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Calvin Harris threatens to sue BBC over claims about DJing

Source: Guardian Unlimited, Nov 22 2012, 7:58am CST

Calvin Harris is considering suing the BBC over a story on Radio 1's Newsbeat in which he appeared to endorse the use of pre-recorded DJ sets. Harris denied ever saying that he approves of DJs who "just press play" when they have be ...

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BBC's experimental Perceptive Radio intelligently adjusts what's playing

Source: Engadget  |   May 22 2013, 6:55pm CDT

At today's Thinking Digital conference, the BBC exhibited the first gadget designed through its Perceptive Media Project: the Perceptive Radio, created by Ian Forrester of the corporation's Future Media division. When the ...

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iPlayer: the first five years

Source: Broadband TV News  |   May 22 2013, 6:07pm CDT

BBC iPlayer has failed to translate brand awareness into an awareness of the benefits of using of the service. In the view of David Price, head of BBC iPlayer, this is one of the many challenges it now faces and the iPlayer experience has to be mad ...

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"I've got shitloads of messages slating me for something I didn't say @BBCNewsbeat … Release the audio @BBCNewsbeat and we will see exactly what was said, instead of stitching me up because u needed a bad guy in your 'report' … Looking into taking action on @BBCNewsbeat for that libellous broadcast."


Source: Guardian Unlimited

 

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BBC to charge Sky to show its channels?

Source: Digital Spy  |   May 22 2013, 4:49pm CDT

The BBC has again threatened to charge BSkyB to show its channels. At present, the public service broadcaster is itself charged a retransmission fee for its channels to appear on Sky's services - as are ITV, Channel 4 and Chan ...

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Bankers, BBC Two, episode 3, review

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 22 2013, 4:02pm CDT

The makers of The Bankers (BBC Two) faced an almost impossible task: explaining the inner-workings of an industry that few of us understand, and which in fact causes many of us to nod off at its mere mention. And that is how, this third ...

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Greenlit: Really Cool Stuff, BBC Worldwide

Source: TV Mole  |   May 22 2013, 1:33pm CDT

Really Cool Stuff w/t (10 x 50′) – Dissecting the coolest things in the Universe, the fast-paced general knowledge show, which will tackle some of the world’s greatest mysteries from why cats have nine lives, to why ...

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8 hours ago

Hamlet Court Road spectacular

Source: Julian Ware-Lane's Blog  |   May 22 2013, 12:03pm CDT

The BBC is filming inside and out of the Havens store in Hamlet Court Road on June 4th. This was mentioned at the recent Hamlet Court Road Traders’ Association meeting, where the road closure was noted and a request that other store ...

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BBC increases pay offer to lowest earners in bid to head off strikes

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   May 22 2013, 11:38am CDT

Corporation bosses offered to increase its flat-rate rise to staff earning under £60,000 to £650, from £600, in a meeting with broadcasting unions on Tuesday. Broadcasting unions rejected the BBC's initial pay offer earlier this month ...

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Incoming BBC news director promises action for more on-air female journalists

Source: The Independent  |   May 22 2013, 11:25am CDT

James Harding, the incoming Director of News at the BBC, has admitted his discomfort at the lack of women broadcasters on the BBC's bulletins and has promised to address the issue as a priority. In an in ...

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A quiverfull of kudos for the BBC

Source: Patheos Blogs  |   May 22 2013, 10:54am CDT

As an Evangelical in the media, I’m sympathetic to the struggle journalists have with reporting on our peculiar tradition. When simply defining what the term “Evangelical” means poses a challenge, it can be dif ...

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