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NewsThompson's email to staff about BBC exec board
Email to staff from BBC director general Mark Thompson about changes to the BBC executive board.
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NewsBBC marketing chief to leave in restructure
The BBC’s director of marketing, communications and audiences (MC&A) Sharon Baylay is being made redundant as part of a swathe of changes being introduced to the corporation’s senior management.
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NewsBBC staff will work-to-rule over pensions
Broadcasting unions are calling on their members to work-to-rule for 24 hours later this month as they await responses to the latest ballot over BBC pensions, which the NUJ predicts will result in strike action.
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NewsSky takeover plan sparks protest
The heads of BBC and Channel 4 are among the industry leaders who have signed a letter asking the UK government to stop News Corporation’s planned takeover of BSkyB.
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NewsJohn Hurt to star in BBC2 ghost story
Screen veteran John Hurt is to head the cast in a BBC ghost story, it has been announced.
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NewsPeter Salmon to step down from BBC executive board
The BBC’s commitment to cutting senior management and executive pay has taken a step further this week, with three members of the executive board understood to be stepping down including BBC North director Peter Salmon.
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NewsByford and Thompson's emails to staff
Messages from deputy director general Mark Byford on his departure after 32 years at the BBC and director general Mark Thompson’s email making the announcement.
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NewsDownton Abbey to return for second series
ITV’s lavish period drama Downton Abbey has been speedily recomissioned following critical and ratings success.
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NewsNew BBC guidelines to curb derogatory remarks
The BBC has updated its guidelines on how programme makers should approach impartiality, competitions and offence that will deal with “humiliating and derogatory” remarks.
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NewsMark Byford to leave BBC as deputy DG role axed
The BBC is axing the role of deputy director general and will make Mark Byford redundant next April after more than 30 years service.
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News4Music/ITN to co-pro breakfast show
4Music is reinvigorating its early morning schedule with a daily three-hour breakfast show co-produced with ITN Productions.
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NewsLiving TV rapped over Brit Cops
Living TV Group has been rapped by Ofcom after a scene in its reality police show Brit Cops: Zero Tolerance contained an image of an “offensive” poster.
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NewsBBC Trust launches national radio review
The BBC Trust has launched a service review of the corporation’s national radio stations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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NewsS4C programme budget facing £4m cut
The BBC wants to cut what it spends on making Welsh programmes for S4C by £4 million, it has been disclosed.
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NewsBBC America link up for new Doctor Who
The Tardis will land in 1960s Utah for the opening episode of series six of the BBC favourite.
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NewsSalary cover up director to leave BBC
The BBC’s “reward director” who admitted trying to disguise the number of high earning staff at the corporation is leaving for a “less high profile and demanding role”.
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NewsLiving TV orders paranormal special
Living TV has ordered a Halloween special from STV Productions that will see competing teams hunt for paranormal activity in a haunted location.
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NewsC4 ad sales to pass £1bn
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has issued a rallying cry for free-to-air TV and predicted the broadcaster will sell more than £1bn of airtime in 2011.
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NewsBBC chief wants News Corp bid probe
The coalition Government should intervene in News Corp’s bid to take full control of BSkyB, the director-general of the BBC has claimed.
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NewsReport reveals Freeview takeup
Ofcom has published a new report that shows more than 60 million Freeview devices are now in use across the UK.