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NewsBBC2 to Meet the Puppies
BBC2 is to follow the development of six puppies in their first year of life in an RDF Television series.
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NewsBBC battles to get Family Guy on iPlayer
The BBC is to redouble its efforts to resolve a long-running dispute with Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox Television to feature Family Guy on iPlayer following the decision to shift BBC3 online.
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NewsPurnell warns against licence fee evasion plans
James Purnell has argued that decriminalising licence fee evasion would present a “huge risk” to the future of certain BBC services.
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NewsBBC1 lines up third David Walliams adaptation
BBC1 is to adapt David Walliams’ children’s book The Boy in the Dress for its third Christmas collaboration with the Little Britain Star.
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NewsMPs bid to reverse BBC3 decision
Labour MP John McDonnell has tabled an Early Day Motion in parliament calling on the BBC to reverse its decision to close BBC3 as a television channel.
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NewsAdam Curtis and Frankie Boyle lead iPlayer originals
Adam Curtis, Bob Mortimer and Frankie Boyle are among a slew of stars commissioned to create original content for the revamped BBC iPlayer.
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NewsBBC beefs up iPlayer
The BBC has overhauled the design of the iPlayer online with an emphasis on images to make it easier for users to discover shows they are interested in.
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NewsBennett: BBC3 must ‘redouble’ efforts online
BBC3 must “redouble” its efforts to grow talent and take creative risks if it moves online next year, according to Zai Bennett.
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NewsBBC to call for licence fee increase
The BBC is set to argue for the licence fee to be linked to inflation when it enters licence fee negotiations next year.
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NewsKim Shillinglaw emerges as BBC2 frontrunner
BBC science and natural history commissioner Kim Shillinglaw has emerged as the frontrunner to become the next controller of BBC2.
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NewsBBC3: Danny Cohen takes to Twitter
BBC director of television Danny Cohen took to Twitter to discuss the decision to shift BBC3 online with viewers.
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NewsWomen directors focus of BBC scheme
Directors UK and the BBC are piloting a workshop for women TV directors who are keen to return to work after a career break or reposition their career.
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NewsLicence fee cut will put spotlight on BBC4
Danny Cohen has said BBC4 will remain a TV channel in the short term – but warned that a tough licence fee settlement would put the factual channel next in the firing line.
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NewsCohen: dropping BBC3 will stop content cuts
The BBC faces making unilateral programming budget cuts of up to 25% if BBC3 is not taken off air, according to Danny Cohen.
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NewsInfographic: BBC3 budget breakdown
BBC3’s projected 2015/6 budget was £75m – which will now be radically reallocated.
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NewsCohen begins BBC3 briefings
Danny Cohen has begun briefing BBC3’s key suppliers and talent about plans to take the service online, amid fears that the axe is hanging over many of the channel’s big brands.
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NewsCohen: BBC3 strategy is a risk
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has admitted that moving BBC3 online is a major risk and that cost savings have forced the corporation to make the move ahead of schedule.
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NewsTony Hall: email to staff
Click to read the director general’s email to staff about BBC3’s online move.
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NewsBBC3 budget cut in half by move online
BBC3’s programme budget will be cut in half, and £30m of it will be redirected into BBC1 drama, when the youth channel moves online in autumn 2015.