Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBBC DG defends licence fee; Lord Hunt on IPSO; Paul Foot award
The Director General of the BBC, Tony Hall, has defended the use of the licence fee and dismissed calls, by some critics, for it to be shared with ot…
12 years, 2 months ago
Adverts on the World Service; Daybreak changes; Reader's Digest sale
MPs have expressed concern about the future funding and growing commercialisation of the World Service. The BBC Trust has agreed that, subject to cle…
12 years, 2 months ago
Al Jazeera; Panel shows; Exposés; Twitter
Danny Cohen, the head of the BBC's television output, has promised viewers that the corporation will not make any more all-male comedy panel shows. B…
12 years, 3 months ago
DMI project; Royal pictures; media ownership; journalists in Egypt
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson apologised to MPs this week for the failure of the £100m Digital Media Initiative. The project, that was me…
12 years, 3 months ago
NFL in the UK; DMI failure; News UK; Sky results
Public spending watchdog the National Audit Office has criticised the BBC for "not having a sufficient grip" on a failed IT project which wasted almo…
12 years, 3 months ago
Birds of a Feather, The Telegraph, diversity in the TV industry
Ed Vaizey, minister for UK Culture, Communications and Creative Industries is today asking senior figures in TV, film and arts to explain the lack of…
12 years, 3 months ago
Benefits Street; future of the BBC
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has begun an inquiry into the Future of the BBC, ahead of the corporations current Royal Charter ending in Dec…
12 years, 3 months ago
'Dramatised' natural history; Channel 5; Sir Hayden Phillips on IPSO jobs
A leading lawyer and the editor of The Times have joined the panel that will appoint the members of the new press regulatory board. Lord Browne of Ea…
12 years, 4 months ago
TV presenter chemistry
It's an all-important catchword in TV circles - "chemistry". Get the mix right between presenters, and the audience will welcome them in. Get it wron…
12 years, 4 months ago
BuzzFeed; BBC governance; Danish writers' rooms
Today the BBC Trust published a report by PwC into the BBC's failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI) technology project. Serious weaknesses were found …
12 years, 4 months ago