All BBC articles – Page 363
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Newsnight reporter's laptop seized by police
A Newsnight journalist who specialises in stories about British-born jihadists has had his laptop seized by police under powers granted to them by the Terror Act 2000.
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VIDEO: The Great Pottery Throw Down, BBC2
Love Productions’ pottery format gets underway with an egg cup challenge.
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C4 against closure of iPlayer loophole
Channel 4 has sounded concerns about government proposals to close the iPlayer loophole - but argued that if the move goes ahead it must include non-PSB services.
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ITV calls for BBC ban on formats
ITV has called for BBC1 and BBC2 to be banned from airing any international formats or acquisitions as part of its response to a Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry.
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Chris Evans hits third quarter high
Chris Evans has pulled in his biggest third-quarter listening figures to his Radio 2 breakfast show to date – entertaining an average of 9.4m listeners.
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BBC charter debate hots up
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is wading through more than 190,000 responses to its charter renewal consultation, as culture secretary John Whittingdale made clear this week that everything is up for debate on the BBC’s future.
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Indies welcome ‘decisive’ BBC entertainment controller
Producers have highlighted Alan Tyler’s decisiveness and cheesy music taste as he is poised to become the BBC’s acting controller of entertainment.
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Trust introduces BBC distribution framework
The Trust has introduced a new framework for the BBC’s £217m TV, radio and online content distribution business.
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London Spy, BBC2
Working Title’s five-part thriller stars Ben Whishaw alongside Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling.
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BBC ‘has improved’ rural affairs coverage
The BBC Trust has found “clear and direct” improvement in BBC rural affairs coverage after a 2014 independent review said there was a “deficit” in the corporation’s output in the area.
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BBCW scores Adele pre-sales
BBC Worldwide has secured a slew of pre-sales for a one-off event featuring Adele with broadcasters in Belgium, Canada, The Netherlands and Spain.
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RIG: BBC must formalise radio pledge
The Radio Independents Group (RIG) has called for the BBC’s proposal to open up nearly 60% of the eligible BBC Radio hours to indie competition to be written into its new charter.
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John Whittingdale reminds BBC licence fee deal is not done
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has cast doubt on the BBC’s financial security after reminding an audience of industry executives that July’s deal for the over-75s did not represent the final licence fee agreement.
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Doctor Foster helps VoD jump 1m hours
The growing popularity of BBC1 drama Doctor Foster helped grow the volume of viewing to the broadcaster’s on-demand services by over 1m hours week-on-week.
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Leopard Films exec to lead The Space
Leopard Films head of arts and performance Fiona Morris has been appointed chief executive and creative director of BBC and Arts Council England joint-venture The Space.
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We need to talk about PSBs
Charter Review debate must not distract us from tackling the bigger challenges faced by all broadcasters, says Des Freedman
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Frank Skinner to host weekly iPlayer talk show
Frank Skinner is to front a weekly BBC iPlayer show designed to highlight content on the on-demand service.
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Lord Puttnam leads inquiry on PSB future
The future of public service television will be examined by a wide-ranging inquiry overseen by former Channel 4 deputy chair Lord Puttnam.
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David Beckham scores BBC1 football doc
David Beckham will play seven football games in seven continents for his latest BBC1 documentary.