29 Jan 2004
When I became chairman of the BBC in 2001, I said that this appointment was the greatest privilege...The BBC is the finest entity in world broadcasting. It has a deep regard for the truth ...
the Hutton Report. No one at the BBC in the past year has deliberately misled the public and no one has acted out of malign motivation.
The BBC is not owned by any government but is held in perpetuity by its ...
05 Jul 2006
| by by Sarah Woods
eight years as Microsoft creates a new online services unit to be headed by Sharon Baylay....Kent, who has been country manager of the group for the last three years, helped Microsoft's MSN ...
Technology Woman of the Year in the private sector. Prior to joining MSN, she launched and managed Microsoft's first consumer software products in the UK.
Baylay has been appointed to the new role of general ...
05 Oct 2009
| by Sarah Johnson
(MC&A) for BBC Vision reporting directly into Sharon Baylay, director of MC&A at the BBC....-fareast-language:#0400;
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She replaces Helen Kellie who joined BBC Worldwide ...
the post this month, she will help to shape the strategic brand direction for all BBC television channels and genres, apart from BBC News. This will be in line with the overall strategy for BBC MC A. Douglas ...
07 Jun 2005
| by MediaWeek
Media regulator Ofcom has appointed Peter Davies, former-head of strategy for nations and regions...Media regulator Ofcom has appointed Peter Davies, former-head of strategy for nations and regions at the BBC, to become its new director of radio and multimedia. The role will give Davies responsibility for developing Ofcom’s overall strategy relating to radio and multimedia activities. Davies has held the post ...
19 Jan 2007
TV programme on the BBC: you fade out for an ad break, then immediately fade back in. It s odd ...
27 Nov 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – BBC chairman Gavyn Davies is continuing his campaign to ensure that the broadcaster...checking the facts.
However, Davies said the BBC governors was working with the corporation's executive ...
expected final decisions to be fully supported by both boards.
Davies added that the BBC's approach ...
Speaking at a dinner in Cardiff to mark the board of governors' visit to Wales, Davies warned ...
17 Sep 2002
Letter from Tessa Jowell, secretary of state for culture, media and sport to Gavyn Davies, chairman...Dear Gavyn Davies
BBC THREE
I am writing to give you my decision on the BBC's application for approval of its proposed new digital television service for young adults, to be known as BBC Three. I am ...
television market. As you know, I rejected the Corporation's previous application for approval of BBC Three ...
19 Sep 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Gavyn Davies, who was confirmed earlier today as the new chairman of the BBC, outlined his...Davies defended the BBC governors' role and said that, while the government's proposed watchdog ...
.
Davies criticised the commercial sector for putting pressure on the BBC to be controlled by Ofcom. He ...
to their business.
Davies' appointment and five-year tenure coincides with the second half of the BBC ...
08 Apr 1999
| by RAYMOND SNODDY, The Times’ media
Apart from the headbangers who want ads on the BBC, the commercial
broadcasting sector is rising...of it the Davies Committee may be
about trying to find ways of enhancing BBC revenue and an equally
important ...
Apart from the headbangers who want ads on the BBC, the commercial
broadcasting sector is rising to the opportunity offered by the Davies
Committee and coming up with thoughtful contributions.
They have ...
29 Jan 2004
| by Gordon MacMillan,
LONDON - A defiant BBC chairman Gavyn Davies resigned last night as the Hutton Report heaped blame...the war.
In his resignation speech, Davies said because the BBC is so widely trusted, it was crucial ...
Review, Davies responded to calls for the Hutton Report to be taken into account when the BBC's licence ...
Davies resigned earlier yesterday evening after Tony Blair and his former communications adviser ...
