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BBC Parliament - news archive

This is an archive of news about BBC Parliament. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

BBC to drop DTT Parliament for Olympics
From Digital Spy. Posted May 20 2008, 1.12pm
The BBC will extend "red button" coverage of the Olympics by using BBC Parliament's DTT capacity. (more)

BBC to drop BBC Parliament service for Olympics
From Media Guardian. Posted May 14 2008, 12.53am
BBC Parliament's ratings will get a boost this summer when the corporation ditches the politicians and replaces them with Olympics coverage. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Leader: In praise of ... BBC Parliament
From Media Guardian. Posted May 8 2007, 1.00am
Leader: BBC Parliament has risen to the challenge of an extraordinary political month with a series of programmes showing that there is still life in democracy. (more)

BBC parliament coverage faces technicians' strike
From Media Guardian. Posted November 6 2006, 12.00am
The BBC's live coverage of the state opening of parliament next Wednesday faces disruption from a 24-hour strike by TV news technicians. By Leigh Holmwood and Jason Deans. (more)

Full screen BBC Parliament on Freeview
From Digital Spy. Posted October 25 2006, 9.17pm
Full screen format available on the Parliament channel from November 13, in time for the State Opening of Parliament. (more)

BBC Parliament to go full-screen on DTT platform
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 25 2006, 3.06pm
The BBC has announced that BBC Parliament will be available in full screen format on Freeview (the UK’s DTT service) from 13 November 2006. BBC Parliament will migrate from its current quarter-video screen offering in time for the State Opening of Parliament on 15 November.   Peter Knowles, Controller of BBC Parliament, said: “No other parliamentary channel in the [...] (more)

More Subtitles on BBC Parliament
From Merry Media. Posted October 16 2006, 12.17pm
The BBC today announced an expansion of its subtitling operation for BBC Parliament from the current 450 hours of output per year to 810 hours.. (more)

BBC Parliament Re-runs 1983 General Election
From Merry Media. Posted September 17 2006, 9.31pm
BBC Parliament will be re-running the entire coverage of the General Election of 1983 on Friday October 6th 2006.. (more)