions of pounds through its new Formula One deal, which will see it share coverage with Sky.
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NewsBBC and Sky to share F1 rights
Formula 1 motor racing is to air live on Sky Sports for the first time from next year as part of a right-share deal with the BBC.
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NewsShillinglaw named BBC 3D boss
The BBC has named Kim Shillinglaw as head of 3D, replacing outgoing exec Danielle Nagler.
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NewsDavid Tennant to voice CBeebies animation
Former Doctor Who David Tennant is to provide his voice to new CBeebies series Tree Fu Tom.
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NewsBBC Global iPlayer to showcase best of British
Primeval, Whitechapel and Canadian comedy Being Erica will sit alongside BBC content on the Global iPlayer pilot, which launches this week.
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NewsOlympics set to take over BBC schedules
The Olympics will dominate every part of the BBC for the duration of the event, director of London 2012 Roger Mosey has said.
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NewsCohen takes inclusivity drive to entertainment
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has commissioned a non-TX pilot for a Saturday night entertainment show that is part of a plan to extend his inclusivity drive to the genre.
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NewsFlintoff fronting depression film for BBC1
Former England cricketer Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff is to front a BBC1 documentary looking at depression in professional sport.