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Spring 2009 Bulletin 96 Voice of the Listener & Viewer Bulletin Working for Quality and Diversity in Broadcasting Spring 2009 Issue 96 CHAIRMAN’s REPORT A Lively Relationship In this way no less than £495,000 — After taking soundings I replied that nearly half a million pounds — has been while some of us might agree with him, lost from BBC budgets and gone to the many would not. I went on: Treasury in the past year. What a waste of ‘I think the first reason the BBC the licence fee! gives for the decision it has taken — Some VLV members wrote to me whether aid will get through — is not asking why the employees responsible for really valid. The DEC is a highly incurring these fines could not themselves respected organization that does not bear some of the financial penalty. I put this make appeals of this nature lightly. JUST recently the patience of our members point to Mark Thompson, the BBC Director- Whatever plans Hamas may have for has been tried. A letter sent to me via the General. Mark replied saying that while he taking control of the rebuilding of VLV office contained a note: ‘Has been a agreed the present situation was not entirely Gaza there is a strong body of highly member for many years: never known him satisfactory he could not say that it would experienced external aid workers write like this before’. The letter, full of be improved by ‘by attempting to recover capable of delivering emergency relief asterisks and exclamation marks, was to costs from BBC employees.’ In order to in Gaza — which is what the DER is protest at what has recently seemed to be impose a deduction from pay the BBC would raising money for. a positive torrent of bad language and need the express contractual right to do so The second reason the Director- offensive behaviour in BBC radio and – which does not at present exist. And there General gives for refusing to run the television programmes. In the Ross and were practical questions: ‘How would a Gaza appeal is that to do so would Brand case the BBC took some time to wake person on £25K gross per year repay run ‘the risk of reducing public up to the offence caused to many people. £10K?’. It would also be difficult to apportion confidence in the BBC’s impartiality’. But when it did it took stern action: the radio responsibility when failings have usually This I think is a failure of nerve. Of channel Controller and the ‘compliance’ been at several points in the editorial chain course the BBC must be impartial in officer responsible lost their jobs. Rightly — of command and, arguably, by management its reporting — Hamas mortars fired in my opinion — senior BBC executives overall. at civilian targets in Israel may be just were held responsible for what went on air. as much a war crime as any Israeli But what happens next makes some GAZA APPEAL bombardment of Gaza — but that VLV members angrier still. It is the Recently VLV has taken issue with the BBC should not prevent the BBC carrying broadcasting regulator Ofcom, outside the on another topic — the Director-General’s a humanitarian appeal from the DEC BBC, which now sits in judgement on most decision not to broadcast an appeal from when the need is so obvious. alleged breaches of the broadcasting codes, the Disasters Emergency Committee on I think the danger now is not what and the only penalty Ofcom can impose behalf of the inhabitants of Gaza who had the BBC feared, that it might be seen (other than an on-air statement of some suffered so severely under the Israeli to be partial on the side of Hamas, kind) is a fine. That means it is the licence- bombardment. I was asked by the BBC but that it is seen to have given in to payer who is paying the price of bad what VLV’s attitude was to the D-G’s fear of what the pro-Israeli lobby might behaviour by the broadcasters. decision. do and say.’ Inside Whether or not you approve my reply I hope you will agree that our warm support ■ Looking for a ■ Options for Online ■ Spring Conference of the BBC as our best hope of quality and Partner? Regulation ■ Student essay diversity in broadcasting should never make it impossible to challenge the Corporation ■ The future of radio ■ VLV Scotland competition when we have questions about its policy. — will it be digital? conference ■ Diary dates Richard Lindley ISSN 1475-2948 Spring conference Looking for a Partner? As the commercial broadcasters struggle to survive, the search is on to forge a strong, new public service partnership. Voice of the Listener & Viewer VLV has asked Channel 4, Five and BBC Worldwide Working for Quality and Diversity in British Broadcasting VLV President to tell us who they would like to be their partner. Mrs Jocelyn Hay CBE Andy Duncan Britain interim report to create a strong, VLV Patrons Chief Executive second,future-facing sustainable public Lord Barnet PC JP Archbishop Lord Eames of Armagh Channel 4 service broadcasting model, with a publicly Sir Francis Graham-Smith FRS owned, public purpose Channel 4 at its Lord Inglewood MEP heart, building on our culture of innovation, Sir Charles Mackerras CBE Dame Mary Peters DBE risk taking and alternative voices. The best Lord Phillips of Sudbury OBE starting point is a bold partnership with BBC Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CBE Lady Solti Worldwide and we are already working Sir John Tusa closely together to ensure we remain capable of meeting the challenges of the VLV Directors digital future and delivering the same high Mr Richard Lindley (Chairman) Mr Hugh Peltor, CBE (Hon. Treasurer) quality programmes, products and services Prof Maire Messenger Davies that viewers have enjoyed in the past. Ms Carol Cattley (co-opted) Of course, it is important that any Mr Robert Clark Prof Ivor H Gaber solutions to Channel 4’s funding issues are Mr Norman W Green assessed for their potential impact on the Prof Sonia M Livingstone wider industry since other PSB’s are also Mr Lewis M C Rudd, MBE As the UK’s creative industries tackle the Mr Laurence D Pawley struggling in the difficult economic climate. combined challenges of a deepening Dr Matthew Hibberd But we do believe the ideas we are Ms. Shyama Perera recession and the structural changes developing could bring new financial benefit brought about by the move to digital, and Company Secretary to both Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide’s Waterlow Registrars Ltd. viewers tell us they continue to value high shareholders, the British public. quality, UK-produced content and plurality, The Voice of the Listener Trust I believe Channel 4 has a crucial role to play (registerred. charity 286207) a sister charity which supports Dawn Airey VLV’s educational work. in sustaining creative investment for the Chair and Chief Executive Chairman: Mrs Jocelyn Hay CBE benefit of British audiences and redefining Trustees: Channel 5 Mr Michael Barton public service broadcasting for future Mr John Clark generations. Professor Sylvia Harvey We currently invest around £400 million Lady Solti Dr Andrew Taussig a year in original British content with a focus on alternative talent, voices and ideas. This Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV) represents the citizen and consumer in turn drives a much bigger economic interests in broadcasting and works for quality and diversity in British broad- benefit for Britain. We can give viewers casting. VLV is free from political, sec- tarian and commercial affiliations. VLV programmes that the market barely supplies is concerned with the issues, struc- — long-form news, current and international tures, institutions and regulation that underpin the British broadcasting sys- affairs, single dramas and documentaries, tem and in particular to maintain the principles of public service broadcast- new comedy, British film — because we ing. VLV does not handle complaints. don’t have to pay dividends to private shareholders. But we do deliver creative VLV Office: PO Box 401, Gravesend DA12 9FY Economic conditions are dire, structural Tel: 01474 352835 Fax: 01474 351112 excellence as shown by our consistent haul change is fast and furious. But what really e-mail [email protected] of awards, most recently with the amazing Office Hours: 9.30-5pm Monday-Thursday matters in any debate on public service Linda Forbes: Conference & Events Sec. Film 4 production Slumdog Millionaire which Sue Washbrook: Membership/ Board & Trust Admin. broadcasting is the breadth and quality of swept the board at the Baftas and the Website: www.vlv.org what appears on screen. Viewers expect the Oscars. Registered address: Aercon House, commercial channels to compete with the Alfred Road, Gravesend DA11 7QF The structural shifts taking place in Bulletin published by the Voice of the Listener & Viewer Ltd, a BBC on quality while providing different private company limited by guarantee (registered in England media require boldness and imagination and no. 4407712). approaches. we wholeheartedly support the proposal in So the question that needs to be asked Desktop publishing: Carol Cattley both the Ofcom PSB review and the Digital 2 Bulletin Working for Quality and Diversity in Broadcasting of any link-up between Five and Channel 4 Five’s owner RTL has an obvious We believe that these partnerships is whether it will enhance viewers’ commercial interest in such a venture but it could bring benefits of over £120m per year experience. is proposing not a takeover, rather a to commercials funded PSBs (i.e. ITV, Five and Channel 4 are very similar partnership in which the government would Channel 4 and Five) by 2014.
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