22 Dec 2004
: Jonathan Budds. Art director: Anita Davis. Director: Traktor. Production company: Partizan. Media agency ...
20 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON - BBC and ITV News have commissioned NOP and Mori to do a joint exit poll for the next...NOP and Mori have extensive experience in exit polls. NOP has partnered the BBC since the 1992 ...
the country where voters will be asked how they voted.
The data will be analysed by a joint BBC and ITV team ...
an accurate picture of how the country has voted."
A previous BBC plan to commission a joint exit poll ...
17 Dec 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON - Downing Street has appointed a former government adviser, Jeremy Peat, to the BBC's board.... Peat will also replace Sir Robert as chairman of the audit committee.
Michael Grade, BBC chairman ...
will benefit licence-fee payers throughout the UK."
Peat said: "As the BBC's long-term future is debated, I ...
17 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON - A group of leading MPs has said the current BBC licence fee remains the 'least worst' way...as part of the BBC's charter renewal process.
Other recommendations include that the BBC should work with other broadcasters to create an alternative free satellite option similar to Freeview; that BBC Three and BBC Four should remain targeted channels; and the BBC should provide a wide range of education ...
15 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON - Former BBC director-general Greg Dyke has attacked Mark Thompson's plans to axe 2...of the BBC. "I think the creativity of an organisation is based on the morale and enthusiasm and the energy ...
and CBeebies, BBC Sport and Radio Five Live among others.
Plans to make 15% savings across departments ...
.
Dyke went on to attack the BBC board of governors for supporting the cuts. He accused them ...
13 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
to increased Christmas trade, the BBC has predicted....will exceed that figure.
Simon Nelson, controller of BBC radio and interactive, said: "The BBC is fully committed to DAB and, thanks to the collaborative efforts of the BBC, commercial radio, manufacturers ...
as the BBC's vision for the future of DAB digital radio, as submitted to media secretary Tessa Jowell ...
13 Dec 2004
| by Staff,
Davis and Susan Sarandon drive their convertible through Monument Valley in Arizona.
If you have ...
10 Dec 2004
| by Ravi Chandiramani
The BBC is ending the year, as it began it, under the public microscope....charter comes up for renewal and it seeks to preserve the licence fee.
The BBC has to juggle a raft ...
the BBC's PR tightrope. On the upside, for example, plans to relocate jobs have been lauded ...
disillusioned or soon-to-be-former BBC journalists briefing its commercial rivals against it. Little more than ...
10 Dec 2004
April 2004: Ofcom begins publishing consultation documents on the future of public-service broadcasting - and in particular on how it should be funded. Its most controversial idea, which provokes debate across the autumn, is that all channels, not just the BBC, should be able to apply for centrally held ...
10 Dec 2004
| by Charlie Whelan, charlie.whelan@haynet.com
the Tory line is should listen to a tape of the BBC's Westminster Hour with Andrew Rawnsley interviewing ...