Is the Masters still on the BBC? Where can I watch the highlights? April 11, 2024 The BBC used to be the UK home of the Masters and showed all four days of play until 2010.
BBC faces £100k libel trial by Tory donor over Pandora Papers Panorama April 10, 2024 Mohamed Amersi, who has been reported to have donated over £500,000 to the Conservative Party since 2016, brought the legal action against the BBC.
Olympics and Euros prompt BBC to forecast deficit of £492m March 28, 2024 The BBC has projected its total deficit to rise to £492m for the financial year 2024/25, as it braces for one-off sport content spending.
Why the BBC must stay publicly funded March 28, 2024 The licence fee needs to change, but only taxpayer funding can ensure a distinctively British voice in domestic and global media, says Will Cooling Ronald Reagan once joked that the scariest words in the (American) English language were “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help”. It increasingly feels like the modern British version [...]
BBC ‘new brands’ plan sparks criticism for ‘assault’ on commercial media March 27, 2024 The BBC director-general’s announcement that the broadcaster will launch “two new brands” has sparked criticism of its “overreach” and “assault on commercial journalism”.
Magistrates call for urgent reform to ‘unfair’ fast-track prosecutions March 26, 2024 Magistrates have called for urgent reforms to be made to fast-track prosecutions in the UK, which campaigners have labelled as "fundamentally unfair".
BBC slammed as ‘drunk on power’ amidst ‘full-blooded assault’ on media March 23, 2024 The head of the UK's News Media Association has said the BBC is launching a "full-blooded assault" on the commercial media sector.
“Fundamentally unfair”: The BBC Licence Fee prosecutions hitting the vulnerable hardest March 21, 2024 Cases of vulnerable individuals being prosecuted for not paying their TV licence has led to calls for a fast-track justice procedure to be scrapped.
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt won’t borrow to fund tax cuts in ‘prudent’ package March 3, 2024 Jeremy Hunt has insisted he won’t borrow to fund tax cuts in what he said would be a “prudent and responsible” Spring Budget this week.
ITV sells Britbox stake to BBC for £255m to fund share buyback March 1, 2024 ITV has offloaded its entire 50 per cent stake in the digital subscription streaming service, BritBox International, to BBC Studios.