LONDON: BBC Director-General Tony Hall has unveiled a restructured senior management team, which sees Anne Bulford become deputy director-general.
Read More »BBC Announces VR Push
LONDON: BBC has unveiled plans for its move into the virtual reality space, posting several in-the-works projects to the experimental-ideas platform BBC Taster.
Read More »New Vision for BBC Outlined by Culture Secretary
LONDON: The unfreezing of the license fee, an emphasis on “distinctive” content and a more open commissioning process are among the key measures set out in a white paper on the future of the BBC published by John Whittingdale, the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport.
Read More »BBC Extends Deal for World Snooker Tournaments
LONDON: BBC has extended its deal with World Snooker and will continue to broadcast three of the sport’s biggest tournaments until the end of the 2018-19 season.
Read More »CPL Productions & Comedian Harry Hill Announce Joint Venture
LONDON: Independent outfit CPL Productions has struck a joint-venture deal with comedian Harry Hill to launch Nit TV, which already has projects slated for Sky and BBC.
Read More »Funding Confirmed for S4C
CARDIFF: Welsh-language broadcaster S4C will receive £74.5 million ($106.4 million) in funding from the BBC in 2017-18.
Read More »BBC & Discovery to Share Olympic Games Rights in the U.K.
LONDON: A new long-term partnership has been signed between the BBC and Discovery Communications to share the rights for the Olympic Games in the U.K.
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This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of World Screen. Established by a Royal Charter in 1922, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) declared from the start that its mission was: “to enrich people’s lives with programs and services that inform, educate and entertain.” Through the decades, just as ...
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