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BBC and ISPs clash over iPlayer

A row breaks out about who should pay for the extra network costs incurred by the BBC's on-demand TV service.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7336940.stm

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BBC admits keeping charity money

The BBC is to broadcast an apology after admitting a subsidiary firm kept £106,000 from charity phone-ins.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7392213.stm

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BBC names new director general

Mark Thompson's successor as the head of the BBC will be George Entwistle, the corporation announces. Ref. BBC

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Newsnight editor steps aside

Newsnight editor Peter Rippon is stepping aside with immediate effect while an internal BBC investigation is carried out, BBC announces. Ref. BBC

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Lord Patten: 'Radical overhaul needed at BBC'

A "Thorough, radical, structural overhaul" of the BBC is necessary following the resignation of the director general, BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten says. Ref. BBC

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Can Patten survive As Newsnight storm grows and director general gets £450000 payoff BBC chairman faces calls to quit over what HE knew
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Lord Patten was fighting for his job last night as it emerged he had known of Newsnight's disastrous decision to link a senior Tory to child abuse allegations
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BBC says its news chief, her deputy 'step aside'

Helen Boaden, the BBC's director of news and current affairs, and her deputy, Steve Mitchell, have 'stepped aside' while the broadcaster deals with the fallout from a child abuse scandal that forced its director-general to resign. Ref. USAToday