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Universal household levy offers viable alternative to BBC licence fee – report

A universal household levy could offer a viable alternative to the BBC licence fee, a new report has suggested. The Lords Communications and Digital Committee said the model, in which each household would be required to pay a flat fee regardless of ...

18 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Russian channel RT ‘broke impartiality rules 29 times after Ukraine invasion’

Ofcom has found that Russian broadcaster RT’s coverage in the wake of country’s invasion of Ukraine breached due impartiality rules on 29 occasions in four days. The TV watchdog, which revoked the channel’s UK broadcast licence in March, said it ...

18 Jul 2022 at 12:57

Nearly 400 job cuts announced at BBC World Service

Some 382 jobs at BBC World Service will be cut as part of plans to move to a digital-led service. The broadcaster will also close its BBC Arabic and BBC Persian radios in a move it says will help “accelerate its digital offering and increase ...

29 Sept 2022 at 14:16

Licence fee-paying public must be ‘heard and seen’ in consultation – BBC boss

The forthcoming consultation into the future funding of the BBC should ensure the licence fee-paying public is “heard and seen” and outline a “clear set of principles” for the broadcaster, its director-general has said. Tim Davie told the ...

23 May 2022 at 18:02

Mark Steyn show on GB News breached Ofcom code with Covid claims

Ofcom has ruled that an episode of the Mark Steyn show on GB News broke its broadcasting rules and was “potentially harmful and materially misleading”. The watchdog said the episode on April 21 2022 saw the Canadian author and presenter ...

06 Mar 2023 at 12:07

Information Commissioner denies data protection laws would ‘shackle’ media

The Information Commissioner has denied his office’s proposed data protection and journalism code of practice would “shackle” the media after it faced criticism from a group of British newspaper editors. John Edwards said there is ...

21 Dec 2022 at 15:07

Gary Lineker becomes only on-air BBC talent to earn more than £1 million

Gary Lineker is the BBC’s top earning on-air talent for the fifth consecutive year and the only name to earn over £1 million annually, new figures show. The 61-year-old pundit and former footballer was paid between £1,350,000 and ...

12 Jul 2022 at 17:00

Andrew Neil: BBC licence fee will remain in place because it is ‘easy way out’

Veteran broadcaster Andrew Neil has said he expects the BBC licence fee to remain in place because it is “the easy way out” for the broadcaster and the Government. The 72-year-old worked for the BBC for 25 years until 2020, ...

17 May 2022 at 17:55

Channel 4 boss’s salary passes £1 million

Channel 4’s chief executive received a salary of more than £1 million last year, the broadcaster’s annual report shows. Alex Mahon was handed the biggest bonus possible after the number of people watching the company’s ...

15 Jul 2022 at 13:00

Former Corbyn aide loses appeal over Rachel Riley Twitter row

A former aide to Jeremy Corbyn has lost an appeal against a High Court libel ruling which ordered her to pay £10,000 damages to television presenter Rachel Riley after a Twitter row. Ms Riley, 36, who appears on the ...

11 Aug 2022 at 17:19

Nadine Dorries and presenter Kirstie Allsopp clash over Channel 4 privatisation

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has knocked heads with TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp over the privatisation of Channel 4, saying the broadcaster’s “salad days are in the past”. The pair exchanged messages on ...

11 Apr 2022 at 09:55

Ofcom investigating GB News over Tory MPs’ interview with Chancellor

Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether GB News breached impartiality rules by airing an interview between two Tory MPs and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. Esther McVey and Philip Davies spoke to Mr Hunt ...

03 Apr 2023 at 14:23

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