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NewsBBC1 HD launch date set
A high definition version of BBC1 has been scheduled for launch next month, with the first HD episode of EastEnders being prepared for broadcast on Christmas Day.
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NewsBBC cuts send out shockwaves
The BBC funding cuts may have been greeted with sighs of relief from the upper echelons of the corporation, but outsiders have responded with anger and dismay
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NewsLyons: BBC faces 'tough choices'
The BBC Trust has said “difficult choices” lay ahead for the corporation following its new licence fee settlement - but delivers “stability” until at least 2016.
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NewsBBC puts brave face on cuts
The whirlwind cuts to the BBC’s funding are the best it could have hoped for in a bad situation, corporation insiders are claiming.
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NewsBBC hires digital media director
The BBC has appointed a US gaming expert as its new director of digital media.
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NewsCohen’s greatest challenge? Entertaining us
Danny Cohen’s biggest challenge running BBC1 will be freshening up its entertainment output, sources believe.
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NewsAbsolute challenges BBC to provide archive access
Absolute Radio has called on the BBC to make its archive of radio shows available for commercial rivals to buy.
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NewsBBC set to develop ‘big-screen’ iPlayer for IPTV platforms
The BBC has outlined how it is likely to develop its “big-screen” IPTV version of iPlayer via mobile touchscreen functionality.
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NewsFunding deal 'firm but fair', say BBC bosses
The new licence fee settlement is firm but fair and welcome when considering the “unprecedented” economic state of the UK, the heads of the BBC have said.
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NewsS4C seeks judicial review over BBC merger
Welsh language broadcaster S4C is launching a judicial review of the government’s “ill-conceived” plans for the BBC to fund its operations.
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NewsCall to decriminalise licence fee dodging
Failure to pay the television licence fee should not be a criminal offence, a Tory MP has argued.
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NewsUnions to challenge BBC funding cuts
Unions have attacked as “appalling” news about funding cuts to the BBC, and vowed to challenge the decision.
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NewsBBC licence fee frozen for six years
The BBC is to have its licence fee frozen at the current rate of £145.50 until 2017 – a 16% cut in real terms - and will be required to fund the World Service.
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NewsEnnals: DAB challenges remain
RADIO FESTIVAL: Coverage, cars, consumer electronics, content and communication must all be addressed if digital radio is to reach a tipping point according to Ford Ennals, chief executive of Digital Radio UK.
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NewsBBC poaches C5 strategy boss
Channel 5’s Kieran Clifton has been poached to head strategy at the BBC’s Future, Media and Technology division, as it prepares to launch a paid training scheme to attract new talent to Salford.
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NewsGlobal denies Chris Moyles talks
RADIO FESTIVAL: Chris Moyles has not had talks with about joining Capital FM, Global Radio owner Ashley Tabor has said.
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NewsBBC creates 3D Strictly trailer
The BBC has shot a specially-choreographed 3D trailer of Strictly Come Dancing, which will air in select cinemas as part of the broadcaster’s Children In Need campaign.
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NewsFools & Horses spin-off to return
The BBC has commissioned Christmas and Easter specials of Only Fools and Horses prequel Rock & Chips.
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NewsBBC Trust to fight any loss of free TV licences
The BBC Trust has warned the Government it would fight any move to force it to meet the cost of free television licences for the over-75s.
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NewsBBC clinches TV rights to Bristol films
The BBC has secured the rights to show three new feature-length films from Bristol that are being funded by regional agency South West Screen.