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NewsBBC should lose licence fee, says report
The BBC should lose its hold on the licence fee and sell off BBC1 and BBC3, a new report has said.
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NewsKavanagh named CBBC chief
Daytime scheduler and former children’s commissioning exec Damian Kavanagh has landed the job of CBBC controller.
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NewsBBC's local output "letting Wales down"
The BBC’s localised Welsh television output has fallen 15% since 2004 – prompting claims the corporation is “letting Wales down”.
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NewsBradshaw sidesteps BBC expenses row
Media secretary Ben Bradshaw had refused to intervene in the political row over BBC salaries and expenses despite MPs voicing concerns in the Commons.
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NewsFilming begins on new Doctor Who
Filming starts today on the new series of Doctor Who that will see Matt Smith will take on the eponymous role.
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NewsSalmon woos Salford 'backyard'
Peter Salmon, director of BBC North, has appealed to economic interests in the region in a bid to bolster support for the corporation.
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CBBC to give kids run of British Museum
CBBC viewers will get the chance to stay overnight in the British Museum, dodging security guards and piecing together mysteries, in a new adventure game show for CBBC.
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NewsBBC expenses: what the drama team is reading
The new BBC expenses reveal Ben Stephenson and predecessor Jane Tranter to be a well-read and researched pair – claiming for the likes of War and Peace and Catch 22.
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NewsNew BBC expenses reveal Jay Hunt's £50 sock claim
BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has spent more than £2,000 of licence fee payers’ money on gifts – including £50 on socks for an indie and over £800 of Molton Brown products.
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NewsBBC boss defends new expenses revelations
BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has defended a second tranche of expenses published today (17 July) stressing that some claims, such as overseas travel, are inevitable and help secure “millions of punds” of co-production investment.
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NewsStubbs quits BBC for ESPN
BBC sports veteran Ray Stubbs is to front ESPN’s Premier League, with IMG understood to be signed up to produce all studio discussion around the games.
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NewsSalford move for 55% of BBC Sport managers
More than half of BBC Sport middle managers have now agreed to move to Salford MediaCity in 2011.
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NewsBBC interactive TV boss rejects Salford move
Rahul Chakkara, the exec behind interactive TV at the BBC and one of the key drivers of Project Canvas, is believed to be planning to leave the corporation
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BBC's Little Dorrit up for 11 Emmys
The BBC’s adaptation of Little Dorrit and Generation Kill, the HBO Iraq War drama co-produced by Company Pictures, have each scooped 11 nominations in the US Emmy awards.
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NewsQuestion Time libel suit costs BBC £45,000
The BBC has paid £45,000 in damages to the head of the Muslim Council of Britain after airing claims on Question Time that the organisation implicitly encouraged the killing of British troops.
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NewsLyons on defence after 'BBC doormat' sideswipe
A Conservative MP has accused BBC Trust chairman Michael Lyons of being the corporation’s “doormat” during parliamentary questions.
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NewsJo Whiley moves in R1 shake-up
Jo Whiley and Edith Bowman are to leave their weekday slots on BBC Radio 1 in its biggest schedule shake up for five years.
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NewsOccupation writer pens BBC1 Morecambe and Wise biopic
The BBC is planning to transfer its BBC4 comedy biopic formula to BBC1 with a 90-minute drama on the early years of Morecambe and Wise.
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NewsBBC in firing line over drama
The Writers’ Guild is to call a public meeting with the BBC after the battle lines were drawn this week over the state of its drama commissioning.
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NewsBBC Trust lays down challenge in comedy
The size of the challenge facing the next BBC comedy chief was spelled out this week as the BBC Trust highlighted failings in the genre.