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NewsBBC and NFTS launch entertainment and sound courses
BBC Academy is joining forces with the National Film and Television School to deliver specialist courses in entertainment format development and in sound recording.
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NewsVicious and Splash! make waves with gay viewers
ITV comedy Vicious and entertainment show Splash! have been two of the most popular programmes among young gay and bisexual men this year, according to a BBC study.
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NewsYalli hires head of entertainment
Shed Media’s comedy production division Yalli Productions has hired Mark Cossey to the newly created position of head of entertainment.
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NewsBBC Motion Gallery boss to depart
Paul Maidment, director of BBC Motion Gallery is leaving the international stock footage business following its recent deal with Getty Images.
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NewsNew dawn for The Sky at Night
The Sky at Night is to continue on BBC4 following concerns that it had been axed after the death of Sir Patrick Moore in December.
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NewsBBC2 to serve up Tom Kerridge Christmas special
Tom Kerridge is to cook up his version of the perfect Christmas dinner in a special for BBC2.
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NewsAtlantis re-emerges for second series
BBC1 has commissioned a second series of Atlantis, the fantasy drama from the makers of Merlin, before the first run has hit its halfway stage.
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NewsGrant Shapps: BBC right to licence fee not guaranteed
Conservative party chair Grant Shapps has claimed the BBC could be shorn of its exclusive right to the licence fee unless it tackles its culture of “secrecy” and waste.
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NewsBBC defends Prince Harry coke joke
The BBC has stood by a joke made on Have I Got News for You suggesting that Prince Harry takes cocaine.
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NewsPeaky Blinders to return to BBC2
BBC2 has confirmed that period gangster drama Peaky Blinders will return for a second series.
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NewsBBC2 orders Felix Dexter tribute
BBC2 is to pay tribute to the late comedy actor Felix Dexter in a one-off 30-minute show.
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NewsBBC nature shows a turn-off in the US, says Discovery boss
Discovery pulled the plug on its £150m blue chip factual co-production deal with the BBC because US audiences find shows like Frozen Planet a turn-off, according to an executive involved in the decision.
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NewsFleet up for grabs as SIS Live exits OB market
Millions of pounds worth of HD and SD outside broadcast trucks are up for sale after SIS Live revealed it is pulling out of the OB market.
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NewsBullying: BBC still under fire
NUJ and MPs dissatisfied with corporation’s implementation of Rose report recommendations
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NewsOfcom criticises This Morning and Newsnight over McAlpine debacle
This Morning and Newsnight have both had their knuckles rapped by Ofcom over Lord McAlpine being wrongly implicated in child abuse sex allegations on both shows.
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NewsBBC1 orders Metropolitan Police doc
BBC1 has commissioned a six-part documentary delving into the inner workings of the UK’s largest police force, the Metropolitan Police Service.
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NewsHall ‘cocked up’ over BBC Arabic complaint
Tony Hall has admitted that his office “cocked up” in not responding to a bullying complaint from a BBC Arabic employee.
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NewsBBC to cull 8% of senior management by 2015
Tony Hall is to cut BBC senior management headcount by nearly 8% as part of efforts to save £100m a year to fund the corporation’s ambitious digital plans.
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NewsNAO set for improved BBC access
The National Audit Office is set to be granted improved access to the BBC’s books after the corporation agreed changes to its relationship with the spending watchdog.
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NewsBBC and RIG strike new radio terms of trade
The BBC and the Radio Independents Group (RIG) have agreed new terms of trade for commissioning independent producers, days after the broadcaster signed a similar TV deal with Pact.