Blog posts by year and monthOctober 2010
Posts (24)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ licence fee settlement
"This is a tough settlement, but it's also a settlement that delivers certainty and stability for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and licence fee payers through to 2016/17. It reflects the centrality of the licence fee in securing and safeguarding public service broadcasting. We recognise the importance of securing such...
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Internet Blog - why it's important for the internet to remain neutral
"There have already been a couple of incidents where access to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer was seriously restricted at certain times of the day. But this is broader than the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ safeguarding online access to the public services we provide. Along with many other organisations, we recognise the benefits and endles...
Get online and join in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's First Click campaign
"Are you by the computer now? You've got a mouse there and its working? Do you know what I mean by an icon? It's like a little picture." so said Jeremy Vine and his guest, the UK's Digital Champion Martha Lane Fox live on Radio 2 as they helped to get Valerie, a listener who'd phoned into Jeremy'...
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Disclosures Quarter One - April to June 2010
"The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has for some time now recognised that we must change and work harder to convince the public that we are spending the Licence Fee wisely. That is why over the last 15 months we have become both a more transparent organisation and a better value organisation, committed to serious reduction...
Bruce and the bomb
Seventy years ago Broadcasting House suffered its worst bomb attack ever. A mere eight years after its Art Deco glory had been revealed to an expectant UK - 'the new Tower of London' gushed the press of the day. In fact, this beacon of white Portland stone had been covered with streaks of green-g...
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Archive: Why Science?
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Archive is one of the largest multimedia archives in the world with over a million hours of TV and radio programmes, six million photographs, four million items of sheet music, and over half-a-million documents and records. With such a mass of information, picking what material to put onl...
The pull of the North
I'm a Londoner. I was born and schooled here, my whole family live here, I know it like my hand. As the song says, I love London town. Its diversity, its cultural richness, its size, speed and buzz, all make it a wonderful place to live. So why will I be going North when my job relocates to Sal...
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Internet Blog - Inside a Radio Outside Broadcast Truck
"On 28th September, Audio & Music Director Tim Davie officially launched the new fleet of Outside Broadcast Trucks, at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Media Village in W12. You can read Tim's thoughts on the new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio blog. These six, brand new trucks are for use across Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Radio. They are equipped to...
New Edition of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Editorial Guidelines launched today
Every four or five years the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ revises its Editorial Guidelines (before 2005 they were called the Producers' Guidelines). The latest edition is launched today. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Editorial Guidelines encapsulate the values and editorial standards every producer of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ content is expected to follow. Sinc...
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ launches First Click - a campaign to encourage people to get online
Our First Click media literacy campaign begins today with a series of short trails on TV and radio, designed to persuade those not online to call an advice line and book themselves on a beginners' computer course. I have already had a big thumbs up from two key members of our target audience ...