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 ...
and the guidelines around BBC Worldwide. "It is now an appropriate time to review the boundaries of (BBCWW) and we ...
finished our inquiries." He said that the results of the review should be published next year. BBC ...
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 ...
payers wanted. Coyle said the trustees believed the BBC's priority should be improving the quality ...
24 Jan 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
The BBC's move today to redefine the scope of its online operations comes after the approval...The BBC Trust has today announced its approval of a new strategy for the BBC's online output ...
tested the Executive's proposals for Online against the BBC's overall new strategy, Putting Quality First ...
. The findings of this will be published to the same timescale.
Sir Michael Lyons, BBC Trust Chairman, said ...
19 Dec 2008
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - The BBC is launching a kids-oriented version of its iPlayer, allowing children to watch...Designed for children aged between 6 and 12, BBC iPlayer for CBBC gives children the chance ...
will be able to access BBC iPlayer and view for one week after broadcast a selection of programmes, in an area ...
weeks as series catch-ups (stacked). BBC iPlayer for CBBC will restrict access to non ...
29 Sep 2009
| by John Reynolds
LONDON - BBC Magazines is to launch bookazine versions for three of its magazine titles....The publisher will launch bookazine versions of BBC Good Food, Top Gear and Sky at Night Magazine. The Top Gear bookazine, priced at 7.99, is 160 pages, with a print run of 32,000 copies, and is now on sale in WHSmith, Tesco's and Sainsbury's. It will be complemented by BBC Good Food's Winter ...
06 Sep 2010
| by Sarah Shearman
BBC has launched its new look iPlayer, which allows users to link the platform to their social...Last Friday, James Hewines, head of BBC iPlayer posted on the BBC blog that the "theme ...
of modules on the BBC iPlayer homepage.
The changes are part of the BBC s ongoing plan to enhance user ...
,000 signed up for the social features and linked BBC iPlayer to their Twitter or Facebook profile, according ...
13 Aug 2009
| by John Reynolds
LONDON - BBC Focus, the science and technology brand, has overhauled its website with a new look...key issues, which the BBC said is one of the most popular sections of the magazine. The archive will give users the opportunity to search online for the answers to science and technology questions. BBC Focus, which is 15 years old, was previously owned by NatMags, before BBC Magazines acquired it in 2001 ...
24 Nov 2009
| by Arif Durrani
Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust, has revived the possibility of a commercial...His comments were made following an 18 month review focused on the remit of BBC Worldwide within ...
the consideration of "more radical alternatives". However, Lyons said the BBC regulator "continues to encourage" the BBC and Worldwide to work to find partnership opportunities with Channel 4, and later admitted ...
26 Feb 2009
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - The BBC Trust has launched a consultation into the BBC's plans to launch video...Known as Project Canvas, the BBC-led plans could see on-demand TV, radio and high ...
in a next-generation set-top box. Project Canvas forms part of the BBC's proposals for partnerships ...
that other proposals include some form of merger or combination between Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide ...
16 Sep 2010
| by Katherine Levy
BBC Magazines is launching its international bi-monthly title BBC Knowledge Magazine in the UK next...BBC Magazines's Bristol arm has published the international edition since it was created in August ...
-bound glossy which draws on content from BBC Magazines' existing portfolio of specialist factual titles Focus, BBC History Magazine and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
Andrew Davies, publisher, said: "The magazine ...