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BBC to require all iPlayer users to login as broadcaster’s personalisation drive continues
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All BBC iPlayer users will need to login into the popular catch-up service from next year as part of the BBC’s drive to provide viewers and listers with a “more personalised and tailored” service.
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BBC names first shows to be opened up to competitive tender
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The broadcaster is inviting outside production companies to bid to produce the series on its behalf, but stresses that it will retain ownership of all copyright and intellectual property associated with them.
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Government confirms BBC must disclose top presenter pay
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The new charter follows publication earlier this year of a Government White Paper setting out reforms of the BBC’s governance which will now be split between a new board and media regulator Ofcom.
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BBC confirms David Jason will return for more Still Open All Hours
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The TV legend revived his character from comedy classic Open All Hours in 2013 with a one-off special which was such hit the broadcaster soon announced a full series would follow.
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BBC releases new image from Doctor Who spin-off, Class
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Written by Young Adult author Patrick Ness, Class is an eight-part series set in Coal Hill School, the school attended by the Doctor’s granddaughter in the show’s original 1963 debut episode.
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Seven new Agatha Christie adaptions are heading to BBC One
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The two companies have already worked together on the hit And Then There Were None and the upcoming two-part TV version of The Witness For The Prosecution, as well as Partners in Crime which starred David Walliams and Jessica Raine.