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NewsBBC creates fund for northern indies
BBC Children’s has ring-fenced £500,000 of its multiplatform budget exclusively for northern indies.
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NewsBBC axes Silver Street
The BBC is to axe Asian Network soap Silver Street after five years on air – a move heavily criticised by the Writer’s Guild
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NewsFree TV Ashes criticised by cricket board
The recommendation to reserve the Ashes for free-to-air television has been criticised by England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke, who questioned whether the BBC would choose to show the event.
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NewsBBC's Comedy College wins first commission
The BBC’s Comedy College has won its first commission – a sitcom pilot by John Warburton for BBC3.
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NewsBBC: No plans to reveal all senior salaries
The BBC will not publish the salary and expenses details of all its senior managers despite protestations that nearly 300 senior figures earning more than £100k were kept out of last Thursday’s disclosures.
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NewsBBC Trust blocks atheists on Thought for the Day
Thought for the Day will remain closed to atheists and humanists, after the BBC Trust rejected accusations that the Radio 4 programme is in breach of editorial guidelines.
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NewsOfcom recommends relaxing media ownership rules
Ofcom has called for a radical shake-up of media ownership rules which would open the door for a new spate of consolidation.
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GameLab scores Bafta hat trick
The indie behind the BBC learning disability web drama Us5 has scored a hat trick of nominations for the 2009 British Academy Children’s Awards.
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NewsBBC Parliament hits 2m mark
BBC Parliament has doubled its audience since launching on Freeview – reaching more than 2 million viewers throughout October.
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NewsTories may shrink BBC licence fee
The Tories may force the BBC into accepting a reduced licence fee and axing its digital channels, shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsBBC banned Enid Blyton for 30 years
The BBC banned Enid Blyton from the airwaves for 30 years after she was deemed a “second rater” not good enough for Children’s Hour.
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NewsBBC get Nurse Jackie treatment
The BBC has picked up highly-acclaimed US show Nurse Jackie, a dark comedy starring multi-Emmy and Golden Globe winning Sopranos star Edie Falco.
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NewsSports Personality to take on X Factor finale
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year show will go head-to-head with ITV1’s heavyweight finale of The X Factor.
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NewsBBC salaries, Nov '09
Full list of the most senior decision-makers at the BBC senior staff, with job titles and details of salaries.
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NewsBBC's Hadlow and Cohen earn equal wage
BBC SALARIES: BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow earns exactly the same as BBC3’s Danny Cohen, despite the fact that she presides over a 24-hour terrestrial channel.
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NewsMandelson attacks BBC impartiality
The BBC has denied allegations that its news coverage is influenced by Sky, the TV broadcast arm of The Sun newspaper owner News International.
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NewsTop BBC execs tighten purse strings
Senior BBC execs reigned in their spending habits in the three months to July – signalling that the harsh light of public scrutiny is affecting their ability to schmooze talent.
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NewsHadlow on hunt for ‘smart’ drama series
BBC2 plans to air regular 30-minute dramas at 10pm and is on the hunt for more “smart” returning series to stop the channel’s drama output feeling too bitty.
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NewsDad’s the word for BBC4 with documentary slate
BBC4 is to investigate the truth behind the cliché “every child needs a father” in a slate of films about fatherhood.
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NewsBBC science head bows out after landmark series
BBC head of science John Lynch is to step down at the end of this year, and will leave the BBC altogether in 2010 after delivering a major landmark series about the history of science.