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NewsSky lodges YouView comments with Ofcom
BSkyB has issued a submission about the IPTV venture YouView with regulators Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading in a bid to prevent it getting the go-ahead.
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NewsRadioCentre slams BBC as 'inefficient'
Trade body the RadioCentre has slammed the BBC’s radio operation, saying there are “significant inefficiencies” in the system.
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NewsThompson's email to staff about BBC exec board
Email to staff from BBC director general Mark Thompson about changes to the BBC executive board.
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NewsBBC marketing chief to leave in restructure
The BBC’s director of marketing, communications and audiences (MC&A) Sharon Baylay is being made redundant as part of a swathe of changes being introduced to the corporation’s senior management.
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NewsBBC staff will work-to-rule over pensions
Broadcasting unions are calling on their members to work-to-rule for 24 hours later this month as they await responses to the latest ballot over BBC pensions, which the NUJ predicts will result in strike action.
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NewsJohn Hurt to star in BBC2 ghost story
Screen veteran John Hurt is to head the cast in a BBC ghost story, it has been announced.
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NewsPeter Salmon to step down from BBC executive board
The BBC’s commitment to cutting senior management and executive pay has taken a step further this week, with three members of the executive board understood to be stepping down including BBC North director Peter Salmon.
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NewsByford and Thompson's emails to staff
Messages from deputy director general Mark Byford on his departure after 32 years at the BBC and director general Mark Thompson’s email making the announcement.
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NewsNew BBC guidelines to curb derogatory remarks
The BBC has updated its guidelines on how programme makers should approach impartiality, competitions and offence that will deal with “humiliating and derogatory” remarks.
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NewsMark Byford to leave BBC as deputy DG role axed
The BBC is axing the role of deputy director general and will make Mark Byford redundant next April after more than 30 years service.
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NewsBBC Trust launches national radio review
The BBC Trust has launched a service review of the corporation’s national radio stations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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NewsBBC America link up for new Doctor Who
The Tardis will land in 1960s Utah for the opening episode of series six of the BBC favourite.
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NewsSalary cover up director to leave BBC
The BBC’s “reward director” who admitted trying to disguise the number of high earning staff at the corporation is leaving for a “less high profile and demanding role”.
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NewsBBC chief wants News Corp bid probe
The coalition Government should intervene in News Corp’s bid to take full control of BSkyB, the director-general of the BBC has claimed.
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NewsAccept pension offer or lose it, BBC tells staff
The BBC has told staff it will withdraw its latest pensions proposal if it is not accepted by the unions.
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NewsScott Free to co-produce Philip K Dick sci-fi classic for BBC1
Almost 30 years on from Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott is to return to the works of Philip K Dick for a major BBC1 drama series.
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NewsUnions delay action as BBC revises offer
The BBC could still be hit by strikes later this month, while unions have warned members to prepare for a long fight to see any further improvement in the BBC’s proposals for pension reform.
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NewsStephenson seeking ‘serious’ BBC3 drama
BBC3 is looking for “seriousminded” single drama to complement its documentary output, the broadcaster’s controller of drama commissioning has said.
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NewsZeppotron to create celebrity gossip show sitcom for BBC2
Endemol-owned indie Zeppotron is to make an improvised sitcom for teens set behind the scenes on a daily celebrity gossip show.
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NewsBBC Learning management is restructured
The BBC is restructuring the senior management team of its Learning division, hiring a new head of commissioning and creative director and culling two roles.