Autumn 2005 Bulletin 83
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Call 0871 210 8871 or email: [email protected] 8 Bulletin Summer 2005 Voice of the Listener & Viewer Ltd, a private company limited by guarantee, registered no: 4407712 Voice of the Listener & Viewer Working for Quality and DiversityBulletin in Broadcasting Summer 2005 Issue 82 VLV’s Autumn Programme VLV Chairman made CBE in the VLV 2005/2006 Evening Lecture Series Queen’s Birthday Wednesday, 12 October Tuesday, 8 November Honours Tim Marlow Michael Palin who won VLV’s Special who won VLV’s Award for In the Queen’s Birthday Award for Excellence the Best Contribution to Honours, VLV Chairman in 2004, will give an Television in 2004, and Founder, Jocelyn evening presentation for will share an evening Hay, was appointed us on broadcasting and conversation with us a CBE for services to the visual arts, at at The British broadcasting. In 1999, One Whitehall Place, Academy, Carlton she was made an MBE London SW1. House Terrace, SW1. and also in the same year received the Commonwealth Broadcasting VLV has planned a busy programme of events for members and the public in the Association’s Elizabeth R Award for an outstanding contribution to public next six months. It will include many different activities, some serious some service broadcasting. entertaining, in different parts of the UK, including seminars, conferences, evening Commenting, Mrs Hay said: “I am so social events, lectures and visits to broadcasting centres, starting with visits to delighted at this recognition of VLV and of what it has achieved. I am also conscious of Channel 4 and the Met Office in September. (See diary dates on the back page of this the many, many people who have contributed Bulletin for other VLV visits). to this honour and have helped me since VLV was founded in 1983, Without them, I could have achieved nothing. They include VLV 2005/2006 Conferences my husband who has been such a constant support, present and past Committee and Wednesday, 2 November Monday, 12 December Board members, the staff at the Gravesend Kids Media – a Cultural Force or a Cash Cow? VLV’s 2nd Christmas Concert office, and many, many more. My hope now The VLV Forum for Children’s Broadcasting will The music will kindly be provided by the BBC is that we can use the honour as a further spur to putting VLV onto a sound financial hold its 11th annual conference at the Royal Elstree Concert Band under its Musical Director, footing to meet the challenges of the future. Society, Carlton House Terrace, SW1. See further Mike Crisp. The programme will also include a details on page 3 inside. presentation by the choir of the Sir William Wednesday, 30 November Burrough Primary School, Tower Hamlets, London. VLV’s Student VLV 22nd Annual Autumn Conference in London. Late Autumn 2005 The programme will look ahead to some of the VLV’s 8th Annual Conference on the Future of Essay Competition implications of digital switch-over – by then only Broadcasting in Wales two years away in Wales, the south-west of Twenty-four students from twelve colleges Will be held in association with the School of England and the Scottish Borders. and universities in England, Scotland and Journalism at Cardiff University – more details Wales have entered VLV’s 2005 Student Stephen Carter, Chief Executive of Ofcom in the autumn Bulletin. Essay Competition, which is supported by will be the afternoon speaker, two years after Channel 4 Television. The winners will be the communications regulator becomes fully February 2006 announced in October. operational. VLV’s 14th Annual Conference in Scotland VLV received over a hundred enquiries The conference will be followed at 4pm by the 3rd Will be held in association with Napier University, about the competition which asked students AGM of VLV Ltd. Edinburgh – more details in the autumn Bulletin. to submit either a written 2000 word essay or a short video or radio feature ‘The Future of Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age’. Inside The judging panel, chaired by VLV Board Changes at the VLV Trust Who’s now What VLV Visits member, Professor Vincent Porter, also includes: Professor Steven Barnett, University VLV Healthcheck Editorial Comment Book Reviews of Westminster, Roger Graef, Managing Director, Films of Record, Andrea Millwood- VLV Awards 2005/2006 Consultations Letters Hargrave, Principal, Millwood-Hargrave Ltd Annual Children’s Conference Digital Update BBC Contacts and Jon Snow, presenter of Channel 4 News. Changes at the Voice of the Listener Trust AT the Trust’s AGM in July, Colin Shaw, at the end of the 18 months he had agreed to serve, stepped down as chair of the Voice of the Listener Trust. Elizabeth Smith was appointed interim Chairman in his place. Voice of the Listener & Viewer We shall greatly miss Colin’s calm presence, and the benefit of the wide Working for Quality and Diversity in British Broadcasting experience, which he so generously shared with members of the Trust and the VLV Patrons Board.