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TEHRAN, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Sources inside Iran told the BBC several people have been detained for alleged links to the British broadcaster's Persian news service.
LONDON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- British Broadcasting Corp. has announced plans to slash 2,000 jobs in an effort to cut its budget by 20 percent over the next five years.
LOND, England, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Broadcasting unions say they will oppose a series of cuts by the BBC targeting the British broadcaster's Web site and two of its radio stations.
LONDON, May 30 (UPI) -- BBC is negotiating with Google to have episodes of the British broadcaster's TV series available through the BBC iPlayer, sources close to the talks say.
CANTERBURY, England, March 29 (UPI) -- Archbishop of Canterbury Roman Williams, the Church of England's top bishop, says Christian programming is getting the short end of the stick on the BCC.
LONDON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The BBC, along with the British broadcaster's director-general, should allow a humanitarian aid film about the Gaza Strip to be shown, officials say.
BBC suspends Brand and Ross
LONDON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- British comedians Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand have been suspended and their shows yanked off the BBC following a controversial radio prank, the BBC said.
LONDON, July 8 (UPI) -- A year of scandals did not stop the British Broadcasting Corp. from awarding senior executives hefty pay raises, observers said.
LONDON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Britain's BBC News announced plans to cut its coverage of crime stories in an effort to save the network money, the Times of London said Tuesday.
LONDON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The BBC has confirmed plans to eliminate 2,500 jobs in a bid to save $4 billion over the next five years, The Times of London reported Thursday.
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