Latest BBC News – Page 493
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NewsiPlayer 'best on-demand service'
BBC iPlayer is the premier on-demand video service - while Sky’s VOD service finished last, according to new research.
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NewsThompson announces exec pension cuts
The BBC is to cut pension supplement payments to executives, Mark Thompson has told staff today.
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NewsBBC loses athletics rights to C4
The BBC has stressed it is committed to producing coverage of athletics “up to and beyond London 2012”, despite Channel 4 snatching the rights to air the World Athletics event in 2011 and 2013.
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NewsBBC trumpets ‘40p’ value
The BBC looks set to put value at the heart of licence fee negotiations, with Jana Bennett hinting at a “40p per day” motto to highlight the range of services provided at little cost to the viewer.
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NewsNew media architect Nelson to leave BBC
Simon Nelson, BBC Vision controller of multiplatform and portfolio, is leaving the corporation after a career spanning 14 years.
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NewsBBC to push boundaries to improve LGB portrayal
The BBC is largely succeeding in its portrayal of gay men - but is let down by its depiction of lesbians and bisexuals, a study based on 10,000 responses has suggested.
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NewsBragg to explore film history of Britain for BBC2
Melvyn Bragg is to front a BBC2 daytime history series that will look back at how life in Britain used to be through film collections and archives.
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NewsSam Mendes to work on BBC Shakespeare season
Sam Mendes, Jane Campion and Sir David Hare have been signed up by the BBC’s controller of drama Ben Stephenson to work on dramas for its autumn/winter season.
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NewsNew bbc.com exec to drive int'l
BBC Worldwide has appointed Chris Davies as commercial director of bbc.com, to lead the development of the international edition of the site.
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NewsThompson defends BBC over salaries
BBC director general Mark Thompson has denied that the broadcaster responded slowly to outrage from licence-payers about the huge salaries given to its executives and broadcast presenters.
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NewsBBC names regional comedy exec
Kristian Smith has been appointed executive editor of out-of-London comedy commissioning for the BBC.
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NewsiPlayer gender split levels off
New figures from the BBC have revealed that more women are using iPlayer than ever before and has identified the day on which the catch-up service is most used.
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NewsBBC pulls Ashcroft Panorama programme
The BBC pulled an edition of its Panorama programme about the financial affairs of controversial Tory backer Lord Ashcroft just hours before it was broadcast.
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NewsEastEnders steals the show at awards
EastEnders was streets ahead as the big winner at the Inside Soap awards - scooping six awards..
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NewsRumoured demise of Night Garden premature
BBC chiefs have confirmed that a new series of popular children’s TV show In The Night Garden will be made, ending reports that it was coming to an end.
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NewsEastEnders escapes rap over birth footage
Ofcom has cleared BBC1 of infringing the privacy of a woman and her son, after the channel aired footage of her giving birth.
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NewsBBC4 devoting £1.5m to new events coverage
The BBC is allocating £1.5m for its arts and culture channel BBC4 towards coverage of three cultural events for 2012/3.
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NewsBBC unveils £5m 'learning' fund
The BBC is to plough up to £5m into a range of initiatives that will provide children and adults with learning opportunities around flagship dramas and factual series.
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NewsC5's Donna Taberer returns to BBC
Channel 5’s former commissioning editor of entertainment and features Donna Taberer is to join the BBC Academy.
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NewsBBC calls time on In the Night Garden
The BBC has confirmed it will not be commissioning another series of the popular children’s show In the Night Garden.