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NewsIndies slam BBC and Pact’s low support
The BBC and Pact have come under fire over the level of support they are offering indies, it emerged in Broadcast’s Surviving the Downturn survey.
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NewsCBBC commissions Cinderella sitcom and kids Dragon’s Den
CBBC has ordered a major sitcom about a modern-day Cinderella and a Dragon’s Den-style series in which children will compete to come up with inventions that could change the world.
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Restoration and rip-offs land BBC daytime orders
The BBC is bolstering its daytime output with a “daytime Watchdog” and a 20 x 30-minute antiques show on repairing damaged goods.
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NewsRoss pre-record plans were discussed six months ago
Plans were being discussed to pre-record Jonathan Ross’ Radio 2 show shortly after the Sachsgate scandal, according to station boss Bob Shennan.
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NewsGrade slams BBC partnerships
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has rubbished the BBC’s partnership proposals and criticised the corporation’s efforts to avoid top-slicing the licence fee.
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NewsTop-slicing legislation plan revealed
Gordon Brown has revealed government plans to formally introduce legislation that will divert TV licence fee revenue into propping up regional news coverage on ITV1.
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NewsConnery slams BBC Glasto coverage
Sir Sean Connery has slammed the BBC for sending more than 400 staff to Glastonbury but “not one” to cover the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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NewsSomethin' Else wins 606 contract
Multiplatform indie Somethin’ Else has won a three year contract to make 606, BBC Radio 5 Live’s flagship football phone-in.
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NewsBBC reveals controller salaries
The BBC’s four main TV channel controllers took home at least £880,000 combined last year, but none of them troubled the corporation’s list of the top 15 earners.
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BBC paid out for Bennett's stolen handbag
Jana Bennett claimed £500 to help replace a stolen handbag in 2008/09, and the BBC forked out £641.25 for its television controllers to “discuss projects” at a dinner.
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Gardner spent almost £8,000 on hospitality
Julie Gardner spent more on entertaining than any BBC executive bar Mark Thompson last year, in her role as BBC Wales head of drama and BBC head of independent drama commissioning in the nations and regions.
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NewsExpenses: the hidden cost of Sachsgate
The BBC paid more than £2,200 to fly Mark Thompson’s family home after the director general cut short his holiday to deal with the Sachsgate affair.
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NewsTaxis, handbags and lunches: BBC expenses laid bare
The BBC is to publish the names, salaries and line-by-line expenses of its top earners and decision-makers, as part of a new transparency drive across the corporation.
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NewsThompson: BBC may axe regional partnership
BBC director general Mark Thompson has warned that the corporation could pull its regional news-sharing proposals if the government does not change its mind on top-slicing.
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BBC1 goes Around the World with XM25 scheme
Former Touch Productions execs Nick Watts and Joseph Maxwell have teamed up with Nasa for the first project from their new company, Burning Blue Media.
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NewsBBC to tighten taste rules in wake of Sachsgate
The BBC is to implement new production guidelines to guard against “malicious intrusion, intimidation and humiliation” and make sure that they are “never celebrated for the purposes of entertainment”.
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NewsBBC3 to air live Schools Question Time
The BBC is to broadcast Schools Question Time live for the first time – with two airings on BBC3 and BBC1 in the same evening.
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NewsPublic wants BBC to pursue risk
A BBC report commissioned in the wake of the Sachsgate scandal has found that the British public wants the corporation to pursue creative risk and accepts that offence may be caused in the process.
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NewsBBC Radio plans Whitman and Holiday docs
BBC Radio is taking a look at some of America’s leading cultural icons – with a doc on the poet Walt Whitman on BBC Radio 4, and a Radio 2 special on Billie Holiday, fronted by Neneh Cherry.
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NewsBBC plans 'pop-up restaurant' show
BBC2 is piloting a primetime reality format based on “pop-up restaurants” – the second of its type to hit the headlines in as many months.