The BBC’s royal charter is renewed once a decade to make sure the broadcaster keeps up to date with political and technological changes.
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Facing a hostile government and a financial squeeze, the new boss of the UK’s public broadcaster has his work cut out for him.
The BBC’s audiences have grown as it provides high quality news an information about the pandemic. But is it doing enough to hold the government to account?
The BBC is under threat as the government considers abolishing the licence fee. This would be a disaster.
Everyone wants to get their hands on Auntie’s money.
The ousting of BBC chair, Rona Fairhead, is a worrying sign of a government power grab over the public broadcaster.
Under a new direction, the BBC can be an engine of growth for the competition, not just a rival.
The government’s White Paper is expected to reduce the scope and funding for the UK public broadcaster.
Sale of Channel 4 will risk the broadcaster’s ability to produce cutting edge, innovative films and television programmes.
Forthcoming details from Janet Smith report have drawn predictable outrage but there’s also a hidden agenda at play.
The BBC has called for a national debate on what it is for. The public needs to speak and the politicians need to listen.
If the commercial media has its way the BBC will end up cash-strapped and shackled by regulation.
Conservative cultural policy is likely to be defined by severe cuts – possibly even the abolition of the department itself.
The Future of the BBC report was right on a number of counts. The public broadcaster would do well to take heed.
The BBC World Service is well-known to insomniacs tuning in to Radio 4 in the middle of the night, intrepid travellers, expat Britons and aficionados of international news. Few other British citizens appear…
If the current media debate about the future of the BBC is anything to go by, the corporation seems to be facing the gravest crisis of its 92-year history. Indeed, this week a book with the title: “Is…
Critics of the BBC argue that it distorts the UK’s media market, making it hard for commercial competitors to prosper and meet consumers’ needs. Their view is that viewers would be better served if the…
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Professor of Communications, University of Westminster
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Professor of Journalism, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Course Leader MA Documentary Journalism, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Research Fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Research Fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford
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Professor of Sociology, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Media and Culture, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Comparative Media Analysis, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Cultural Policy, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Honorary Professor in Media Policy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
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Emeritus Professor of Journalism, Cardiff University
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Professor of Communication, Cardiff University
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Post-Graduate Researcher, Northumbria University, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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