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NewsBBC jumps on Vine for iPlayer push
The BBC is bidding to drive increased usage of iPlayer on mobile devices via a trial with video-sharing service Vine.
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NewsCBBC tackles bad cooks and drivers
Parents who can’t cook risk being reported by their children to new CBBC series Disaster Chefs, as Lucky Day Productions picks up two commissions.
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NewsBBC must improve online offering
The BBC has been told to improve the usability of its websites, provide more links to external content and boost local news coverage in a wide-ranging review of its digital services.
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NewsBBC to share Connected Studio insights
BBC Online is preparing to share some of the work from its Connected Studio initiative at a briefing for partners and suppliers this week.
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NewsBBC unlikely to grant job cuts moratorium
The BBC is unlikely to bow to the broadcasting unions’ demands for a pause on the Delivering Quality First job cuts, according to HR director Lucy Adams.
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NewsKatz rallies Newsnight
Newly appointed Newsnight editor Ian Katz has rallied the programme’s staff by promising to take it out of the studio and hinting at potential extra resource.
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NewsStephenson pulls out of BBC1 race
BBC drama boss Ben Stephenson has ruled himself out of the race to become the next BBC1 controller.
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NewsNewsnight and Today editors appointed
Ian Katz and Jamie Angus have been confirmed as editors of flagship news programmes BBC2’s Newsnight and Radio 4’s Today.
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NewsStephenson’s tax warning
BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson has warned producers that high-quality shows do not necessarily need to be big budget in the new age of tax breaks.
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NewsHarman slams lack of women on TV
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has published new data that shows female television presenters “disappear into a black hole” when they reach 50.
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NewsGrimshaw’s Radio 1 breakfast sheds 1m listeners
Rajar: Nick Grimshaw’s BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show shed nearly a million listeners in the first quarter of 2013 - as Chris Evans posted a record audience.
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NewsBBC1 develops Scandinavian detective series
BBC1 is developing a returnable detective brand based on a series of crime novels by bestselling Norwegian writer Anne Holt.
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NewsBBC2 tucks into restaurant business
Spun Gold spin-off Brassy TV has won its first order as BBC2 green-lights two series which delve into the restaurant world.
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NewsBBC opts not to recoup Entwistle payoff
The BBC Trust has decided not to attempt to claw back any of George Entwistle’s £450,000 payoff, a move under consideration after the former director general changed his evidence to the Pollard inquiry.
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NewsHall: BBC must be best creative partner in TV
Tony Hall has urged the BBC to commission bold drama and become the industry’s “best” creative partner in his first high-profile public engagement as director general.
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NewsBBC rapped over Salford relocation deals
The BBC has not applied “sufficient rigour” to managing relocation incentives for staff that have moved to Salford, according to a National Audit Office report.
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NewsMurder lands series after Bafta win
The BBC has commissioned Zodiak’s Touchpaper to transform the Bafta-winning single drama Murder into a full series.
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NewsBBC3 orders Cleveland kidnap doc
BBC3 has ordered a fast turnaround documentary on the Cleveland kidnappings and acquired BBC America drama Orphan Black.
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NewsBBC MediaCity staff 'happier than' London counterparts
BBC employees working in Salford are happier and more motivated than their peers around the rest of the country, a senior human resources director has claimed.
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NewsBBC1 pilots Everybody Loves Raymond
BBC1 is to pilot a UK version of hit US sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond with Lee Mack and Catherine Tate.