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BBC to launch OTT subscription service in US in 2016

2015-09-18 10:40:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) BBC Director General Tony Hall has confirmed plans for the corporation to launch a new OTT video service in the US in 2016. Speaking at the Royal Television Society convention in Cambridge, Hall said the new service would showcase British actors and programme makers. The BBC plans to work with global partners over the next few years to grow the BBC Worldwide division further. Overall, it thinks the plans will increase commercial returns from Worldwide to the BBC to GBP 1.2 billion over the next five years more than 15 percent higher than the returns of the previous five years.

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BBC: Chile quake triggers mass evacuation and tsunami alert

2015-09-17 17:13:39| PortlandOnline

News story posted to bbc.com September 17, 2015.

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U.K. Students Getting BBC Micro:bit PCs in October

2015-07-07 23:02:09| PC Magazine Desktops Product Guide

The BBC Micro:bit will arrive in schools by late October, and reach 1 million kids by year's end.

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Car salesman exposed on BBC Wales' X-Ray show faces jail after...

2015-06-20 12:05:04| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

Robert Knight, 41, of RK Transport Trade Centre, will be sentenced next month after admitting 15 counts of engaging in unfair commercial practice Complaints about Robert Knight - who has appeared at Cardiff Crown Court - were aired on consumer programme X-Ray because of problems with a Ford Galaxy he had sold Robert Knight, 41, of RK Transport Trade Centre Ltd, was also aggressive to more than a dozen other customers and sold one man a car which was dangerous. Knight's behaviour was detailed in Cardiff Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to 15 charges of engaging in unfair commercial practice and one count of supplying a dangerous product.

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