Average age of BBC viewer 60+
The rise in popularity of online streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime has driven the average age of those watching the BBC is over 60. A report by…
BBC Trust & Executive’s Review & Assessment for 2015/16
Spending on TV content was down by 5.2% from £1.8bn (US$2.37bn) to £1.7bn while digital spending was up 23%, from £124.6m to £153.3m, partly because of BBC3’s move to become…
Ofcom should regulate the BBC
The current system of governance of the BBC is “flawed” and the public broadcaster should be regulated directly by Ofcom, according to an independent review commissioned by the UK government.…
BBC Trust ‘should be abolished’
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has “lost confidence and credibility and should be abolished,” according to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s report on the BBC Charter review.…
BBC Trust call for proper funding process
The BBC Trust is arguing that a proper process for setting the BBC’s funding should be built into the new Charter for the first time. To protect the BBC’s independence,…
BBC does not crowd out competitors
The BBC does not “crowd out” rival TV channels or local newspapers, according to a report released by the BBC Trust. In a recent green paper, the government questioned whether…
BBC defends right to remain a ‘universal public broadcaster’
The BBC Trust has defended its right to remain a “universal public service broadcaster” and opposed the potential sale of its commercial arm BBC Worldwide or future ‘top-slicing’ of the…
Rona Fairhead on the future of the BBC
Rona Fairhead, chair of the BBC Trust, has warned that the future of the Corporation under the formal Charter review debate needs to be driven by evidence and fact, not…
Second consultation on proposed changes to BBC Three, BBC One, BBC iPlayer & CBBC
This is the second public consultation on proposals from BBC management to close BBC Three as a broadcast channel and reinvent it online; launch a BBC One +1 channel; evolve…
Tomorrow’s BBC
The BBC Trust want your views on the BBC and what it should do in the future. Every ten years there is a review which considers what the BBC should…
BBC Trust hits out over licence fee deal
The head of the BBC Trust has hit out over the way the recent licence fee deal was hammered out between the UK government and BBC management, and called for…
BBC Trust rejects BBC One +1
The BBC Trust has provisionally recommended that proposals to launch a BBC One +1 channel be rejected. Under the proposal, the catch-up service would have replaced BBC Three as a…