All BBC articles – Page 507
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NewsBBC to launch five new HD channels
BBC3, CBeebies and BBC News are among five new subscription-free HD channels to be launched by the BBC early next year.
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NewsKarl Warner resigns from the BBC
Karl Warner has resigned from his post as a BBC entertainment commissioner in order to set up his own indie.
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NewsBBC let off the hook over Holly Willoughby’s dress
Ofcom has decided not to investigate a slew of complaints about Holly Willoughby’s dress on the final of The Voice UK.
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NewsAnjem Choudary interviews to be probed
Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether Anjem Choudary’s appearance on Newsnight, Daybreak and Channel 4 News following Drummer Lee Rigby’s murder was editorially justified.
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NewsBBC News at Six and Ten editor named
Paul Royall has been named as the new editor of the BBC News at Six and Ten.
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NewsBBC to split Charlotte Moore’s docs role
The BBC is planning to split Charlotte Moore’s old documentaries commissioning editor role after she was promoted to BBC1 controller.
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CommentMiranda Sawyer: women on-air stats “shocking”
More proof of the lack of female voices on-air is revealed today with a study showing just one in five solo voices on radio is female.
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NewsBBC to publish Pollard costs next week
The BBC will publish the full and final costs of the Nick Pollard review in next week’s annual report.
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NewsThompson hits back in BBC payoffs row
Mark Thompson has hit back in the row over BBC payoffs – claiming that there was “a couple of inaccuracies” in testimonies given to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday.
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NewsBBC Trust to probe BBC North Korea film
The BBC Trust has confirmed that it is formally investigating a Panorama documentary on North Korea following a number of complaints from the London School of Economics (LSE).
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FeaturesBBC TV Drama Writers’ Festival
Will Strauss uncovers a talented but isolated community who swear a lot - but whose passion shines through.
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NewsBBC Children’s bids to up its multiplatform game
BBC Children’s is “lagging behind its audience” in terms of the platforms it uses and must focus its efforts on getting “alongside” them within a decade, director of children’s Joe Godwin has revealed.
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NewsAllen: comedy talent is key to BBC plans
BBC comedy controller Shane Allen will put talent front and centre of his plans to reshape the corporation’s output in the genre.
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NewsBBC 50% quota in spotlight
Pact is campaigning to get the BBC to reconsider its 50% inhouse production guarantee at the 2016 charter renewal after the indie sector enjoyed another dominant year in the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC).
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NewsBBCW hires two execs to add 50 more hours
BBC Worldwide has extended its original commissioning drive to 150 hours by 2014/15 and hired UKTV commissioner Julie Swanston and former Channel 4 programming executive Lucy Pilkington to help manage the process.
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NewsPatten: BBC Trust's hands tied over severance pay
Lord Patten has questioned whether the BBC Trust should be given more power to interrogate BBC executive pay after the governing body came under fire over severance deals.
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NewsShane Allen criticises C4 commissioning
BBC comedy boss Shane Allen has taken a swipe at Channel 4’s commissioning processes and argued that he is not threatened by Sky’s comedy push.
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NewsBBCW adds firepower to commissioning team
BBC Worldwide has recruited UKTV commissioner Julie Swanston and former Channel 4 programming executive Lucy Pilkington as it continues its global channels original content push.
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NewsBBC bosses face payoff questions
BBC director general Tony Hall and Trust chairman Lord Patten are to be questioned by MPs today on the corporation’s “unacceptable” payoffs.
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NewsThe Wright Way axed in BBC comedy shakeup
BBC sitcoms The Wright Way, Heading Out and Getting On have been axed as comedy boss Shane Allen shakes up the corporation’s comedy slate.

















