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Save BBC Three campaign gathers industry support
Actors, writers, producers, managers and agents have united to call on the UK pubcaster the…
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BBC director general outlines digital direction
BBC director general Tony Hall has spoken out in support of changing the licence fee…
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BBC to save £50 million by ‘reinventing’ BBC Three
The BBC’s plan to “reinvent” youth-skewing network BBC Three as an online-only channel will generate…
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BBC director general: plenty of life left in the licence fee
The BBC’s director general Tony Hall has spoken out against the corporation switching to a…
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BBC names Mistry as non-exec director
The BBC has named Dharmash Mistry to its Executive Board as part of its move…
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BBC to scrap production quotas after TV mega-mergers
The BBC will scrap the mechanism by which it divides up in-house and independent production…
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BBC plan to take BBC3 online-only ‘not off the table’
The BBC has failed to rule out plans to shut down the linear version of…
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BBC’s Hall defends licence fee, calls for extension to iPlayer
BBC director-general Tony Hall has delivered a robust defence of the UK licence fee that…
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Digital UK stresses DTT value ahead of spectrum shakeup
The UK’s Freeview DTT platform returns almost £80 billion (€97 billion) to the economy and…
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BBC announces major management shake-up, appoints former Sony CEO
The BBC’s governing body the BBC Trust said the corporation is due to undergo a…
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BBC to launch five new HD channels
The BBC is to launch five new free-to-air HD channels tomorrow, adding HD simulcasts of…
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BBC rolls out multiscreen live events service
The BBC has launched an early beta version of a new service that is designed…
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Tony Hall says BBC provides value for money, outlines drama commitments
BBC director general Tony Hall has argued that though the corporation has made mistakes in…
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BBC to appoint iPlayer controller
BBC director of television Danny Cohen is set to hire a controller of iPlayer, in…
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The BBC to become ‘creative catalyst’ for digital programmes
The BBC aims to become a “creative catalyst” that will help the market for digital…
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BBC to launch BBC One +1 channel
The BBC is due to launch BBC One +1 – a one-hour time delayed feed…
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BBC partners with Spotify, YouTube on new music product
The BBC is teaming up with Spotify, Deezer and YouTube to launch new digital music…
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BBC to launch 30-day iPlayer, download to own, personalised channels
The BBC is to launch an enhanced iPlayer catch-up service including a 30-day viewing window…
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BBC to launch Radio 1 video channel on iPlayer
The BBC is set to launch a Radio 1 video channel on its iPlayer catch-up…
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BBC shuts down “wasteful” Digital Media Initiative
The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative (DMI), which was designed to bring…