Tag: BBC

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Royal Mint coin to commemorate BBC's centenary; first batch features an image of the Queen

  

  A commemorative 50p coin has been unveiled by the Royal Mint to mark the BBC's centenary. The coin - priced at £11 - pays tribute to the BBC's global reach and shows a broadcast mast emerging from the Earth.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  BBC banned from self-declared independent Somaliland

  

  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been banned from the breakaway region of Somaliland for allegedly undermining the identity and dignity of the self-declared independent nation not recognized by Somalia or any other country, local authorities in control of the area have announced.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

  BBC apologizes and agrees to pay “substantial sum” to Lady Di's former secretary

  

  BBC has publicly apologized and agreed to pay a substantial sum to the late Princess Diana private secretary, Commander Patrick Jephson, because of “harm caused to him” over Martin Bashir's Panorama 1995 interview of the former wife of Prince Charles.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 20:15 UTC

  BBC to resume broadcasting from Russia despite muzzle law

  

  While most western news outlets have decided to no report from inside Russia, the BBC Tuesday announced it would resume broadcasting in English after thoroughly reviewing the country's new legislation against fake news, which provides for harsh prison sentences for the publication of information deemed false.

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Hard core Tories aiming to tame BBC, by freezing license fees

  

  Hardcore Tories, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, could finally be reaching a long-time target, taming the independent British Broadcasting Corporation. In effect, BBC could face an uncertain future following a decision by the administration of PM Johnson to freeze the fees that help finance the global news giant, according to a report by the London newspaper Mail on Sunday.

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 08:39 UTC

  BBC World News barred from China in retaliation for UK revoking Beijing's CGTN network

  

  Chinese regulators have accused the UK's global broadcaster of breaking China's media code. The move follows the decision by UK authorities to revoke the license for China's global state TV network CGTN.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  “Rule Britannia!!” controversy in this year's BBC's Promenade concerts

  

  Every year millions tune in to watch a pomp-laden celebration of all things British with flag-waving music lovers boisterously singing along to patriotic anthems performed on the last night of the BBC's Promenade concerts.

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 07:04 UTC

  New director general for Britain's biggest news provider and leading cultural institution

  

  The BBC appointed an insider as its new director general tasked with securing the future direction and financing of the publicly-funded British broadcaster in the wake of government skepticism of the current model.

• Monday, March 16th 2020 - 10:23 UTC

  Oil drilling sediment shows Falklands could have suffered a tsunami a million years ago

  

  Scientists have found evidence of ancient slope failures on the seafloor to the south of the Falkland Islands on the South Atlantic. Computer models suggest these underwater landslides would have been capable of sending waves crashing on to the Falklands' coastline that was tens of meters high.

• Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  BBC announces drastic cut in news division staff and new “story led” model

  

  The BBC said on Wednesday it will cut around 450 jobs from its news division as part of an £80 million (US$103 million) savings drive and modernization program. The corporation said it would reorganize its newsroom along a “story-led” model where staff will be assigned to stories and not attached to individual programs.