| Charity costs under the spotlight as BBC muscles in on donations | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:53:07 PM by Blog57 Team | | This Friday, BBC Children in Need's mascot, Pudsey Bear, will make his 22nd appearance for the broadcaster's annual appeal night. More than six hours of programmes on BBC1, fronted by Terry Wogan, and hundreds of fundraising events up and down the country will help raise upwards of £30m, about half of it on the night itself. The campaign promises that every penny will go to projects helping disadvantaged children in the UK. This claim, though, which is central to the charity's marketing and guarantees donors that none of their money will be absorbed by administration costs, irks others in the charity sector who argue that, at best, it gives the charity an unfair advantage, and at worst misleads the public. They point out that Children in Need, far from being free to run, simply offsets its costs using investment income it earns on the public's donations, which flood in around appeal night, but can be paid out over years.... | |
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| | | BNP brands BBC 'cockroaches' | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 3:38:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | The British National Party has accused the BBC of abusing its position after its leader and head of publicity were cleared of race hate charges stemming from an undercover documentary. The BNP leader, Nick Griffin, said the BBC could not take away his freedom, while the head of publicity, Mark Collett, described the corporation as "cockroaches". Mr Griffin was secretly filmed at a meeting in West Yorkshire in 2004 describing Islam as a "wicked, vicious faith" and said Muslims were turning Britain into a "multiracial hellhole". .... | |
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| | | Hollyoaks's Mandy set for BBC drama | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:29:11 AM by Blog57 Team | | Former Hollyoaks actress Sarah Jayne Dunn is to appear in new BBC drama The Innocence Project. She will guest star in the seventh episode of the series, which follows a group of law students as they investigate possible miscarriages of justice. Dunn made her debut in Channel 4's Hollyoaks in 1997, playing Mandy Richardson, and found herself at the centre of its most moving storylines. Even by soap standards, her character led an incredibly tragic life. Mandy was sexually abused by .... | |
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| | | 'Muslim' job puts strain on BBC marriage | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:15:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | The BBC newsreader Darren Jordon, who will leave to be the anchorman for al-Jazeera's new English language service, is on the verge of separating from his wife because she does not want to live in a Muslim country. Jordon, 45, will move to Qatar to work for the Arab television network, but Mandy, his wife of 11 years, will remain in London with their two children. He said the marriage had been under strain for some time, and that he would visit his wife and children, Holly-May, eight, and Benjamin, five, regularly. .... | |
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| | | New BBC radio show launched | | Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:15:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | Lucknow, Oct 4: The BBC today launched a new weekly radio show, which will focus on issues relating to women's empowerment and health with special emphasis on HIV and AIDS.The programme 'Angan ke paar,' would provide information on health and social issues and seeks to be a platform for the voices of rural women, BBC World Service Trust project manager for the programme Lubna Khan told mediapersons here.Slated to be aired from October six on 22 frequencies in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand aims to attract both men and women listeners, even as most views and voices would be of women.She said that the content of the show was guided by rigorous audience research which ensures that the program is responsive to the needs and concerns of women in these three states.To be broadcast every Friday for the next six months, a shorter version of the programme will also be aired on the BBC Hindi service, she said.... | |
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| | | No 10 unveils plans for BBC style health service charter | | Posted Saturday, September 23, 2006 11:09:17 AM by Blog57 Team | | A constitution for the NHS, similar to the BBC Charter, is to be proposed in a radical package backed by Tony Blair, the Guardian has learned. The constitution would set boundaries over the extent of privatisation, with Downing Street hoping the idea will appease critics of the pace of reform, while showing that Mr Blair intends to push an ambitious policy agenda before leaving office. The proposals are among an ambitious package of ideas released today on the eve of the Labour conference by junior ministers and are designed to give a New Labour shape to the party's fourth term. .... | |
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| | | BBC caught up in row over 9/11 programme | | Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 1:19:39 AM by Blog57 Team | | The BBC was last night standing by its decision to broadcast controversial docudrama The Path To 9/11, despite massive protests in the US denouncing the American-produced series as "right-wing propaganda". The two-part drama is due to be shown tonight and tomorrow evening on BBC Two. It depicts events in the US leading up to the terrorist attacks of 2001, but the decision to mix evidence given to the official 9/11 Commission with dramatic embellishments have drawn condemnation for the programme from the Democratic party, former president Bill Clinton, the star of the drama Harvey Keitel and more than 200,000 Democratic supporters. On Friday, US broadcaster ABC, which has spent around $40 million on the production, reacted to the criticism by saying last-minute edits were under way.... | |
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| | | BBC News 24 To Be Streamed Live to Field Reporters | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 3:20:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | DMN Newswire--2006-9-1-- Forbidden Technologies today announces that BBC News 24 is using FORscene to stream the channel to its network of field reporters across the world and to store footage for training purposes. Forbidden is providing the stream as a managed service to allow News 24 to further improve reporting techniques in a highly competitive marketplace. The Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblankstreaming');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>streaming service allows field correspondents to follow the precise angles and comment taking place in the studio and to tailor their reports accordingly. In addition, programme footage is being stored on a weekly basis, allowing the news teams to look retrospectively at how stories were reported, to help evaluate future approaches.... | |
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| | | BBC and Channel 4 split channel honours | | Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 1:10:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | EDINBURGH NEWS: Channel 4 was named terrestrial channel of the year at the Edinburgh Television Festival last night while BBC4 bagged the non-terrestrial channel award. At a ceremony hosted by C4 talent Russell Brand, Channel 4 was presented with the top gong and commended for both ratings and its creative successes for shows such as Big Brother, Deal or No Deal and its Bodyshock docs. All other terrestrial channels were nominated. BBC4 was presented with the non-terrestrial channel of the year award. The Discovery Channel, E4, UKTV History and Sky One were also nominated. The event also saw Sir David Attenborough named TV personality of the year and Doctor Who scribe Russell T Davies as industry player of the year. The Fast Track and TVYO Choice Award for programme of the year 2006 went to the BBC's Planet Earth.... | |
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| | | Noel Edmonds back on BBC One | | Posted Monday, August 21, 2006 11:12:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | Presenter Noel Edmonds is to return to BBC One for the first time in seven years for National Lottery Day. Edmonds presented the first ever National Lottery in 1994, and in September will host a one-off live show highlighting Lottery good causes. Edmonds' last BBC series was Noel's House Party, which ended in 1999. But he has seen immense recent success with Deal Or No Deal on Channel 4. "It is great to have him back," said BBC One controller Peter Fincham. "This marks the beginning of a new chapter between Noel and the channel," he added. "We hope he will present more innovative live TV specials." The National Lottery - Everyone's A Winner is intended as a celebration of the good causes the National Lottery has supported since its launch. It will also feature a set of National Lottery Awards, to be given to a variety of lottery-funded projects.... | |
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