BBC licence fee settlement and annual report - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook BBC licence fee settlement and annual report write by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee. This book was released on 2011-05-19. BBC licence fee settlement and annual report available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Culture Media and Sport Committee says that the main outcomes of the BBC Trust's strategic review do not move the BBC on to the extent required by current circumstances, and that the incoming Chairman will have much to get grips with. The new licence fee agreement was reached "unexpectedly" in October 2010 between the Department for Culture Media and Sport and the BBC, but without any time for wider consultation with viewers or Parliament. The Committee believes the agreement reached is a reasonable one, but the process undermined confidence in both the Government's and the BBC's commitment to transparency and accountability. On the partnership between BBC and S4C, it is unclear how S4C can retain its independence under the new arrangements. It is extraordinary that the Government and the BBC should agree such wide-ranging changes without consultation or giving S4C any notice or say at all. The Committee is particularly concerned that National Audit Office still does not have the promised access to conduct independent assessments of the BBC's value for money. The Committee is also disappointed that banded information on talent salaries is still not in the public domain. The BBC opened itself to predictable ridicule with the decision to hire a "migration manager" who had to commute from the United States to manage the transition to the new Salford site. The report concludes that big questions remain over how radically the BBC needs to reconfigure both content and delivery in the years ahead.
BBC annual report 2008-09
BBC annual report 2008-09 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook BBC annual report 2008-09 write by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee. This book was released on 2010-03-30. BBC annual report 2008-09 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Incorporating HC 945-i, session 2008-09
Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill
Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill write by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee. This book was released on 2013-05-01. Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Around 80% of online gambling in the UK is conducted with operators which are not licensed here. In December 2012 the Government published a very short draft Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill to require overseas gambling operators to obtain a Gambling Commission licence. The overseas-based remote gambling operators generally opposed the Bill, on the grounds it was unnecessary for consumer protection, might drive consumers to cheaper unlicensed operators and was principally intended to bring overseas operators within the UK's tax regime. Much of the UK-based gambling industry, sports bodies and organisations working to combat problem gambling supported the principle of the Bill. Almost all those who gave oral or written evidence to the Committee raised the issue that the enforcement regime would have to be rigorous in order to provide any of the benefits to consumers. The Committee supports the principle that gambling should be regulated on a ’point of consumption' basis. The Committee also notes the concerns raised about taxation of the online industry. The Government stated that the ability to bring all operators serving UK consumers within the tax net is a consequence, but not the prime motivation, of the draft legislation. The Committee notes in this regard that, in setting a tax rate for remote gambling, the Treasury should bear in mind that too high a rate would be liable to drive customers and companies into the unregulated, black market.
News International and phone-hacking
News International and phone-hacking - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook News International and phone-hacking write by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee. This book was released on 2012-05-04. News International and phone-hacking available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This report concentrates on the issue of whether witnesses have previously misled a select committee of the House of Commons over the extent and knowledge of phone-hacking. The Committee concludes that several individuals misled the Committee in 2009 and more recently, and that the News of the World and News International corporately misled the Committee about the true nature and extent of the internal investigations they carried out into phone-hacking, made statements that were not fully truthful, and withheld documents. The companies' directors - including Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch - should be prepared to take responsibility for these failings. The Committee reports its findings for the House of Commons to decide whether a contempt has been committed and, if so, what punishment should be imposed.
The War Against the BBC
The War Against the BBC - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The War Against the BBC write by Patrick Barwise. This book was released on 2020-11-19. The War Against the BBC available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There's a war on against the BBC. It is under threat as never before. And if we lose it, we won't get it back. The BBC is our most important cultural institution, our best-value entertainment provider, and the global face of Britain. It's our most trusted news source in a world of divisive disinformation. But it is facing relentless attacks by powerful commercial and political enemies, including deep funding cuts - much deeper than most people realise - with imminent further cuts threatened. This book busts the myths about the BBC and shows us how we can save it, before it's too late.
