Posts Tagged ‘ Bbc’s ’

Every end to the silly season needs an exceptionally silly idea to polish it off. So why, as newspapers shed staff by the thousand and editions by the dozen, shouldn’t public-service print journalism be given specific subsidies and grants for investigations and community reporting? Why shouldn’t somebody else pick up the tab for those...
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The outgoing head of BBC Sport will today launch a passionate defence of the listed-events legislation that preserves the so-called sporting “crown jewels” for free-to-air television in the wake of a ­challenge from pay-TV broadcasters and amid a government review. Roger Mosey, who is to become the BBC’s director of London 2012 and hand over...
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The BBC’s coverage of Wimbledon and Royal Ascot could be hit by strikes this summer after a decision by union officials today to ballot BBC staff on industrial action unless changes to the corporation’s pension scheme are reversed. Broadcasting union Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Amicus have decided to ballot thousands of their...
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The offshore pirate radio stations of the 1960s have been attracting a good deal of interest lately, with the imminent release of The Boat That Rocked, a film set on a radio ship. Having not seen the complete film, I am unable to say to what degree it will infuriate radio pedants – radio...
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Relations between Lausanne and White City, already strained after Panorama’s exposé of Olympic corruption, have not been improved by the International Olympic Committee’s late decision to pull the plug on a BBC televised debate between candidate cities for the 2012 games. BBC World was forced to abandon a planned 45-minute broadcast featuring officials representing the...
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By Peter Preston The dreadful, deluding assumption has been slithering around for months now. It’s the talk of the Foreign Office as priorities change under cover of diplomatic darkness. It has spread slowly into academe, where projects wither for lack of cash. But nobody except, bizarrely, the director of the BBC World Service, has had...
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BBC director-general Mark Thompson spoke of his “relief and delight” today after Alan Johnston was released by his Palestinian captors. Mr Thompson said the high-profile campaign for his release had made a difference to the reporter, who endured nearly four months of captivity. “He’s incredibly grateful and I’m incredibly grateful, for the amazing support he has...
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Relations between Lausanne and White City, already strained after Panorama’s exposé of Olympic corruption, have not been improved by the International Olympic Committee’s late decision to pull the plug on a BBC televised debate between candidate cities for the 2012 games. BBC World was forced to abandon a planned 45-minute broadcast featuring officials representing the...
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Some of the best things in life don’t translate very well to TV. Things like stand-up comedy, live whiny-guitar-band music, or watching a group of people who believe in God – not just a vague, Star Wars-ish mysterious force, but actual God – singing hymns on a Sunday morning, even though the director keeps...
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BBC director-general Mark Thompson spoke of his “relief and delight” today after Alan Johnston was released by his Palestinian captors. Mr Thompson said the high-profile campaign for his release had made a difference to the reporter, who endured nearly four months of captivity. “He’s incredibly grateful and I’m incredibly grateful, for the amazing support he has...
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