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BBC Online and Red Button get mixed reviews
May. 21 | Review of BBC Online and the Red Button service by the BBC Trust found that there is an ample room for improvement, although the services are “greatly valued and highly rated in terms of quality and distinctiveness”. In 2011, BBC Online services...
BBC plans to broadcast programmes on iPlayer before regular slots
Feb. 9 | The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is at present preparing to trial the release of new television programs on its iPlayer platform before they make it in to the scheduled program list. After the successful launch of ‘House of Cards’ on Netflix,...
BBC set to air special broadcast to mark 90-year celebration
Nov. 14 | The BBC will be marking 90 years of existence on November 14, 2012. To mark the event, a special musical composition by David Albarn will be played to radio listeners all around the globe. David Albarn is the front-man of the band Blur. The piece of...
Radical changes needed to restore public faith in BBC
Nov. 12 | The director general of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had resigned recently, after taking the blame for airing false information in regards to child sex abuse, directed at a former politician. Chris Patten, who is the BBC Trust Chairman,...
BBC apologises to Queen over revelation about Abu Hamza arrest
Sep. 25 | British public service broadcaster, BBC has apologized for revealing the Queen once raised concerns over the concerns with the government about why radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri was not arrested. The channel apologized after the security correspondent...
BBC One rolls back drama, airs repeats instead
Jul. 16 | Popular British broadcaster BBC One reduced the amount of drama last year by almost a fifth. The corporation’s report said that the channel broadcasted the repeats instead. In the year 2011, the main TV channel of the corporation broadcasted 690 hours...
Russell Brand to return to UK TV
Jun. 6 | British comedian and actor Russell Brand’s S TV show ‘Brand X’ will soon be screened in the UK on Sky Atlantic. Brand is now all set to return to UK TV. The 37 year old actor earlier took a break from British TV after he quit BBC when he and Jonathan...
Alan Patridge shifts to Sky from BBC
May. 19 | British radio and TV presenter Alan Partridge has always had a complicated relationship with BBC. But now the Steve Coogan and Armando lannucci’s creation has shifted to Sky Atlantic. Patridge will now be appearing in a one hour special ‘Alan Partridge...
Wallace and Gromit to feature in BBC Proms
Apr. 19 | It has been announced that Wallace and Gromit will be making an appearance at BBC promos this year. The commissioned work, My Concerto in Ee, Lad , will be accompanied by the animated sequences and will be performed by the Aurora Orchestra on July 29,...
