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BBC Radio launches new listening ‘Skill’ for Amazon’s Echo
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The Skill also enables the broadcaster to introduce pop-up stations throughout the year to cover a range of events, festivals and genres. To use it skill, audiences simply need to ask Alexa for the BBC Radio station or podcast they want. They’ll be taken straight to the live show or the latest episode of podcast, where…
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Bette Davis and Joan Crawford bio-drama is coming to BBC Two this Christmas
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Starring Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford and Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis, Feud: Bette and Joan’s stellar cast also features Catherine Zeta-Jones as Olivia de Havilland and Kathy Bates as Joan Blondell.
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BBC iPlayer to show Blue Planet II in Ultra HD and HDR
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David Attenborough’s acclaimed Blue Planet II will be available to stream in Ultra HD and High Dynamic Range via the iPlayer as part of a trial in which the BBC will assess how it produces and distributes the “next generation of high quality TV programmes.”
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BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios to be merged, creating new UK production powerhouse
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Formed from the existing BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide businesses, the new entity will focus on “maximising the intellectual property value of BBC programming for the benefit of UK licence fee payers.”
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Not Going Out – BBC reveals details of hit sitcom’s Christmas plot
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It’s Christmas Eve and Lee and Lucy face a possible yuletide disaster when they discover the perfect present they have bought for their children has already been gifted to them by their grandparents.
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BBC and S4C agree new funding and co-operation deal
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Under the new agreement, the BBC will continue to provide funding to S4C, with the current £19.4m per year being maintained until the next Licence Fee revision in 2022.