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The government has already put huge pressure on the BBC’s finances. The cuts are becoming painful. So, if this story is true, it would be shortsighted and destructive to break the promise of an inflation-based increase in funding.
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Can we have a genuinely open process to choose the next one - without the government signalling in advance who their preferred candidate is ? theguardian.com/media/2023/a…
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The BBC was designed to make everyone’s lives richer, their choices more intelligent, and to make society function more equally and indeed efficiently says Jean Seaton theconversation.com/bbc-at-1…
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BBC World Service outlines move to digital-first service
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NEW CHANNEL 4 POLL: In the week that @NadineDorries announces the govt will be pushing ahead with plans to privatise @Channel4, our new polling with @JLPartnersPolls shows that the public opposes the plans and wants to keep Channel 4 public.
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The British Broadcasting Challenge retweeted
What do you think about the BBC? We want to hear your views!
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New figures show people in Russia are turning to BBC News in their millions for factual independent information about the war in Ukraine.
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‘Channel 4 isn’t broke, don’t fix it’: MPs launch bid to stop sell-off theguardian.com/media/2022/f…
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The @BBC is something that belongs to all of us. #ThisIsOurBBC
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The BBC's global reach is poised to “hit a weekly figure of half a billion people in its centenary year” says @stevenjbarnett in response to the governments assault on the licence fee camri.ac.uk/blog/2022/01/17/…
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Professor Steven Barnett (@stevenjbarnett) gives the Shirley Williams lecture on the future of the BBC
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Squid Game no threat to traditional British TV hits, finds Barb theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…
The British Broadcasting Challenge retweeted
🚨 The BBC has achieved its highest ever global audience. 🌍
We are on track to reach half a billion people worldwide ahead of our centenary in 2022. 💯
Read full release here 👉 bbc.in/3DNsvbP
ALT Graphic showing BBC's Global Audience Measure 2021. BBC reaches record global audience. BBC - 489 million (+20m since 2020) BBC News - 456 million (+18m since 2020) BBC World Service - 364million (+13m since 2020) BBC World News & BBC.com - 139 million (+2m since 2020) BBC Media Action - 23 million (+5m since 2020)
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A stat for @NadineDorries who is worried about middle class nepotism in the BBC: according to the Social Mobility Foundation, BBC is 21st in top 75 employers. DCMS is 62nd. Home Office 63rd.
Maybe look at gov't depts first? H/t @LauraPh222 for figures.
socialmobility.org.uk/2020/1…
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Channel 4 privatisation could put us out of business, say TV production firms dlvr.it/S8wxFP
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We’ve provisionally agreed for BBC Three to relaunch as a broadcast channel.
As the UK’s communications regulator, we assess the impact of proposed changes like this and see what they mean for you.
We want to know what you think before the relaunch is finalised.
ALT Screenshot of BBC Three menu on iPlayer. Text reads: Tell us your views on the future of BBC Three.
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British teenager Emma Raducanu's staggering U.S. Open final victory had a nation glued to their screens on Saturday night with Channel 4 saying the audience for their broadcast peaked at 9.2 million viewers. reut.rs/3lc9s2W
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C4 sale could cost indies £3.7bn in a decade bit.ly/3zWFczn
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Care about @Channel4? Write to your MP if you don't want the government to sell off our publicly owned broadcaster. For helpful background see vlv.org.uk/wp-content/upload…
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Broadcast and the British Broadcasting Challenge brought together four major industry figures, @EndersAnalysis, @marcusryder, Andrew Sheldon and Steve Coogan, to assess the implications of the proposed privatisation of C4 for viewers and the TV industry bit.ly/3ma9VVB
