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NewsCarrington quits CBeebies
CBeebies controller Michael Carrington is to leave the BBC for a senior role at Turner Broadcasting.
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NewsSecond course for BBC3's Lunch Monkeys
BBC3 has ordered a second series of Lunch Monkeys – despite a weak first run for the office-based sitcom.
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NewsBBC4 to chart the history and art of maps
BBC4 has ordered two documentary series about the history of maps to coincide with a major British Library exhibition.
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NewsPeston to tell BBC3 viewers how to vote
Robert Peston is to tell teenagers how to vote in two short trails for BBC3 - part of a raft of new content around the general election.
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NewsTalkback launches web opera spoof
The comedy team behind spoof boyband Toyboize has launched a second pop parody, this time pastiching pop-opera groups such as G4 and Il Divo.
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NewsSeeSaw eyes March launch as beta goes live
SeeSaw is gearing up to enter the UK VoD market in March and will attempt to build momentum with a major TV ad campaign.
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NewsiPlayer to get Wii relaunch
Nintendo Wii gamers will soon be able to enjoy problem-free use of the BBC iPlayer on their machines.
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NewsLords committee calls for kids TV tax breaks
The campaign for tax credits for children’s programming has received a shot in the arm after a House of Lords select committee called for film tax credits to be extended to kids TV.
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NewsBBC urged to sell off Worldwide
BBC Worldwide should be part-privatised to allow it to become a “major global brand”, a cross-party group of peers has said.
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NewsBBC to canvas public on homosexuality
The BBC has commissioned research into attitudes towards its portrayal of homosexuality and bisexuality across radio, TV and online.
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NewsFogle fronts Noma doc
Ben Fogle is to travel Ethiopia to investigate a rare flesh-eating disease for a BBC2 documentary from ORTV International.
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NewsBBC to film cashless priest over eight months
Anglican priest Peter Owen Jones is to be seen living without money for eight months for a major BBC series as he turns to a “simple life”.
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NewsBBC announces latest foray in games
The BBC has earmarked some of its most popular brands, including Top Gear, Doctor Who and In The Night Garden, for expansion into the computer gaming market, according to gaming trade magazine MCV.
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NewsNAO poised to publish Broadcasting House report
Oxford Media Convention: The National Audit Office will publish a report into the overspend on the BBC’s revamp of Broadcasting House within a month.
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NewsDominic West to direct all-star Moving On cast
Dominic West, best known for his role as a no-nonsense cop in cult US crime series The Wire, is going behind the camera to direct an episode of BBC1 daytime drama Moving On.
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NewsBBC indie spend worth £1.4bn to UK
The BBC’s spend with indies contributes £867m direct to the UK economy and is estimated to have a knock-on value of up to £1.4bn, according to a forthcoming study by Deloitte.
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NewsBBC Wales in bid to charm indies to drama hub
BBC Wales is courting indies to join its new, multi-million-pound drama village in Roath Basin - but nearby BBC Bristol is worried it could be overshadowed.
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NewsOccupation exec Patrick Spence to exit BBC NI
Patrick Spence, head of drama for BBC Northern Ireland and the commissioning exec behind Occupation, is to step down from the role.
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NewsHuggers: Canvas will have iPhone-style app store
Nations & Regions Conference: IPTV joint venture Project Canvas will be an open platform akin to Apple’s iPhone with applications available from a central “store”, according to BBC director of future media and technology Erik Huggers.
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NewsBBC to boldly go into astronomy archives
The BBC is to make 40 years of astronomy content available to the public – drawing together material from Tomorrow’s World, Horizon, QED and Sky At Night.