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NewsStubbs quits BBC for ESPN
BBC sports veteran Ray Stubbs is to front ESPN’s Premier League, with IMG understood to be signed up to produce all studio discussion around the games.
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NewsSalford move for 55% of BBC Sport managers
More than half of BBC Sport middle managers have now agreed to move to Salford MediaCity in 2011.
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NewsBBC interactive TV boss rejects Salford move
Rahul Chakkara, the exec behind interactive TV at the BBC and one of the key drivers of Project Canvas, is believed to be planning to leave the corporation
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BBC's Little Dorrit up for 11 Emmys
The BBC’s adaptation of Little Dorrit and Generation Kill, the HBO Iraq War drama co-produced by Company Pictures, have each scooped 11 nominations in the US Emmy awards.
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NewsQuestion Time libel suit costs BBC £45,000
The BBC has paid £45,000 in damages to the head of the Muslim Council of Britain after airing claims on Question Time that the organisation implicitly encouraged the killing of British troops.
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NewsLyons on defence after 'BBC doormat' sideswipe
A Conservative MP has accused BBC Trust chairman Michael Lyons of being the corporation’s “doormat” during parliamentary questions.
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NewsJo Whiley moves in R1 shake-up
Jo Whiley and Edith Bowman are to leave their weekday slots on BBC Radio 1 in its biggest schedule shake up for five years.
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NewsOccupation writer pens BBC1 Morecambe and Wise biopic
The BBC is planning to transfer its BBC4 comedy biopic formula to BBC1 with a 90-minute drama on the early years of Morecambe and Wise.
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NewsBBC in firing line over drama
The Writers’ Guild is to call a public meeting with the BBC after the battle lines were drawn this week over the state of its drama commissioning.
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NewsBBC Trust lays down challenge in comedy
The size of the challenge facing the next BBC comedy chief was spelled out this week as the BBC Trust highlighted failings in the genre.
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Tories: hand regional TV to papers
Regional television news could fall into the hands of local newspapers, under Conservative proposals published this afternoon.
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NewsMPs take stand against top-slicing
Government proposals to top slice the BBC licence fee suffered a setback today, after Labour and Conservative figures called for the corporation to keep all of its £3.5bn a year income.
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NewsSophie Dahl to look at emotional food for BBC2
Sophie Dahl is to take an emotional look at food, in a new BBC2 show from Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One Productions.
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NewsFast Show star takes lead in BBC online comedy
A star of The Fast Show is bringing another comedy character to life, this time on the BBC Comedy website in the first online series to be produced by ITV Studios.
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NewsBBC commands golf monopoly after Setanta collapse
The BBC will remain the sole broadcaster of this year’s Open Golf Championship after the collapse of Setanta forced the corporation to reapply to Ofcom for approval.
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NewsBBCW hunting development deals
BBC Worldwide is looking to sign more small-scale development deals with individual producers following a record year for equity stakes in indies.
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NewsLicence fee evasion rising
Licence fee evasion rose 4% last year and is expected to get worse as the recession deepens.
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NewsBBCW sales pass £1bn but profits drop 27%
BBC Worldwide’s revenues have broken through the £1bn barrier for the first time – but the collapse of Project Kangaroo has contributed to a 27% plummet in profits.
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NewsBBC1 unveils new dramas
BBC Drama controller Ben Stephenson has announced five new dramas set for BBC1 in 2010, including a thriller set below the Arctic ice, a deaf girl who accidentally witnesses a murder and a mother’s affair across the years.
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NewsBBC to crackdown on salaries
BBC bosses have pledged to “bear down” further on exec and talent pay – but warned the corporation must stay “flexible” to award bonuses.