James Heath speech at the Westminster Media Forum Speech by James Heath, BBC Director of Policy and Charter, to the Westminster Media Forum on Tuesday 13 December 2016 I’d like to cover two things. First, some reflections on the Charter Review process. And, then, some thoughts on the BBC’s future and what we plan to […]

Tony Hall Speech at VLV Conference 2016 Speech by Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC, at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer Conference on 23 November 2016. Good morning. I want to start by taking you back a few months, to May of this year. Britain was a different place then. The nation was […]

Religious Literacy is Vital for Everyone Involved in Broadcasting “My generation grew up thinking that religion was completely marginal to British life, which, as for the rest of the world, has been proved more and more wrong,” historian Simon Schama famously said. In this, if in little else, Schama and I have something in common. […]

BBC Tenders: What You Need to Know The first batch of BBC shows to be tendered to the commercial sector have now emerged. Here is Broadcast’s at-a-glance guide to what you need to know. Show Holby City Contract Three, 50 x 60-minute series Current tariff £350,000 – £376,000 per ep Required location BBC’s Elstree studios Slot Tuesday, 8pm Average audience (2016) […]

House of Commons Public Bill Committee for the Digital Economy Bill House of Commons Public Bill Committee for the Digital Economy Bill Session held on Tuesday 25 October 2016 Including consideration of the prominence given to free to air public service television services, including on EPGs (electronic programme guides. You can read the debate here; the […]