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TV, Radio & Internet Broadcasting Services
COO
John SmithNumber of Employees 27,148
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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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UK Broadcasters Want Freeview HD DRM'd To Tackle PVR Piracy
PaidContent
- 2009-09-16
Freeview TV operators in the UK want to stop the mass, unauthorised copying of HD content by demanding that set-top box and PVR manufacturers accept new DRM standards. Expressing the concerns of Freeview shareholders including Channel 4 and ITV (LSE: ITV), the BBC wrote to Ofcom asking it...
Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Focus on men with anorexia
- 2008-09-11
WE are researching a documentary for BBC Learning about men and their often complex relationship with food. We are specifically looking for men who suffer from eating disorders or body image issues and who are prepared to speak out about this often neglected area of men's health. If you...
National briefs: Dogs 'diseased'
- 2008-08-19
PEDIGREE dogs are being bred and shown with debilitating genetic diseases, it was claimed today. Research by the BBC found the breeding process has resulted in a high incidence of inherited genetic disease. But the dogs are not prevented from competing in dog shows, and have gone on to win...
British comedy 'The Office' gets Russian remake: BBC
- 2008-07-25
LONDON AFP — A version of cult British television comedy show "The Office", which focuses on the cringeworthy antics of boss-from-hell David Brent, is to be made in Russia, the BBC said Friday. "The Office" has already spawned versions in countries including the United States, where the Golden Globe...
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....
SPECTATOR'S NOTES, THE
- 2008-07-05
As the new Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans challenges the current running of the Church of England, where does this leave Gordon Brown? I ask because one of Mr Brown's first acts as Prime Minister was to get rid of his office's traditional role in the appointment of bishops. In that...
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....
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,...
Song of praise for choir's achievement
- 2008-05-31
A SCHOOL choir which won a national television contest performed at the Kirklees mayor-making ceremony. Lindley Junior School triumphed in the BBC Songs of Praise Choir of the Year competition in March. The youngsters were asked to showcase their talents at Huddersfield Town Hall as Clr Karam Hussain...
THE WEEK ROUNDING UP ALL THE NEWS
- 2008-05-25
MONDAY The Queen formally opened the 86th Chelsea Flower Show. The event is open to the public from Tuesday until Saturday, with more than 150,000 visitors expected to attend. Broadcaster Father John Fitzsimmons died at the age of 68. The Roman Catholic priest, who presented The...
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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