13 Jul 2009
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - The BBC is reported to be examining the idea of spinning off a stake in BBC Worldwide...market flotation. Normal 0 A BBC Worldwide spokeswoman this morning reiterated a comment provided to the newspaper, saying: "Matters of BBC Worldwide ownership are the responsibility of the BBC Exec and the BBC Trust. There is no group looking at an IPO within BBC Worldwide." BBC Worldwide has ...
16 Oct 1997
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The BBC is to broadcast a 24-hour TV news channel on cable networks
next month following...The BBC is to broadcast a 24-hour TV news channel on cable networks
next month following permission from the government.
...
13 Aug 1998
| by LUCY BARRETT
The BBC is drawing up a mission statement to counter criticism of
its commercial activities...The BBC is drawing up a mission statement to counter criticism of
its commercial activities and provide a basis for upcoming fee
negotiations with the government.
...
19 Apr 2001
The BBC has withdrawn a webcam at its Manchester newsroom that featured two tropical fish and a...LONDON (Brand Republic) - The BBC has withdrawn a webcam at its Manchester newsroom that featured two tropical fish and a snail, because the RSPCA claimed it was cruel.
According to a report ...
they would have died within weeks. The webcam had been operating since last week.
www.bbc.co.uk
www.rspca.org.uk
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25 Jan 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - BBC chairman Gavyn Davies has vowed to fight any government plans to bring the public...Speaking to the Commons select committee this week, Davies told MPs that the BBC, as a public ...
secretary Chris Smith, who last week said he had had second thoughts about the regulation of the BBC since ...
revealed he is poised to make changes to the role of the BBC governors within the coming weeks ...
18 Jan 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The BBC could yet be brought under the control of the proposed communications super...may bow to pressure from the commercial sector to bring the BBC under Ofcom's remit.
The news ...
on these matters and I believe that that would make a substantial difference to the BBC's interests."
The comments are in stark contrast to the view he held when he was culture secretary, that the BBC's board ...
14 Sep 2001
The BBC is to be allowed to launch a raft of new digital TV and radio stations following the news...Three out of the BBC's four TV channels have been approved by the government. Although the number of approved services was little surprise, the news that the rejected channel is BBC3, rather than one of the children's channels, has come as a shock to the industry and the BBC.
Highbrow arts and culture ...
16 Jul 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
the BBC s public service
performance, as a contribution to a forthcoming debate on convergence,
the role...ITV has sent a report to Chris Smith, secretary of state for
culture, media and sport, questioning the BBC s public service
performance, as a contribution to a forthcoming debate on convergence,
the role of public service broadcasting and the future of the licence
fee.
...
07 May 2008
| by Russ Lidstone, Chief strategy officer, EuroRSCG London
'Environmentalism', 'sustainability', 'carbon-offsetting', 'carbon sinks', 'renewables' - who really knows what it all means?
05 Apr 2007
| by Mark Banham
LONDON - Sir Michael Lyons has been confirmed as the new chairman of the BBC Trust, filling...heading up the BBC Trust, which has been without a chairman since Grade s departure to become ITV ...
to Lord Puttnam, who ruled himself out at an earlier stage. The BBC chairman is chosen by the Queen ...
by the Prime Minister. Lyons said: It is a great privilege to be appointed chairman of the BBC Trust ...