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    BBC should lose licence fee, says report

    2009-07-21T10:56:00Z

    The BBC should lose its hold on the licence fee and sell off BBC1 and BBC3, a new report has said.

  • Damian Kavanagh
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    Kavanagh named CBBC chief

    2009-07-21T10:53:00Z

    Daytime scheduler and former children’s commissioning exec Damian Kavanagh has landed the job of CBBC controller.

  • Dragon's Eye
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    BBC's local output "letting Wales down"

    2009-07-21T10:22:00Z

    The BBC’s localised Welsh television output has fallen 15% since 2004 – prompting claims the corporation is “letting Wales down”.

  • The Bill
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    The Bill saved in Scotland

    2009-07-21T08:42:00Z

    Viewers in Scotland will be able to watch the new 9pm version of The Bill, despite ITV licence holder STV deciding to opt out of network programming at that time.

  • Ben Bradshaw
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    Bradshaw sidesteps BBC expenses row

    2009-07-20T17:37:00Z

    Media secretary Ben Bradshaw had refused to intervene in the political row over BBC salaries and expenses despite MPs voicing concerns in the Commons.

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    C4 cleared over Siôn Jenkins documentary

    2009-07-20T12:19:00Z

    Ofcom has thrown out complaints that a Channel 4 documentary following the release of Siôn Jenkins, after he was cleared of murdering his foster daughter Billie-Jo, unfairly invaded his family’s privacy.

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    ITV calls for more football on protected TV list

    2009-07-20T11:29:00Z

    ITV is pushing the government to add all World Cup and European Championship qualifying games involving home nations to be added to the list of sporting events protected for free-to-air television.

  • Doctor Who: Companions
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    Filming begins on new Doctor Who

    2009-07-20T10:22:00Z

    Filming starts today on the new series of Doctor Who that will see Matt Smith will take on the eponymous role.

  • Peter Salmon
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    Salmon woos Salford 'backyard'

    2009-07-20T10:18:00Z

    Peter Salmon, director of BBC North, has appealed to economic interests in the region in a bid to bolster support for the corporation.

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    CBBC to give kids run of British Museum

    2009-07-17T16:38:00Z

    CBBC viewers will get the chance to stay overnight in the British Museum, dodging security guards and piecing together mysteries, in a new adventure game show for CBBC.

  • War and Peace
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    BBC expenses: what the drama team is reading

    2009-07-17T13:12:00Z

    The new BBC expenses reveal Ben Stephenson and predecessor Jane Tranter to be a well-read and researched pair – claiming for the likes of War and Peace and Catch 22.

  • Jay Hunt spent £48.95 on two pairs of cashmere socks
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    New BBC expenses reveal Jay Hunt's £50 sock claim

    2009-07-17T12:23:00Z

    BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has spent more than £2,000 of licence fee payers’ money on gifts – including £50 on socks for an indie and over £800 of Molton Brown products.

  • Caroline Thomson
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    BBC boss defends new expenses revelations

    2009-07-17T11:25:00Z

    BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has defended a second tranche of expenses published today (17 July) stressing that some claims, such as overseas travel, are inevitable and help secure “millions of punds” of co-production investment. 

  • Ray Stubbs
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    Stubbs quits BBC for ESPN

    2009-07-17T10:38:00Z

    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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    Salford move for 55% of BBC Sport managers

    2009-07-17T10:33:00Z

    More than half of BBC Sport middle managers have now agreed to move to Salford MediaCity in 2011.

  • Rahul Chakkara
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    BBC interactive TV boss rejects Salford move

    2009-07-17T00:01:00Z

    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

    2009-07-16T15:30:00Z

    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.

  • Question Time
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    Question Time libel suit costs BBC £45,000

    2009-07-16T13:33:00Z

    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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    ITV1 to screen unaired Jackson footage

    2009-07-16T13:07:00Z

    ITV1 is to screen previously unaired home video footage of the late pop star Michael Jackson from his friend Uri Geller’s private archive.

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    Lyons on defence after 'BBC doormat' sideswipe

    2009-07-16T13:02:00Z

    A Conservative MP has accused BBC Trust chairman Michael Lyons of being the corporation’s “doormat” during parliamentary questions.