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The BBC has claimed it is better value for money than streaming rivals like Netflix. Yesterday the broadcaster released a report which claimed that while ‘each hour of BBC TV watched by a household costs it around 9p’, for an ‘equivalent’ streaming service the cost per hour ‘consumed by the household’ was about 15p. It … Read more
MPs rap BBC over licence fee debt collectors: More than 20 politicians sign letter to Tim Davie calling for ‘immediate halt’ to bill-chasing during lockdown Tory MP Jonathan Gullis wrote a letter to BBC director-general Tim Davie The letter called for the ‘immediate halt’ of debt collections during lockdown BBC confirmed TV Licensing are not … Read more
JON SOPEL, £245,000-a-year BBC salary: Jon Sopel, 60, is paid up to £245,000 a year in his role as the broadcaster’s North America Editor, covering all aspects of US news including politics, policy and business. But the presenter last year sparked a conflict of interest row after accepting tens of thousands of pounds from the biggest bank … Read more
JON SOPEL, £245,000-a-year BBC salary: Jon Sopel, 60, is paid up to £245,000 a year in his role as the broadcaster’s North America Editor, covering all aspects of US news including politics, policy and business. But the presenter last year sparked a conflict of interest row after accepting tens of thousands of pounds from the biggest bank … Read more
The BBC’s new director-general has promised to ‘get to the truth’ behind Princess Diana’s Panorama interview. Tim Davie’s vow came as former chairman Lord Grade said there was ‘a very dark cloud’ hanging over the corporation, following sensational claims about how journalist Martin Bashir secured Diana’s trust. He is said to have played on the … Read more
JON SOPEL, £245,000-a-year BBC salary: Jon Sopel, 60, is paid up to £245,000 a year in his role as the broadcaster’s North America Editor, covering all aspects of US news including politics, policy and business. But the presenter last year sparked a conflict of interest row after accepting tens of thousands of pounds from the biggest bank … Read more
Moonlighting BBC stars will have to publicly register their additional earnings under a clampdown by director-general Tim Davie as he reveals tougher measures on their use of social media. Since taking over last month, Mr Davie has declared he plans to crackdown on a perceived lack of impartiality at the broadcaster, and reportedly has the … Read more
New BBC boss Tim Davie says corporation’s conveyor belt of Oxbridge graduates has to end and doors should be opened to people with ‘a broader sense’ of broadcasting Cambridge educated Davie said BBC must stop recruiting solely from ‘certain academic track’ He added the Beeb needs modernising and must work to be less London-centric His … Read more
BBC boss Tim Davie today admitted the corporation needed ‘modernising’ to reflect the whole of Britain and must do more to connect with all viewers. The new director-general also said the BBC would be ‘judged by action now’ on diversity and he had asked all of its leaders ‘how they can change their part of … Read more
The BBC will be able to suspend their employees’ Twitter accounts if they breach impartiality guidelines, its new director-general Tim Davie revealed today. Mr Davie, who has been in the role for less than a month, told MPs that the rules would cover those working in news, current affairs and beyond and were ‘imminent’. The … Read more