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NewsCBeebies signs up Footy Pups
Arsenal footballer Rachel Yankey OBE has signed up to front a new Dot to Dot Productions sports skills series for CBeebies.
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NewsRona Fairhead criticises BBC data
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has voiced “surprise” at the lack of data the corporation has about its audiences.
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NewsRona Fairhead makes case for BBC Trust
Rona Fairhead has made a passionate case for the BBC Trust’s role in protecting the BBC’s independence amid growing calls for the governing body to be abolished.
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NewsBBC reschedules controversial royal doc
The BBC has rescheduled controversial royal family doc Reinventing The Royals, a month after it postponed the two-part series.
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NewsFairhead: BBC charter renewal must not be handled by elite
Rona Fairhead will today warn that the job of renewing the BBC’s charter for the next decade should not be handled by a “small elite” if it is to deliver value for licence fee payers.
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NewsR1 rapped for confusion over Foo Fighters song
Nick Grimshaw’s Radio 1 Breakfast Show has been rapped after confusion at the station led to the DJ playing a Foo Fighters song containing offensive language.
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NewsThe Musketeers poised to return
BBC1 is ready to press ahead with a third series of The Musketeers despite the drama’s below-par ratings.
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NewsMeirion Jones to leave the BBC
Meirion Jones, one half of the investigation team behind Newsnight’s dropped Jimmy Savile story, is to leave the BBC.
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NewsSouth Side Story trials SnapChat
The BBC has kicked off a trial of messaging app SnapChat to support BBC3 reality show South Side Story.
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NewsIdris Elba fronts BBC Taster interactive series
Idris Elba is fronting a 20-part interactive series exploring the history of the world for BBC Taster, the corporation’s innovation website.
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NewsBBC retains Premier League rights for £204m
The BBC will keep hold of Premier League football until 2019 and launch a mid-week Match of the Day on BBC2 as part of a £204m deal.
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NewsBroadcasters confirm debate proposals
The broadcasters’ proposals for the TV election debates look set to remain unaltered after the BBC and ITV released a joint statement confirming their intentions.
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NewsBBC commissioner IP guidelines: in full
Click to view the BBC’s newly introduced IP guidelines.
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NewsTom Giles handed new BBC role
Former Panorama editor Tom Giles has left BBC News to become a specialist factual producer at BBC Productions, Broadcast understands.
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NewsBBC factual plan in spotlight
Sweeping changes to the BBC’s factual commissioning team came as a “massive shock” to insiders and are likely to result in the departure of some of the corporation’s highest-profile commissioners.
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NewsBBC Taster targets YouTube generation
The BBC’s efforts to reach new audiences with digital storytelling were ratcheted up this week with the unveiling of BBC Taster.
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NewsBBC sets strict IP guidelines
The BBC has banned commissioners from leaving with an idea they developed at the corporation, following last year’s controversy over Prized Apart.
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NewsTony Hall: TV watershed won't last
BBC director general Tony Hall has suggested that the TV watershed will become increasingly irrelevant as viewing habits change.
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NewsBT Sport confident of landing Gary Lineker
BT Sport is in serious discussions with Gary Lineker over signing the presenter to host its Champions League coverage from next season.