Latest news and information about the changes facing the BBC, from Ariel, the BBC's staff newspaper.

Published January 2006.

BBC 'critical' to future local services, says Ofcom

Ariel: 23 January

An Ofcom report published last week concluded that the BBC ‘is likely to be critical' in future when it comes to delivering local content.

Moyles in NY tops podcast chart

Ariel: 23 January

Chris Moyles's weekly podcast was downloaded almost half a million times in December, new figures reveal.

Future BBC will be 20,000 strong, says Thompson

Ariel: 19 January

Mark Thompson has reconfirmed the inevitability of 'some compulsory redundancies' as change plans across the BBC are implemented.

Licence fee bid defended

BBC News Online: 18 January

The BBC needs a 2.3 percent hike in its licence fee to give the public what it wants, Mark Thompson has told the House of Lords.



Deal puts off BBC strike threat

BBC News Online: 13 January

Strike threats at the BBC have been deferred after unions agreed to a deal averting the threat of compulsory redundancies at the corporation.