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NewsHarding: BBC election coverage suffered from unhappy coincidence
BBC director of news and current affairs James Harding has claimed it was an “unhappy coincidence” that the general election took place so close to charter renewal.
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NewsBazalgette: next BBC regulator must tackle licence fee
Sir Peter Bazalgette has urged the next regulator of the BBC to do the “definitive” piece of work on the way in which the corporation should be funded in the future.
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NewsBBC3 to be less ‘secretive’ about production process
BBC3 is to open up its production processes as it bids to reach audiences online, according to the channel’s digital controller.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Car Share, BBC1
The consolidated viewing figures for BBC1 comedy Peter Kay’s Car Share.
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NewsCohen: licence fee cuts will threaten BBC services
Danny Cohen has admitted that a bad licence fee deal next year would spell inevitable cuts to BBC services.
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NewsDanny Cohen eyes global push for BBC Studios
Danny Cohen has outlined ambitions for BBC Studios to make programmes for broadcasters all over the world.
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NewsiPlayer figures fall for third consecutive month
BBC iPlayer requests dropped for the third consecutive month in April prompting platform boss Dan Taylor-Watt to write a blog putting the figures in context.
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NewsBBC campaign: quotes from high-profile indie backers
Nearly 60 production bosses have pledged their support to Broadcast’s Backing the BBC campaign and below, some of the high-profile leaders explain why.
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NewsBBC Trust rejects Top Gear number plate complaint
The BBC Trust has found that a car displaying a H982 FKL number plate in the Top Gear Patagonia Christmas special was not a deliberate reference to the Falklands War.
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NewsBBC defends ‘Hunger Games-style’ social experiment
The BBC has defended new BBC2 format Britain’s Hardest Grafter as a “serious social experiment” after it was compared to the Hunger Games.
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NewsITV poaches Tom Giles from BBC
Former Panorama editor Tom Giles has been appointed as ITV’s controller of current affairs.
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NewsIndies unite to back the BBC
Producers rally round corporation as Broadcast kicks off campaign.
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News50 production bosses warn against BBC squeeze
Production companies behind some of the biggest shows on UK television and with revenues of nearly £2bn have thrown their weight behind a Broadcast campaign of qualified support for the BBC.
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NewsBacking the BBC: indies have their say
Fifty indie bosses have backed the BBC as it gears up for charter renewal negotiations with a Tory majority government later this year.
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NewsShadow culture secretary fears ‘sustained attack’ on BBC
Shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant has expressed fears of a “sustained attack” on the BBC by the Conservative government and said the industry should be ready to protect the corporation.
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NewsMulville & Thoday back BBC despite anger over BBC3
The two indie bosses behind the high-profile mission to prevent BBC3 from moving online have backed Broadcast’s campaign of qualified support for the BBC.
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NewsBBC to bide time until arrival of Studios boss
The BBC will wait to make some major decisions about the future shape and remit of BBC Studios until a director takes up the post at the end of summer.
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NewsCBBC expands Junior Vets
CBBC has ordered a further two series of True North’s Junior Vets and expanded the factual format across the UK.
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NewsBBC exec welcomed Top Gear team home after Argentina ordeal
BBC entertainment boss Mark Linsey travelled to Heathrow airport to personally welcome the crew of Top Gear after they flew back to the UK having filmed the controversial Patagonia Christmas special.
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NewsNever Mind The Buzzcocks cancelled after 19 years
BBC2 has pulled the plug on Never Mind The Buzzcocks after 19 years.