All BBC articles – Page 409
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NewsMPs want BBC Trust axed and query future of the licence fee
The licence fee is “becoming harder to sustain” and the BBC Trust should be abolished, according to a significant report on the corporation’s future.
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NewsMargaret Hodge attacks Tony Hall over TVC sale
Director general Tony Hall has denied the BBC knowingly sold TV Centre to a consortium set up to avoid paying tax in the face of accusations from Labour MP Margaret Hodge.
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NewsDanny Cohen: Avalon/Hat Trick BBC3 bid does not stack up
Danny Cohen has publically rejected Avalon Entertainment and Hat Trick Productions’ BBC3 rescue bid, arguing that the £100m takeover plan “does not stack up”.
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NewsBBC3: Cohen response to Mulville & Thoday
Click to read the letter sent by BBC director of television Danny Cohen to the Hat Trick and Avalon bosses about their BBC3 bid.
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NewsTrio of BBC shows lead RTS Awards nominations
Marvellous, Harry & Paul’s Story of the Twos and Happy Valley have all received three nominations for the Royal Television Society Awards 2013/14.
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NewsBBC unveils VE Day season
Testimony Films, Fresh One Productions and Oxford Film and Television are among the indies to have picked up commissions as the BBC unveils a season of programming to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
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NewsDanny Cohen aims to rid BBC of 'addiction' to overnight ratings
Danny Cohen will attempt to wean staff off their “addiction” to the overnight ratings by introducing sophisticated internal data, which will also how reveal how the BBC is reaching underserved viewers.
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NewsBBC Trust probes potential EU rule breach over local TV
The BBC Trust is investigating whether EU rules may have been breached after £25m of licence fee funding was ploughed into launching local television.
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Behind The ScenesAfrica's Fishing Leopards, BBC2
It took two years to gain the trust of the leopards we were filming. It was worth it, says Brad Bestelink
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Behind The ScenesWorld's Toughest Jobs, BBC3
Boundless’ small production team had to work as hard as our subjects in our global adventure
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VideoVIDEO: Banished, BBC2
View the trailer for the RSJ and See-Saw’s co-production set in an Australian penal colony in 1788
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NewsBBC1 calls time on New Tricks
BBC1’s long-running crime drama series New Tricks is to conclude this summer after 12 years on air.
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RatingsAnt & Dec take a bite out of The Voice
SATURDAY: Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway returned to take a chunk out of The Voice but was unable to outperform the BBC1 format.
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NewsEye/Present lands CBeebies development
CBeebies is developing ChuckaBops, a live-action and animated series with fledgling kids indie Eye/Present.
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NewsITV to air first leaders’ debate
ITV will air the first leaders’ debate as the broadcasters plan to push ahead with the events during the election campaign.
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NewsBBC Worldwide names Deluxe as tech partner
Deluxe has been selected by BBC Worldwide as technology partner to support the BBC commercial arm’s Consolidation of Asset Supply Chain Technology and Services initiative.
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PodcastTalking TV: ITV entertainment & I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse
The latest edition of Talking TV sinks its teeth into BBC3’s new gameshow I Survived A Zombie Apocalypse and assesses ITV’s start to the year.
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RatingsEastEnders peaks with 12m
THURSDAY: EastEnders recorded its biggest audience in four years as a peak of almost 12m viewers tuned in to discover who killed Lucy Beale.
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NewsCBeebies and CBBC magic up Aladdin-inspired drama
CBeebies and CBBC have co-commissioned a drama inspired by the Middle Eastern folk tale Aladdin as the channels work together more closely.
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NewsBBC & ITN scoop 15 RTS Journalism awards
ITN and BBC took home 15 of the gongs from last night’s RTS Journalism awards.