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Diversity includes everyone
Today the BBC has published its new strategy on diversity and inclusion which sets out how they will work to reflect, represent and serve all audiences between now and 2020. It is a vital step and one which embeds diversity and inclusion as part of the BBC’s everyday culture.
Comment on the Trust review of BBC Network News and Current Affairs
There’s nothing new about young adults not consuming much news on television – or anywhere else for that matter. By and large, when we were 18 or 20 or even 25, people like me could usually find better things to do. But once we started getting partners, families, homes, and a bunch of cares we g...
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Arolygu BBC Radio 4 a BBC Radio 5 live
Yn yr un modd â miliynau o bobl eraill, rydw i'n cyfaddef yn agored fy mod i'n gaeth i radio.
Reviewing BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 live
BBC Trustee Elan Closs Stephens, discusses the findings from the review into Radio 4, Radio 4 Extra, BBC Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra.
We must serve the viewer when and how they want - comment on the Trust review of the BBC's distribution arrangements
Changing viewing habits are a challenge, but the BBC is rising to it, says Diane Coyle.
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Chairman's remarks on publication of BBC Annual Report and Accounts for 2015/16
Today we publish our Annual Report and Accounts and I’m delighted to report that the BBC’s reach has remained almost universal. 96% of UK adults continue to use the BBC every week - remarkable given the variety of new media, devices and platforms competing for people’s attention.
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What is "distinctiveness", why is it important and how can we ensure the BBC is committed to it?
The government’s green paper on the BBC’s Charter Review asks about the distinctiveness of BBC content and how it should be measured and many stakeholders have been commenting on this in their responses, sparking, in some areas, some debate over what would be right for the BBC.
BBC Editorial Guidelines
"I would expect the BBC to be stricter, more appropriate." No, those aren't the words of BBC producers, politicians or notes from a BBC Trust meeting…they're a youngish woman from Manchester, an older man from the same city, and a man from Derry respectively.
BBC Trust seminar on impartiality and the BBC's Arts coverage
From gathering together on the sofa to watch a film as a family to spending the evening at the ballet, in different ways the arts touch and enrich almost all of our lives. At the BBC Trust we know that licence fee payers are interested in the arts – be it television drama, film, theatre, music, ...
Cutting red tape for a more creative BBC - commentary on the Trust's review of service licences
As a former programme maker, I know that setting boundaries to creativity is a finely balanced thing. Too little structure risks creating programmes which don’t hit the mark with audiences; but too much can slow down the creative process. With this in mind, the Trust has today published a simple...
Chairman's commentary on the strategy review
Here's a paradox. Anyone looking at the BBC through the prism of some external commentary may be forgiven for believing it is an organisation operating in an almost permanent state of disarray and controversy. But anyone who actually looks at what the public say about the BBC and its overall per...
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Why we reviewed the BBC's governance
People clearly love and value the BBC’s programmes; we know this because they keep watching them. But it’s not enough for people to love the BBC’s content. They also need to have faith in the way it is run.
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Why we're consulting again on BBC Three
Today we launch a public consultation on our provisional decision on proposed changes to BBC Three, BBC One, BBC iPlayer and CBBC.
BBC Online & Red Button service review
As part of its Charter commitment to review all BBC services at least once every five years, the Trust is today starting its second review of BBC Online and BBC Red Button.
