27 Oct 2009
The BBC Trust has rejected proposals that the broadcaster should air rival public-service content
22 Feb 2007
The BBC Trust has delayed a decision on whether to allow the BBC's international website, BBC...Publishers Alliance, a group comprising publishers, radio and TV broadcasters, has called on the BBC Trust to reject the proposal. The Trust, which met to discuss the issue yesterday, said the BBC had a duty ...
make a decision on whether BBC.com should carry advertising. A statement from the Trust says ...
25 Jun 2010
| by Sara Kimberley
The BBC Trust has today approved the BBC's involvement in Project Canvas, subject to a number..., all through their television sets.
BBC Trustee and chair of the Trust's strategic approvals committee, Diane Coyle, said: "The Trust has concluded that Project Canvas will deliver significant public ...
Project Canvas is a joint venture between the BBC and six other partners Arqiva, BT, Channel 4 ...
05 Jul 2010
| by Maisie McCabe
The BBC Trust has saved the digital radio station BBC 6 Music after widespread opposition...to propose one as part of a new strategy. The Trust endorsed the BBC executive s proposed 25% budget ...
. Although the Trust said that at this stage there was no need for radical changes to the BBC s TV portfolio ...
become necessary. The Trust also said the BBC had more to do to ensure TV programmes were truly high ...
19 Nov 2008
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - The BBC Trust is conducting a review of the commercial arm of the BBC, BBC Worldwide...Addressing a House of Commons select committee for culture, media and sport yesterday, BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons said: "The Trust has already decided that we need to tighten both the mission ...
and accounts for around half of all UK TV programming sales. BBC Worldwide and the BBC Trust declined ...
24 Jan 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
of the BBC Trust - read the trust's full statement here....The BBC Trust has today announced its approval of a new strategy for the BBC's online output ...
. The findings of this will be published to the same timescale.
Sir Michael Lyons, BBC Trust Chairman, said ...
the review, said: "The Trust is clear that the BBC must manage the service and its impact on the market in a ...
23 Feb 2009
| by Maisie McCabe
LONDON - The BBC Trust has formally refused permission for the BBC Local video proposal after...and have a negative impact on commercial media. Diane Coyle, BBC trustee and chairman of the strategic approvals committee, said the Trust was committed to improving the BBC's regional and local services ...
This final decision follows a public consultation on the Trust's provisional conclusion to reject ...
07 Jan 2009
| by Chloe Markowicz
the top comms role at the BBC Trust....former journalist, Devane has also worked in the Department of Health press office. The BBC Trust works ...
Mark Devane has been appointed head of comms at the trust, the independent governing body of the BBC. He starts in April and replaces Tina Stowell, now head of corporate affairs at the BBC. Devane ...
23 Sep 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - The BBC Trust has been accused of arrogance by a cross-party group of MPs for ignoring...have also accused the Trust of using talks with Channel 4 about a possible tie up with BBC Worldwide ...
A Commons culture select committee report this week railed against the Trust for ignoring recommendations made in an initial investigation at the beginning of the year that focused mainly on BBC Worldwide ...
05 Apr 2007
| by Harriet Dennys
Lyons as chairman of the BBC Trust, from 1 May....Lyons, who fills the vacancy left by Michael Grade s departure to ITV last November, described his appointment to the BBC s governing body as a great privilege . Culture secretary Tessa Jowell said Lyons was an experienced and talented addition to the Trust, with a distinguished track record in local government. Lyons ...