Category: BBC

Former BBC producer Chandana Keerthi Bandara has won an employment tribunal case for unfair dismissal against the state-sponsored media giant. In July 2013 the BBC Sri Lanka news service journalist decided that news of the birth of a new member of the British Windsor clan should not have priority in news broadcasts. The birth clashed…

The Financial Times has reported that the BBC is “relieved” that the government has decided to extend for another ten years its licence to extort billions of pounds from TV viewers. The newspaper reported that a green paper to be published soon will recommend that the state media giant should be able to continue to…

The House of Commons committee on the “media” has said it should not be a criminal offence to watch television without a licence. At present a maximum fine of £1000 can be imposed for watching TV without the permission of the BBC. If the law is changed in the way the committee recommended failure to…

Despite expenditure of £99m last year the BBC3 digital channel achieved an audience share of 0.7 per cent. Only 1 per cent of it’s target audience of 25 – 34 year olds watched the so-called youth channel. The channel is financed by the BBC’s tax on all TV viewers.

Terrence Burns, a legislator-for-life, has been appointed by culture and sports minister Tessa Jowell as an adviser on the future of the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC). According to the Financial Times he will set up a panel of experts to make recommendations about the renewal of the charter that allows the broadcasting giant to function…