... the BBC and the eye-popping breadth of its audience. The BBC Trust has been poring over its remit and performance, so this chance to take stock of what Radio ... such a significant change in the middle of the Radio 2 review, BBC management may already have pre-empted and scuppered the good work and best intentions of the trust. • Andrew Harrison is chief executive of RadioCentre, the industry body ...

The BBC Trust has set out a series of changes to the commercial arm of the BBC. It follows an 18-month review of the mandate, strategy and governance arrangements for BBC commercial activity. The regulatory body calls for a clearer focus in securing value from the BBC’s intellectual property and an exit from any activity

The BBC Trust has decided not to open up its six-day-a-week segment Thought for the Day, broadcast on Radio 4 ... program in a different way, apparently acknowledging that management has been somewhat insensitive. The Trust is maintaining its position that content for the Thought for the Day ... issues of the day "from a faith perspective , the BBC runs a risk that a Thought for the Day contributor ...

... online expansionism by at least considering whether to cull some websites. The regulating BBC Trust just <a href=" title ... iPlayer, which parts of the online service are essential to the BBC’s mission and which could be stopped?  —In particular, where should the boundary ... fee payers, who rate it as high-quality, said the trust. The British Internet Publishers Association (BIPA ...

... any future merger and/or acquisitions unless there are exceptional circumstances. However, BBC-W has been permitted to bid for the 50% of the UKTV cluster of channels it does not already control. In many respects the BBC Trust's verdict is a case of one-step ... -brand congruent' - that is, IP that would not be suitable for any BBC public service in the UK whether on television, internet, ...

... happened. A plan was put in place to take the heat off the BBC, which at the time was being battered by the press. One measure ... skeptical John Humphrys. Sir Michael said that the BBC must be firmer on excesses, and there was a "need for even stricter editorial ... diminished. This will be explained in the next part. Consultation timeline (taken from BBC Trust Terms of reference (pdf)) October ...

BSkyB in fresh attack on BBC over Project Canvas BBC management accused of paying lip service ... 's first four years from launch. However, Sky again argued that the BBC Trust should still not allow the project to go ahead. "Given its unique ... "Sky does not believe that Canvas should be allowed to proceed, or at least, not with the BBC, and the licence fee, playing an active role. ...

... an 18-month review in to BBCWW, the regulating BBC Trust says it “would not expect to consider a commercial deal of ... £50 million threshold at which proposed M&A was referred to for the trust’s scrutiny is being reduced to £30 million. ... is refocusing Worldwide on international commercial exploitation of the BBC’s own intellectual property, encouraging the “divestment ...

... charging for News Corporation content on the internet. Sir Michael Lyons, the BBC Trust chairman, said the corporation has "no intention of diluting BBC commitment to universal access to free news online" as ... "licence fee payers really expect to get from their licence fee and what they might be surprised to see the BBC doing in the online world". Guardian UK

... looks flashy and impressive, but its future is by no means secure as the BBC Trust considers whether to back the project or scrap it. ... -e-r-y clear: "This is not; I repeat, this is not the BBC entering into social networking. It's exactly the opposite: ... Huggers, so the Beeb is about to launch Search Plus, which brings together all BBC content from its many-tentacled media operations. Wii ...