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The BBC and Pact have agreed to a new terms of trade deal for BBC television productions made by U.K.-based indie producers.

The BBC has unveiled a new schedule featuring Eurovision content across TV, radio and online in celebration of the music competition, which will not be taking place this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Jodie Comer and Martin Freeman are among those taking part in the new productions of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads monologues, which first aired on BBC Television in 1988 and 1998.

ITV has created a £500,000 development fund targeted at the U.K. independent sector to help producers during the COVID-19 crisis, while the BBC has outlined its own package of measures to bolster the creative health of indies.

The U.K. public-service broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C have come together to ask the government to work with them to support freelancers working in the broadcasting industry during this challenging period amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Changes to the BBC's TV license for people over the age of 75 had been set to come into effect on June 1, but due to the coronavirus situation, the policy has been put on hold until August.

The U.K. government has confirmed that the cost of the annual television license fee will increase by £3, from £154.50 to £157.50, from April 1.

Tony Hall is stepping down as the director-general of the BBC this summer after seven years in the role.

The BBC has said that it welcomes findings from the National Audit Office (NAO) regarding the creation of BBC Studios and has outlined responses to some of the report's criticisms.

The BBC has unveiled a new package of support for small and emerging indies in an effort to bolster the U.K.'s production sector in the face of global competition and producer consolidation.