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Winter 2010 Bulletin Working for Quality and Diversity in Broadcasting Winter 2010/11 Bulletin Issue 103 WATCHING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE VLV’s 28th Spring Conference HASTY LICENCE FEE SETTLEMENT Tuesday 12 April 2011 BBC Director-General Mark Thompson, speaking publicly at 10.15am - 3.30pm VLV’s Autumn Conference for the first time since the Geological Society, Burlington House, London W1 settlement, said that he had been the lead negotiator for the BBC but that the proposals had been endorsed by the BBC The keynote speaker will be Helen Trust. The BBC felt they could live with the proposed strategy Boaden, Director, BBC News. Stewart and the 16% cut in BBC income over the next six years and Purvis, Professor of Journalism at City emerge stronger. University, will be in the Mr Thompson said that, although he regretted the inability to chair. consult licence payers, his feeling was that the BBC had secured a better deal than if they had waited, as anticipated, Helen Boaden has been Director, BBC News since for a decision in spring 2011. 2004 and will shortly Helen Boaden VLV President Jocelyn Hay said, commenting on his become a member of the statement, “VLV members were assured by Mark Thompson BBC’s Executive Board. During her time that the diversity of public service broadcasting would be as Controller, BBC Radio 4 from 2000 to retained but much has still to be decided and the devil will lie 2004, the network twice won the Sony in the detail. Our members are concerned that the summary Gold Award for Station of the Year. nature of the decisions – and the proposals – fly in the face of The VLV 2010 Awards for Excellence safeguards which had been built into legislation over many in Broadcasting will be presented years. Whilst we accept that all public bodies must share the during the Spring Conference at pain, the state of the economy must not be used as a pretext 1.45pm. for infringing the BBC’s independence.” (see more inside on page 5) There will be a Members’ Forum from BROADCASTING: WHERE ARE WE GOING? 4.00 - 5.00pm. Report from VLV’s Autumn Conference Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt The conference took place at the and Robert Beveridge gave an MP to meet VLV Geological Society and was well update on BBC issues. members attended. Damian Tambini from VLV was VLV is delighted that LSE chaired the morning and delighted the Secretary of State Roger Bolton the afternoon. that Mark for Culture, Media, the Lord Burns, new Chairman of Thompson Olympics & Sport Rt Channel 4, was the keynote agreed to Hon Jeremy Hunt MP speaker and we also heard from speak. He will speak at VLV’s Patrick Barwise, Professor gave his Westminster Evening Lionel Barber, left, Emeritus of Management and with Mark Thompson first public Seminar in the House Marketing, London Business statement since of Commons on Tuesday February 8 School on Confusions and the announcement of the licence 2011. Roger Bolton, independent Delusions about Non-linear TV fee settlement and took producer and presenter, Feedback, and why it matters, Chris Woolard questions from the floor, Radio 4 will take the chair. The seminar from Ofcom and Richard Klein, moderated by Lionel Barber, is from 5.45pm to 7.45 pm. Please allow Controller,BBCFour.Sylvia Harvey editor of the Financial Times. enough time to pass through security. Tickets are free but anyone wishing to Inside attend MUST register in advance to ensure a place. Tickets are available Editorial page 2 BBC settlement page 5 from Linda Forbes on 01474 338711 or In memoriam page 2 Digital update page 6 email [email protected]. Conference report page 3 Diary dates page 8 Bulletin Winter 2010/11 Page 1 FROM THE PRESIDENT So much has changed since our last Bulletin. The BBC - and the licence payers who fund it - will in future find themselves financing some services previously funded by Government, including the World Service and BBC Monitoring. Now for the first time government departments with a stake in these areas (like the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Voice of the Listener & Viewer Defence) could be influencing the way licence payers’ money is Working for Quality and Diversity in British Broadcasting spent and tensions loom between BBC domestic and international priorities. VLV President Mrs Jocelyn Hay CBE The BBC, moreover, is also to fund the Welsh-language S4C, a new network of local television stations and broadband roll-out in rural areas. Over and above VLV Patrons Archbishop Lord Eames of Armagh these changes the role and powers of Ofcom, the media regulator, are being Sir Francis Graham-Smith FRS curtailed just at the time when News Corporation’s bid to take over BSkyB Lord Inglewood MEP threatens the crucial equilibrium of public and commercial funding within the UK’s Lord Phillips of Sudbury OBE electronic and print media. Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CBE Lady Solti Sir John Tusa In parallel the government is proposing - through the Public Bodies Bill now proceeding through Parliament - to assume many powers previously vested in VLV Directors other agencies, including the right to alter, or theoretically even abolish, Channel Mr Hugh Peltor, CBE (Hon. Treasurer) 4 without consultation. The consumer interest is further threatened by the Mr Robert Clark (Hon. Secretary) Ms Sophie Chalk disbandment of Consumer Focus and of Ofcom’s Consumer Advisory Panel, Mr David Eggington whose crucial roles have been passed to Citizens Advice without any of the Mr Norman W Green resources which previously supported their specialist media expertise. All this Dr Matthew Hibberd was announced in November by the Secretary of State as a fait accompli without Prof Máire Messenger Davies Mr Chris Mottershead public consultation or parliamentary debate. Mr Lewis Rudd, MBE Prof. Jeannette Steemers VLV is therefore re-doubling its efforts to maintain the quality, diversity and Mr Eddie Tulasiewicz independence of British broadcasting. Key to our strategy will be a series of Prof. Bob Usherwood events around the country raising awareness of the issues and providing Company Secretary opportunities for members and the public to question key decision makers. The Waterlow Registrars Ltd. Secretary of State himself, Jeremy Hunt, will speak at the first, our seminar in the House of Commons on February 8.. Several more are in the pipeline so please The Voice of the Listener Trust watch our website www.vlv.org.uk for the latest (registered. charity 296207) which supports some of VLV’s educational work. news or call the office on 01474 338711. Chairman: Mrs Jocelyn Hay CBE Trustees: Mr Michael Barton Mr John Clark Mr Paul Findlay Ms Dinah Garrett The Annual General Meeting of Voice of the Listener & Viewer Ltd took Professor Sylvia Harvey place after the Autumn Conference. Two members of the Board, Carol Cattley Lady Solti and Shyama Perera stepped down and were warmly thanked for their Dr Andrew Taussig contributions to VLV and its work. Christopher Mottershead and Eddie Tulasiewicz were duly elected to the Board. Chris Mottershead has been VLV Office: PO Box 401, Gravesend DA12 9FY interested in film and media most of his career. He taught Film and Media Tel: 01474 358711 / 01474 358716 Studies at Birkbeck College until his retirement in 2009 and has championed the Fax: 01474 325440 cause for children’s television since 1990. Eddie Tulasiewicz worked at the e-mail: [email protected] Office Hours: 9.30-5pm Monday-Thursday BBC from 1988-2002. He worked at VLV as its first Education and Development Linda Forbes: Conference & Events Secretary. Officer. He is now Director of Communications for the Diocese of Westminster. Sue Washbrook: Membership/ Board & Trust Administrator. Website: www.vlv.org.uk In memoriam: Gerard Mansell CBE 1921 – 2010 Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV) represents the citizen and consumer interests in broadcasting Gerry Mansell, one of the most influential figures in the and works for quality and diversity in British broadcasting. VLV is free from political, sectarian shaping of the modern radio network, died on 18 December, and commercial affiliations. VLV is concerned with aged 89. He was born and educated in France and joined the the issues, structures, institutions and regulation that underpin the British broadcasting system and BBC European Service in 1951 after a distinguished war in particular to maintain the principles of public service broadcasting. service. With Frank Gillard, Mansell helped reorganise the BBC’s radio services in 1967 into Radios 2, 3 and 4, a radical VLV does not handle complaints. reorganisation that stirred up internal controversy. Sir John Registered Address: Unit 9, The Old Rectory Tusa, writing in The Guardian, said he ‘had a penetrating editorial mind that left Business Centre, Springhead Road, Northfleet, Kent DA11 8HN. its mark on both the BBC World Service and on Radio 4. Running overseas talks Bulletin edited by Dinah Garrett and published by and features in the late 1950s and early 60s, he insisted on openness, accuracy, Voice of the Listener & Viewer Ltd, a not-for-profit clarity and detachment, coupled with acute awareness of the needs of the private company limited by guarantee (registered in England no 4407712). worldwide audience’. When he retired he became a member of VLV and was always a great supporter of VLV’s aims. ISSN 1475-2948 Page 2 Bulletin Winter 2010/11 BROADCASTING: WHERE ARE WE GOING? (from page 1) VLV STUDENT ESSAY COMPETITION PRIZES Lord Burns, Chairman of Channel 4 Roger Graef, writer, broadcaster, film-maker and and only one year into the job, criminologist, presented the prizes to the winners of expressed confidence in the VLV's 2010 Student Essay Competition at the channel’s current performance and Autumn Conference.
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