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NewsBroadcasters unite to slam NI riots footage request
The BBC, Sky News and UTV have launched a stinging attack on the Northern Ireland police force’s “indiscriminate” demands for media footage of social unrest.
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NewsBBC faces first step in pensions legal challenge
BBC staff are poised to send template letters to managers and HR claiming they are “unlawfully” being asked to relinquish their pension rights in order to accept a pay rise.
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NewsOfcom counts Starkey complaints
Ofcom has received 77 complaints about David Starkey’s comments on Newsnight about the riots last week.
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NewsSaveBBC4 campaign 'fundamental misunderstanding'
A growing online campaign to save BBC4 from closure comes from “a fundamental misunderstanding” of reports around potential changes to the channel, insiders have indicated.
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NewsGilbert returns to BBC1
BBC1 has recommissioned comedy entertainment show Ask Rhod Gilbert for a second series, which will again see the Welsh stand-up grapple with a range of tricky questions.
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NewsBBC3 to broadcast in daytime for Olympics
The BBC is extending BBC3’s broadcast hours and launching a temporary digital radio stream during next summer’s Olympic Games, as part of a number of measures to optimise the broadcaster’s coverage.
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NewsC4's failed F1 bid uncovered
Channel 4 planned primetime coverage and a raft of new programming as part of an estimated £45m bid for Formula 1 rights, it has emerged.
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NewsHow TV tackled the riots
News teams faced safety issues, lack of resource and competition from Twitter in covering the riots that swept the UK.
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NewsBBC Daytime orders WWII docs
BBC Daytime has ordered two factual formats commemorating Britain’s war efforts, for BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsQuestion Time returns to debate riots
Question Time is to break from its summer hiatus for the first time to debate the riots that have flared up across the country, while BBC3 will hear from young people in a discussion presented by Richard Bacon.
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NewsC4 plans live riots debate; Panorama special for BBC1
Channel 4 is to host a live debate on the riots that have rocked London and spread throughout the country, while the BBC has ordered a fast-turnaround Panorama special.
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NewsBBCW signs production deal with Starz
BBC Worldwide has secured a multi-year production and distribution partnership with US broadcaster Starz.
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NewsBBC unveils iPlayer TV revamp
A new version of iPlayer that will appear on Youview has been unveiled by the BBC as it overhauls its VoD app for connected TVs.
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NewsBBC1 teams with NT for restoration project
BBC1 is teaming up with the National Trust to create a series in which a team of experts renovate a 500-year-old manor house to reflect four classic periods of its history.
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NewsIdeal latest to go in Bennett's BBC3 comedy clear-out
BBC3’s comedy clear-out has continued with the cancellation of Johnny Vegas-fronted sitcom Ideal.
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NewsRadio listening hits record high
RAJAR: Overall radio listening is at an all-time high with 91.7% of the population tuning into a station every week, according to the latest Rajar figures.
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NewsMoyles loses 100,000 listeners
RAJAR: Radio 1 breakfast show host Chris Moyles, who recently signed a two-year contract with the broadcaster, saw a 100,000 drop-off in his audience over the quarter.
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NewsBBC producers join C4 commissioning team
Channel 4 has poached two senior BBC producers for fresh factual commissioning roles and has bolstered its fact-ent team with a new development executive.
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NewsHarrison revisits world of pedigree dogs for BBC4
BBC4 has ordered the filmmaker behind 2008’s controversial Pedigree Dogs Exposed to make a follow-up documentary three years later.
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NewsDoctor Who tops iPlayer chart
The last episode of Doctor Who before its summer hiatus proved the most-watched programme on iPlayer in June.