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• Was Your Night at the Opera Worth It?

  BNET - 2009-06-30

  Been invited to Wimbledon this year? Or Glyndebourne? Or the Big Chill? Or have you taken clients to such events?  Perhaps not, given the recession, but how would you feel if details of such hospitality became public? Summer 2009 should be remembered for the major advance in...

  Tags: Opera Software, British Broadcasting Corp., Director, Richard Northedge

• BBC set for clash over C4 rescue funding

  Financial Times - 2009-06-17

  Battle lines were being drawn on Wednesday between the government and the BBC as it emerged that plans to use licence fee cash for regional news could jeopardise a separate proposal, favoured by ministers, to rescue Channel 4.If ministers go ahead with "top-slicing" up to £130m a year from...

  Tags: Minister, British Broadcasting Corp., Trust, Government, Asset Management, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Marketing, Company News, Government News, Joint Ventures, Strategy, Financial Times

• Government Taps BBC For Broadband

  ReutersUK - 2009-06-16

  By Kate Holton and Georgina ProdhanLONDON (Reuters UK) - Britain is to provide universal broadband access by 2012 and plans to use a tax to fund superfast connections, it said on Tuesday as it outlined its digital vision requiring the BBC to share some funding.The BBC receives a 3.6 billion...

  Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Government, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Carter

• UK plans tax to pay for rural digital networks

  Financial Times - 2009-06-16

  British consumers will pay a "broadband tax" so superfast broadband networks can be extended to rural areas, under plans unveiled by the government yesterday.The Digital Britain policy document proposed that the BBC should share a portion of its licence fee with commercial rivals for the first time.The government is...

  Tags: Network, British Broadcasting Corp., Tax, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Company News, Government News, Government Policy, Strategy, Financial Times

• UK faces broadband tax

  Financial Times - 2009-06-16

  Millions of households will pay a "broadband tax" to subsidise the roll-out of superfast telecoms networks, as part of the government's ambitions to equip the nation with a 21st century communications infrastructure.The levy, which would raise up to £175m per year, would serve as seedcorn money for expanding "next-generation"...

  Tags: Network, British Broadcasting Corp., Tax, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Government News, Financial Times

• Government Targets 2012 Broadband-for-all

  ReutersUK - 2009-06-16

  By Kate Holton and Georgina ProdhanLONDON (Reuters UK) - The government aims to provide universal broadband access by 2012 to make the country more competitive, it said on Tuesday, as it outlined its vision for a digital future that could require money taken from the BBC.Communications Minister Stephen Carter said...

  Tags: Government, Broadband, Broadcaster, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, British Broadcasting Corp., Communications Minister Stephen Carter

• West Brom Moves to Boost Balance Sheet

  ReutersUK - 2009-06-11

  By Peter GriffithsLONDON (Reuters UK) - West Bromwich Building Society said on Thursday it was seeking to bolster its balance sheet following reports that it was over-exposed to commercial property loans."West Bromwich Building Society is in advanced discussions with holders of the society's subordinated debt to exchange the full outstanding...

  Tags: Financial, Society, British Broadcasting Corp., Commercial Property, Balance Sheets, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Financial Statements

• Media group slams C4 deal with BBC arm

  - 2009-03-18

  Business in brief MEDIA Guardian Media Group GMG has warned the Government that plans to salvage Channel 4 through a joint venture with the BBCs commercial arm would harm competition. The group, whose assets include a string of local newspapers and magazines, yesterday responded to proposals made...

  Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Guardian Media Group Plc.

• LILLY SHOWS NO SIGN OF SNAPPING

  - 2009-03-15

  PHOTOGRAPHERS were on their best behaviour last night as singer Lilly Allen played to a sell-out crowd at Glasgow's O2 Academy. The 23-year-old star arrived in Scotland amid a cloud of controversy after lashing out at a paparazzi photographer on Thursday night. He had apparently shunted the back...

  Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., O2 Plc.

• BSkyB eyes UKTV stake

  Strategy Eye - 2009-03-03

  CEO of BSkyB, Jeremy Darroch, says he is interested in buying UKTV and claims BSkyB is looking broadly at acquisition targets. The comments come a week after it emerged that Virgin Media is considering selling its 50% stake in UKTV, which it co-owns with BBC Worldwide. ...

  Tags: Acquisition, British Broadcasting Corp., British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc., UKTV, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Channel 4, BBC Worldwide, Andrew McDonald, BSkyB, British Sky Broadcasting Group, Virgin Media Inc.