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NewsBBC and ITV score World Cup rights until 2022
The BBC and ITV have scored a deal to broadcast the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments.
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NewsLord Coe mulling BBC Trust role
Lord Coe, the man who oversaw the delivery of the London 2012 Olympics, is mulling whether to apply to become the next BBC Trust chairman.
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NewsBBC pays out £2m car allowance
BBC staff car allowances ran to £2m in 2013, a 12% drop on the £2.3m bill from the previous year.
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NewsFreeview and Digital UK to launch IPTV service
Freeview and Digital UK have confirmed that they are developing an internet connected TV service that will rival YouView.
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NewsWorld Cup comes to second screen
The BBC and ITV are gearing up for “the first social World Cup” as they look to take advantage of the rapid growth in internet-connected mobile devices since 2010.
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NewsBBC Trust resumes Comux payments
The BBC Trust has restarted payments to Comux, the organisation responsible for building the infrastructure for local TV, following concerns over its handling of £25m of licence fee money.
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NewsBBC to trial 4K OB at World Cup
The BBC is to broadcast the World Cup final and two other matches in Ultra HD (4K) to several closed environments, as part of its ongoing experiments with the high-resolution format.
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NewsBBC to dramatise life in the Bloomsbury Set
BBC2 will explore the world of London’s controversial literary set in the early 20th century in a period drama from two indie rivals.
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NewsBBC3 to breathe new life into zombie genre
BBC3 may be on the chopping block but it plans to innovate ahead of its move online with a Release The Hounds-style crossgenre zombie gameshow.
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NewsHarriet Harman: licence fee alternatives must be considered
Alternatives to the BBC licence fee should be examined, according to shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman, who has warned that the funding model is “a means to an end.”
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NewsBBC follows Mexican bat-man
The BBC is to follow a real-life Mexican bat-man for its latest wildlife documentary commission from Windfall Films.
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NewsAndrew Jackson to leave Discovery
Andrew Jackson is leaving Discovery after two years at the US broadcaster.
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NewsBBC plans News and radio job cuts
The BBC is planning to cut almost 600 jobs across its news and radio divisions, according to American business magazine Forbes.
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NewsAlbury questions BBC diversity efforts
Former RTS chief executive Simon Albury has questioned the seriousness of BBC news director James Harding’s ambition to tackle diversity.
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NewsArmando Iannucci calls for BBC subscription service
The Thick of It creator and writer Armando Iannucci has urged the BBC to launch an international subscription service to help bolster its revenues.
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NewsBBC comedy's Kakkar joins Big Talk
The BBC’s head of in-house comedy development Saurabh Kakkar is leaving the corporation after two years to join Big Talk Productions.
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NewsPat Younge: abolish BBC quotas
Pat Younge, BBC in-house’s former chief creative officer, has argued that the corporation’s TV production guarantees are “irretrievably broken” and should be abolished during charter renewal.
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NewsSam Bickley made acting BBC3 boss
Sam Bickley, BBC3’s head of documentaries and features commissioning, will step up to run the channel in an acting capacity later this month.
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NewsDiane Coyle: BBC must be a kaleidoscope of diversity
The BBC Trust’s acting chairman Diane Coyle has insisted that the corporation must reflect the “kaleidoscopic” diversity of modern Britain.
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NewsBBC receives over 1k complaints over Ukip coverage
The BBC has received a total of 1,190 complaints from viewers over its coverage of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) recent European Parliament 2014 election coverage.