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From streaming news to kids’ iPlayer: BBC expands online plans as cuts loom
September 7, 2015 | David FarnorThe BBC is expanding its online plans for an open, more distinctive BBC, as the organisation acknowledges it will have to face tough choices.
Speaking today in the face of looming cuts and ahead of next year’s Royal Charter renewal, … Read More
Armando Iannucci defends BBC in rousing Edinburgh speech
August 27, 2015 | David FarnorArmando Iannucci delivered a passionate defence of the BBC in his speech to the Edinburgh TV Festival last night,
The 40th annual James MacTaggart Lecture, which has previously been delivered by Oscar winner Kevin Spacey and the former BBC director … Read More
Over 60m global viewers watching BBC iPlayer for free
July 22, 2015 | David FarnorOver 50 million people around the world are watching BBC iPlayer for free, according to new research.
BBC iPlayer is a service for UK users, funded by the licence fee, but a study by GlobalWebIndex, which interviewed around 47,000 people … Read More
iPlayer loophole to close as BBC landed with over-75s licence fee bill
July 8, 2015 | David FarnorThe BBC will be given full responsibility for subsidising free TV licences for over-75s, the government has announced.
The deal, which is set to be confirmed in today’s 2015 Budget by Chancellor George Osborne, will see the broadcaster footed … Read More
The rise of online TV – and its cost for the BBC
July 3, 2015 | David FarnorThe way that people are watching TV is changing, as young viewers increasingly turn to the web for their video fix, rather than the living room telly. But that shift comes at a cost, as BBC employees have discovered this … Read More
BBC Trust approves plans to move BBC Three online
July 2, 2015 | David FarnorThe BBC Trust has approved plans to move BBC Three online next year.
The proposed reinvention of the channel as an online-only service has been controversial ever since it was first suggested, but the Trust identified “clear long-term potential” in … Read More
BBC develops way to control TV with your mind
June 18, 2015 | David FarnorIf you’ve ever wondered what it’s like for Professor Charles Xavier to watch TV, the BBC might have the answer.
Working with This Place, the broadcaster has developed a way to decide what you watch on your television with a … Read More
YouTube review: Kermode and Mayo’s Film Thing
May 15, 2015 | David FarnorWhen is a radio show not a radio show? Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo’s weekly film review programme on BBC Radio 5 Live has consistently asked that question, like two bickering uncles wondering who ate the last Twix (the answer, … Read More
Daniel Radcliffe GTA drama leads new BBC Two line-up
April 25, 2015 | David FarnorNigella Lawson speaking at the BBC Two 2015 launch in London Photo: BBC
Daniel Radcliffe will star in a new Grand Theft Auto-based drama on BBC Two.
The feature-length drama, which co-stars Bill Paxton, will follow the controversy surrounding the … Read More
BBC to become “Internet first” broadcaster
April 13, 2015 | David FarnorThe BBC aims to be an “Internet first” broadcaster, its technology chief has said.
The broadcaster has come under an increasing number of pressures in recent years, from those who believe the licence fee should be scrapped, or from subscription … Read More