Blog posts by year and monthNovember 2009
Posts (20)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two's Winter/Spring season
Hello, today it gives me great pleasure as Controller of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two to be able to announce the highlights of our forthcoming winter and spring season. Today, you'll find an interview with me on the press office website, where I pick and describe several of the highlights from the upcoming schedu...
Sheffield and beyond
The Sheffield Doc last week provided the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ with a great opportunity to talk about how we plan to continue to vibrantly contribute to the documentary industry. For those of you who aren't familiar with this annual event, it's the highlight of the year for the documentary industry, where every ...
Strictly come North!
It was fantastic to see Strictly Come Dancing back in its spiritual home this weekend: the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool. You saw Coronation Street's Craig voted out in his hometown. But what you didn't see were our apparently fit and health-conscious pro-dancers sneaking into Harry Ramsden's fish ...
Switching off and switching over
The switch-off of some analogue TV signals as part of the gradual switchover to digital TV came to parts of North West England this week. If you were affected you'll have been aware of all the publicity from Digital UK, who are masterminding the work for all broadcasters. Because Digital UK are...
Remembrance
Saturday night's Festival of Remembrance is the start of a series of recorded and live programmes we're showing on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ to mark Remembrance this year. These are events which strike a huge chord with our audiences and it always a privilege to be able to bring these moving and powerful events...
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and digital inclusion and participation
I am the Controller of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Online, but earlier this year I also took on the role of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Online Access Champion and it's in this capacity that I want to talk about the importance of digital inclusion and participation. I believe passionately in the principles of public service: the Reith...
Executive pay - explaining the figures
Not surprisingly, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Trust's announcement last week that they had agreed to the DG's proposals to cut the total pay bill of senior managers at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ by 25% attracted quite a bit of comment. I was particularly interested to read David Elstein's blog yesterday in which he argued that "the su...
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer Standard Products on TV Platforms
Rahul Chakkara - Controller, TV Platforms at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ FM&T - has posted a piece on the success of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer on TV platforms as well as outlining the products that are currently available. To read Rahul's post, and to comment on it, go to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Internet blog....
Democracy Live
If you're a user of Twitter, you may have spotted the quiet arrival of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's new website called Democracy Live at the end of last week. The site is officially launched today, but for technical reasons we lifted the barriers to the outside world on Thursday evening. Although we didn't announ...
A day in the life of the Head of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
Over at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Internet blog, Danielle Nagler has posted a fascinating piece which not only gives an insight into the daily tasks facing the Head of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD, but also attempts to give a flavour of the range of current issues for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and HD. These include: picture quality; HD programmes and sc...