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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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BBCWW's U.S. Head Leaving, BBC.com America Localising Next Year
PaidContent
- 2009-11-20
BBC Worldwide is losing the president of its fast-growing U.S. operation, Garth Ancier. No news on his next role, but he’s staying on as a non-exec director.Deadline Hollywood has Ancier’s exit memo to staff, in which he says: “Next year, our digital story will get even stronger with the...
Your messages to Adrian on www.examiner.co.uk … plus watch video footage of his interview with the Prime Minister
- 2008-05-23
I JUST read about you on the BBC news website. I am sorry to hear about the cancer returning but I think your decision is brave and very admirable. I sincerely wish you all the best in your last days and hope there is something better. Brian I LIVE...
Tell the Beeb: U.S. Magazine Ads Are in Free Fall
BNET
- 2008-05-13
It's always been one of those trick questions that kids of a certain age love: "What's black and white and read all over?" The answer, of course, is "a newspaper," but nowadays we could drop the letter "a" from the word "read" and the joke would still make a grim...
Global Views of USA Improve
- 2008-04-01
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Steven Kull, Director, Program on International Policy Attitudes, +1-202-232-7500 COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After years of becoming progressively more negative, public views of the United States have begun to improve, according to a BBC World Service Poll across 34 countries. While...
I pledge allegiance to the ...queen?
- 2008-03-12
LONDON -- Britain wants students to pledge allegiance to Queen Elizabeth, similar to how Americans say the pledge to the U.S. flag. A pledge to the monarch, to be said at a "coming of age" ceremony when teenagers graduate the equivalent of high school, was among...
US security chief sees Europe as main threat for extremism
- 2008-01-16
LONDON AFP — Europe is increasingly seen as a staging post for potential attacks on the United States, the US Secretary of Homeland Security told the BBC Wednesday, indicating tougher checks on travellers. Michael Chertoff said in an interview in Washington that there were no plans to scrap the...
Report confirmedDeathsToday in historyBirthdaysIn-law urges boycott
- 2007-08-29
BOISE, Idaho - A defiant Sen. Larry Craig denied any wrongdoing Tuesday despite his guilty plea this summer in a men's room police sting, emphatically adding: "I am not gay. I have never been gay." Craig, a third-term senator from Idaho, proclaimed his innocence as well as his...
Report confirmedDeathsToday in historyBirthdaysIn-law urges boycott
- 2007-08-29
BOISE, Idaho - A defiant Sen. Larry Craig denied any wrongdoing Tuesday despite his guilty plea this summer in a men's room police sting, emphatically adding: "I am not gay. I have never been gay." Craig, a third-term senator from Idaho, proclaimed his innocence as well as his...
A BRITISH EMPIRE OF ANIMATION; Production house Aardman has become a force in worlds of film, advertising and new media by sticking to its U.K. quirkiness.(News)(Aardman Animations)
- 2007-08-27
Byline: EMMA HALL ehall@adage.com Talk about British understatement. Aardman Animations holds meetings in parking-lot trailers while wailing seagulls circle overhead. A picture in its boardroom proudly commemorates a visit from the queen, as if that quaint ceremony were the...
Senior British minister hints at shift in US relations
- 2007-07-13
LONDON AFP — A close ally of new Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hinted at a change to Britain's relationship with the United States, saying a nation's strength should no longer be measured by military might. But Brown's spokesman immediately rejected British media claims that International Development Secretary Douglas...
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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