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NewsBBC moving 13 news roles to the North
BBC News is to bolster its presence in the North by moving around 13 posts and creating at least three new jobs in Salford.
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Canvas on track for launch in 2010, says Huggers
BBC technology chief Erik Huggers has said Project Canvas is still aiming to launch in the first half of next year – insisting it is “appropriate” for the corporation to lead the way in developing an open standard.
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BBC bosses reject C4's call to curb acquisitions
BBC chiefs today flatly rejected a demand from Channel 4 that the corporation should stop buying American programmes, insisting it helped to keep the costs of making British programmes down.
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Canvas partners hit back at critics
Project Canvas’s partners, the BBC, ITV and BT, have fought back against critics of the IPTV joint venture, saying that the initiative will transform the TV industry.
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BBC pays libel damages to West Ham duo
The BBC has paid undisclosed libel damages to West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola and first-team coach Steve Clarke after a contributor claimed on Radio 5 Live they were planning to take over at rival club Chelsea.
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Grey's Anatomy star cast in BBC hospital drama
Grey’s Anatomy’s Kevin McKidd is to star in another medical drama – a BBC production that transplants Greek classic The Odyssey to a British city hospital.
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BBC presenter clashes with peer over salary
Labour peer Lord Foulkes has hijacked a BBC News Channel interview about MPs expenses to launch a blistering attack on BBC presenter salaries.
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Sky airs Project Canvas objections
BSkyB has attacked the BBC Trust’s decision to not carry out a full market review on the BBC, ITV and BT broadband joint venture Project Canvas.
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BBC3 orders Russell Tovey comedy
BBC3 has commissioned a broadcast pilot set entirely in a couple’s bedroom, starring Being Human actor Russell Tovey.
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BBC poaches C4's Ahmed in new Knowledge hirings
Channel 4’s Aaqil Ahmed has been poached to run the BBC’s religion and ethics department as part of the second round of Knowledge appointments – in which four of the key commissioning jobs have been handed to existing BBC staff.
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BBC2 developing new Sarah Waters drama
BBC2 is eyeing an adaptation of Sarah Waters’ novel The Night Watch as a one-off feature-length drama.