Judgement day for BBC as Thompson unveils plans
07 Dec 2004 | by MediaWeek
The BBC will axe around 2,900 jobs as part of a wide-ranging review of the corporation ahead of the government’s Charter Review process.
The Sunday Times’ interactive CD-Rom, The Month, has been abandoned after just 16 months – but will re-appear as an enhanced DVD from March 2005.
The BBC will axe around 2,900 jobs as part of a wide-ranging review of the corporation ahead of the government’s Charter Review process.
Edinburgh-based media agency Feather Brooksbank has won the £200,000 planning and buying account for the Scottish ferry operator NorthLink.
HONG KONG – Virgin is planning to launch a mobile phone service in China as a 50-50 joint venture with a Chinese company within a year to 18 months, according to reports.
LONDON – Albion has developed a 48-sheet poster campaign for Camden performance venue Roundhouse, where the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd made their names.
LONDON - The finale of ITV1's 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!', where Joe Pasquale beat former Royal butler Paul Burrell and nightclub owner Fran Cosgrave to be crowned king of the jungle, averaged 10.9m viewers, losing 3.2m on the last series.
LONDON - Thompson said changes here were about making sure audiences have access to the best programmes and content in the years to come and that there was a legitimate case for giving greater and fairer access to independents, but said he passionately believed a 50% quota would be a grave mistake.
LONDON - The BBC director general Mark Thompson confirmed this morning that 2,900 jobs are to go at the broadcaster, talked of a limited sell-off, set a cost cutting target of £320m, and 1,800 staff are to be moved north to Manchester as part of a far-reaching restructure of the corporation.
LONDON - The BBC is promising there will be fewer peaktime repeats, or derivative or formulaic programmes on BBC One.
LONDON - The BBC said that the budget cuts made to achieve the three-year savings target of £320m will vary from division to division.