BNET Industries
- Private
- UK
Dow Jones Description
TV, Radio & Internet Broadcasting Services
COOJohn Smith
Number of Employees 27,148
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Television Broadcasting: 515120
Recent Events
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BBC publishes top executives' expense claims
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BBC Persian channels Iranian voices of opposition
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A wizard arrives, a Knight vanishes and a dog Triumphs at Bonnaroo
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'Wheels' combines celebs, disabled dancers
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UK Police Test 'Cocaine Torch'
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British Broadcasting Company Selects VFA to Audit and Strategically Manage Its Real Estate
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Younge nabs post at Travel Channel
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BBC could lose $163 mil of license fee
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BBC to release lost Tony Hancock tapes
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BT vs. BBC: Video Spat Escalates
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BBC: Stop and listen: BBC World Service invites audiences to Save Our Sounds
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Election results; My Child Won't Sleep; Ross Kemp In Search of Pirates; Angels of Rio
News & Analysis
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Was Your Night at the Opera Worth It?
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...
BBC set for clash over C4 rescue funding
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...
Government Taps BBC For Broadband
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...
UK plans tax to pay for rural digital networks
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...
UK faces broadband tax
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"...
Government Targets 2012 Broadband-for-all
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...
West Brom Moves to Boost Balance Sheet
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...
Media group slams C4 deal with BBC arm
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...
LILLY SHOWS NO SIGN OF SNAPPING
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...
BSkyB eyes UKTV stake
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. ...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| John Smith | COO |
| Mark Thompson | Director General & Editor-in-Chief |
| Carolyn Fairbairn | Director, Strategy & Distr |
| Dan Percival | Director, Programme |
| Helen Boaden | Director, News |
| Jana Bennett | Director, TV |
| Jenny Abramsky | Director, Radio & Music |
| Mark Byford | General Director |
| Mark Damazer | Deputy Director, News |
| Richard Sambrook | Director, World Service & Global News |
| Tim Davie | Director, Marketing |
| Lisa Owen-Jones | Manager, Marketing, BBC Concert Orchestra |
| Alan Booth | Controller, Marketing |
| Lorraine Heggessey | Controller |
| Anna Carragher | Head, N Ireland |
| Anne Morrison | Head, Contemporary Factuals |
| Deepa Fernandes | Producer |
| Helen Kellie | Head, Marketing |
| Mark A Wood | Broadcast Engineer |
| Roger Mosey | Head, TV News |
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 | Head, N Ireland | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Head, Contemporary Factuals | Current |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Iran Project | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Head, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cellcast Technologies | Chief Technology Officer, Cellcast Communications | Current |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Broadcast Engineer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Head, TV News | Current |
| PM Company LLC | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Chairman | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, LLC | Executive Investor | Current |
| Advisory Panel | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Media Standards Trust Limited | Board of Directors | Former |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Rothschild Inc. | Executive Vice Chairman | Current |
| British Legal Awards | Executive Vice Chairman, Nm Rothschild | Current |
| The Eden-Project | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Media Standards Trust Limited | Executive Vice Chairman, Nm Rothschild | Current |
| Freshfields | Senior Partner | Former |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Senior Partner | Former |
| Freshfields | Corporate Lawyer | Former |
| Exeter University | Doctor of Laws | Former |
| Business.com, Inc. | Trustee | Former |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Corporate Lawyer | Former |
| Governors | Vice Chairman of The Board | Former |
Executive News
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BBC publishes top executives' expense claims
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BBC publishes top executives' expense claims
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Younge nabs post at Travel Channel
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Hard to prove Mark Thompsons tough talk about BBC pay
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Hard to prove tough talk on BBC pay
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BBC tells Terry Wogan, Jeremy Clarkson and others to expect pay cuts
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BBC tells its big stars to expect pay cuts
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Mandelson extends sphere of influence after helping Brown survive
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Mandelson gains more power after reshuffle
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Michael Grade, ITV Executive Chairman
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Taxpayers fund 34,000 pension-pot millionaires
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John Humphrys refuses to reveal salary
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Stuttering John Humphrys refuses to reveal BBC salary
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John Humphrys refuses to reveal BBC salary
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Humphrys squirms over BBC salary
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Two sides to David Hare's wall
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Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams:...
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Merger of Sky and Channel 4 advertising staff mooted
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Sky and Channel 4 propose staff merger
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BBC is ready for a fight to defend licence fee
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