All BBC articles – Page 476

  • EastEnders
    News

    BBC1 to add +1 service

    2013-10-09T09:18:00Z

    BBC1 is to launch a +1 service as the corporation underlines the ongoing importance of linear viewing alongside its digital future.

  • iPlayer
    News

    iPlayer to become BBC’s ‘front door’

    2013-10-08T13:56:00Z

    The BBC is planning to “reinvent” the iPlayer to position it as the “front door” to the corporation’s programming over the next decade.

  • Tony Hall
    News

    Tony Hall's vision: speech in full

    2013-10-08T13:35:00Z

    Click to read the full transcript of the speech given by the director general at the BBC Radio Theatre.

  • Tony Hall
    News

    Tony Hall plans personalised BBC

    2013-10-08T11:34:00Z

    Tony Hall has unveiled his vision for a more personalised BBC, in which audiences around the world are able to take ownership of the way they engage with the corporation’s content.

  • Andrew Davies
    News

    Weinstein Company joins BBC's War and Peace

    2013-10-08T09:10:00Z

    US film studio The Weinstein Company (TWC) has signed a deal with Lookout Point and BBC Worldwide, to partner on BBC Cymru Wales Drama’s War and Peace.

  • Open All Hours
    News

    BBC1 to reopen Open All Hours

    2013-10-07T13:22:00Z

    BBC1 is to revive classic 1970s sitcom Open All Hours for a one-off Christmas special.

  • Stuart Murphy
    News

    Sky's Murphy slams BBC arts show as ‘derivative’

    2013-10-07T13:07:00Z

    Sky’s director of entertainment channels Stuart Murphy has slammed a key plank of Tony Hall’s vision to reinvigorate arts on the BBC as “derivative”.

  • Sesame Street
    News

    Cookie Monster heads to CBeebies

    2013-10-07T09:56:00Z

    Mipcom: Elmo and the Cookie Monster are to open the doors to The Furchester hotel – the result of a unique tie-up between Sesame Workshop and CBeebies.

  • Tony Hall
    News

    BBC to boost arts funding by 20%

    2013-10-07T09:26:00Z

    The BBC is to boost funding for television arts programming by 20% as part of plans to put it “back at the heart” of the corporation.

  • BBC R1
    News

    Radio 1 tunes up iPlayer video channel

    2013-10-07T09:17:00Z

    BBC Radio 1 is to launch a video channel on the iPlayer – as the broadcaster prepares to personalise its on-demand service.

  • Newsnight
    News

    Paxman nearly quit Newsnight over Savile scandal

    2013-10-04T12:04:00Z

    Jeremy Paxman has admitted that he came close to quitting Newsnight at the height of the Jimmy Savile scandal last year.

  • Syria (Getty)
    News

    Major changes at BBC Arabic

    2013-10-03T08:19:00Z

    BBC Arabic underwent a structural overhaul this summer, but the corporation has refused to reveal whether the changes were the result of the widespread cultural tensions and complaints against the global news division that were revealed by broadcastnow.co.uk this week.

  • Peter Salmon
    News

    Salmon: C4 would be better off in regions

    2013-10-03T08:12:00Z

    BBC North director Peter Salmon has suggested Channel 4 should consider moving outside of London to restate its credentials as a distinctive broadcaster.

  • News

    Nelson calls for help for learning project

    2013-10-03T08:00:00Z

    Former BBC multiplatform controller Simon Nelson is calling on indies and broadcasters to support FutureLearn, an Open University-backed online social learning initiative.

  • Cassian Harrison
    News

    BBC4 channel editor named

    2013-10-02T12:16:00Z

    BBC history, science and natural history commissioner Cassian Harrison has been appointed channel editor of BBC4.

  • The Fixer
    News

    BBC2 returns to The Fixer

    2013-10-02T11:49:00Z

    BBC2 has commissioned a third series of Alex Polizzi – The Fixer from Twofour, in which the former hotelier will attempt to change the fate of failing family firms.

  • Doctor Who
    News

    Doctor Who 50th special to simulcast globally

    2013-10-02T09:10:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is to simulcast the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special in at least 75 countries.

  • BBC Arabic
    News

    'Civil war' at BBC Arabic exposed

    2013-10-01T12:20:00Z

    A Broadcast investigation has exposed “civil war” among staff, managers and presenters at BBC Arabic, the oldest and largest of the corporation’s non-English language services.

  • Jarred Christmas
    News

    Adams Hills' BBC NI show gets new host

    2013-10-01T11:46:00Z

    BBC Northern Ireland has ordered a second series of comedy panel show Monumental - with Kiwi comedian Jarred Christmas replacing Adams Hills.

  • Bad Education
    News

    iPlayer tablet traffic hits 25%

    2013-09-30T13:30:00Z

    Tablets accounted for 25% of all BBC iPlayer video views in August as the proportion of traffic to the service from computers fell to an all-time low.