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TV, Radio & Internet Broadcasting Services
COO
John SmithNumber of Employees 27,148
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Television Broadcasting: 515120
Recent Events
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BBC to Launch All-U.K. Radio Station Streamer Next Year
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BBC, Commercial Radio Unveil Web Radioplayer
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BBC Launches Star Search for Wizard of Oz's Dorothy
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DTV Media Planning Company, Leap Media, Names Tim Hanlon, Barry S. Fischer to Advisory Board
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NEWS BBC and Nintendo Reveal New Wi...
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Broadcast Rebels Ahoy!
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Report: Queen Wants Adam Lambert to Join Their Group
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News Corporation plans to sue BBC for copyright infringement?
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BBC celebrating �sweet' win with Rightful Udder release
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BBC Launches iPlayer-Like Broadband Video Service Providing Coverage of Political Institutions
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BBC and Arqiva announce agreement to enable roll-out of terrestrial HD network
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Dorling Kindersley Signs MasterChef Brand
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BBC Unveils Revamped Red-Button Interactive TV Service for Children's Channel, CBeebies
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Alesha Dixon's strictly dancing till 2am
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Will BBC Launch Paid VOD Globally?
News & Analysis
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BBC holds talks over floating Worldwide
Financial Times
- 2009-11-24
The BBC has been holding discussions with City advisers about floating part of BBC Worldwide, its commercial arm, in response to pressure from the government and commercial rivals to dilute its media market power.As Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust, told the Financial Times on Tuesday that...
Row erupts over Afghanistan claims
Financial Times
- 2009-08-16
Bob Ainsworth, defence secretary, was embroiled in a political row last night after he implied that the British military would be able to pull back significantly from frontline operations in Afghanistan by next summer."We can in the next year get in a position where the Afghans will take responsibility...
Sky hits at BBC Trust handling of Canvas
Financial Times
- 2009-08-16
British Sky Broadcasting has written to the BBC Trust expressing "serious concerns" about its handling of Project Canvas, the ambitious plan to create an internet-connected successor to Freeview, the free-to-air digital TV service that competes with Sky.The Trust's conduct of a consultation process on Canvas "will only serve to...
US military releases Iraqi cameraman
- 2008-08-21
BAGHDAD AFP — An Iraqi cameraman working for Reuters and held for three weeks without charge by the American military was released on Thursday, a US military spokesman said. Ali al-Mashhadani, who also freelances for the BBC and US-based National Public Radio, was detained on July 30 in Baghdad's...
MAIL IN PRINT . . . AND ONLINE
- 2008-07-27
Speeding is illegal, on and off-camera THE coy reluctance of Britain's motoring organisations to more forcefully denounce all speeding as dangerous and anti-social should probably have been included in Joanna Blythman's excellent report, "The selfish pursuit of speed" (Opinion & Debate, July 20). Speed cameras, particularly...
Vent Your Spleen
- 2008-07-25
REGARDING cyclists, in response to RL of Whitley Bay, RL's statement that cyclists are not allowed on the pavement in any circumstances is not strictly correct as many pavements nowadays are also designated cycle ways, which is confirmed by the appropriate signs. The Tyne Bridge, High Level and Byker...
Trouble in paradise? Estate agent rejects BBC Goa reports' allegations
- 2008-07-22
Byline: By NEIL ATKINSON News Editor A HUDDERSFIELD estate agent responsible for selling holiday homes today insisted: Investing in India is a sound idea. Steve Wood, who runs Goa Property Sales, hit out at "misleading" claims that the property market on the sub-continent was in danger of collapse....
There is life in the rainy regions
- 2008-07-02
Byline: Barry Gibson IT is in little, unguarded phrases that we reveal ourselves. This thought came to me on Monday evening as I listened to Radio 4 while making a curry. Just before 6pm, weather forecaster Louise Lear told listeners what to expect for the day ahead....
On red alert
- 2008-06-21
'Yaes!' I'll answer the phone in a falsetto Scottish accent. 'Can ae help yay?' If the voice is unfamiliar I lapse into Gaelic and slam down the receiver. This is my strategy for tackling a new wave of death threats being made against me. I have also taken to wearing...
More secret British government files left on train: report
- 2008-06-14
LONDON AFP — A second batch of secret British government files have been found on a train, just days after intelligence on Al-Qaeda and Iraq were misplaced, according to a newspaper report. The Independent on Sunday said it was handed papers covering government policy on fighting global terrorist funding,...
Decision Makers
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Michael Grade | Chairman |
| Anthony Salz | Vice Chairman |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | COO | Current |
| BBC Worldwide Limited | Chief Executive | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director General & Editor-in-Chief | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, Strategy & Distr | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, Strategy & Distr | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, Programme | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, Programme | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, News | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, News | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Worldwide Limited | Director, Television | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, TV | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, TV | Former |
| TLC, LLC | Former | |
| The London School of Economics | MSc(Dist) | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, Radio & Music | Current |
| British Film Institute | Board of Directors | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, Radio & Music | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | General Director | Current |
| Lincoln School | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Deputy Director, News | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Deputy Director, News | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, World Service & Global News | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, World Service & Global News | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, Marketing | Current |
| PepsiCo, Inc. | Vice President, Marketing, Europe | Former |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Director, Marketing | Former |
| PepsiCo, Inc. | UK Marketing Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Manager, Marketing, BBC Concert Orchestra | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Controller, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Controller | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Fasttrack | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Business.com, Inc. | Former | |
| Rfo, Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Head, N Ireland | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Head, Contemporary Factuals | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| BBC Radio | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Glasgow University | Chartered Accountant | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| The Pensions Regulator | Board of Directors | Current |
| BBC World Service | Deputy Director | Former |
| BBC World Service | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Independent Television Network | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Worldwide Limited | Director, Finance | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | management consultant | Former |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Iran Project | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Chief UK Economist | Former |
| HM Treasury | member | Former |
| University of Nottingham | Honorary Degree of Doctors of Laws | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York Inc. | Narrator and Creative Director | Current |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Creative Director | Current |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Programming Advisor | Current |
| Royal Academy of Music | Current | |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Global Public Media | Award, Winning Reporter for Bbc Television's Newsnight and the Observer of London | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Encyclocentral | Current | |
| University of São Paulo | Lecturer | Former |
| University of Chicago | Mba | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Head, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Siemens Business Services | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| WGBH | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Royal Air Force | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cellcast Technologies | Chief Technology Officer, Cellcast Communications | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Broadcast Engineer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
Mark Gatty Saunt, Finance Director, has more than seven years of past experience licensing content from the publishing industry for electronic distribution. Mr. Gatty Saunt served as Licensing Director, News & Business Division for The Dialog Corporation, a world wide leading content aggregator. During a five year period he negotiated and licensed the electronic rights to hundreds of titles and maintained over 250 individual publisher relationships. Following that, Mr. Gatty Saunt served as a content licensing expert for online syndication company iSyndicate, Inc., now wholly owned by YellowBrix, Inc. During his time at iSyndicate, Mr. Gatty Saunt focused on big brand content acquisition from the likes of Knight Ridder, Tribune Company and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). More recently, Mr. Gatty Saunt positions himself as an independent content sales and syndication consultant. He assists various content providers, such as British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), UPBEAT Entertainment News Online, Al-Bawaba and RDSL, with new distribution channels for their content. This mainly involves marketing and licensing the content to third party aggregators, on/offline syndicates, wireless companies, corporate websites and intranets.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nite Owl Productions, Ltd | Finance Director | Current |
| Nite Owl Productions, Ltd | Producer, Business Development | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Knight-Ridder, Inc. | Former | |
| Tribune Company | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| University of Wales | fellow | Former |
| Current Affairs | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Harrods Ltd. | tour guide | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Dcms | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Dcms | Director of Creative Industries | Former |
| Dcms | Permanent Secretary | Former |
| HM Treasury | Head of Banking Policy Branch | Former |
Visiting Fellow at SDPI, is currently developing the humanities program at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) as a senior faculty member of the Department of Social Sciences. He comes to LUMS from the University of Pennsylvania where he has been on the faculty of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and of South Asian Studies. Following his postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University where he largely carried out his doctoral work as a transfer student from University College London, Dr. Nomanul Haq's university teaching career began in earnest with his faculty appointment at Tufts University after which he became Assistant Professor at Brown University, and then at Rutgers University, finally ending up at the University of Pennsylvania. During the years 2004 and 2005, Dr. Nomanul Haq held the title of Scholar-in-Residence at the US-Pakistan federally funded American Institute of Pakistan Studies in Islamabad and served as its Project Director. He is the author of several books, largely published in Europe and the USA, as well as numerous articles and papers in some of the world's most prestigious journals, international newspapers, and edited volumes including Nature, New York Times, and Daedalus. While being General Editor of Oxford University Press book series Studies in Islamic Philosophy, he also sits on the editorial boards of many learned periodicals. Dr. Nomanul Haq has received a large number of honors and awards, including the Templeton Prize for Religion and Science and the Pakistan League of America Annual Award, and has delivered many prestigious lectures in places such as Berkeley's Graduate Theological Union, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and the Humanities Center of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of UN-sponsored Forum on Religion and Ecology, and has also worked for several years as a journalist at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sdpi | Current | |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| News Corporation | World Affairs Correspondent | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Glasgow University | Honours Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wdet-FM | City Government Reporter | Current |
| National Public Radio Inc. | Current | |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| University of Birmingham | Senior Lecturer | Former |
| University of Birmingham | BSc Honours in Physics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| University College | Honours degree in History | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current | |
| Independent Television Network | Editor-in-Chief | Former |
| Cardiff University | Director of the Centre | Former |
| Cardiff University | Professor of Journalism | Former |
| Independent Television Network | Editor | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Head, TV News | Current |
| PM Company LLC | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Chairman | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, LLC | Executive Investor | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Vice Chairman | Current |
| The Media Standards Trust Limited | Executive Vice Chairman, Nm Rothschild | Current |
| The Eden-Project | Board of Directors | Current |
| British Legal Awards | Executive Vice Chairman, Nm Rothschild | Current |
| Rothschild Inc. | Executive Vice Chairman | Current |
| Business for New Europe | Executive Vice Chairman | Current |
| Advisory Panel | Board of Directors | Current |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Senior Partner | Former |
| Freshfields | Senior Partner | Former |
| Freshfields | Corporate Lawyer | Former |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Corporate Lawyer | Former |
| Business.com, Inc. | Trustee | Former |
| Exeter University | Doctor of Laws | Former |
| The Media Standards Trust Limited | Board of Directors | Former |
Executive News
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Murdoch son: BBC threatens independent journalism
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Murdoch son: BBC threatens independent journalism
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Glass Door
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