Board of Governors of the BBC
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The Board of Governors of the BBC was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It consisted of twelve people who together regulated the BBC and represented the interests of the public. It existed from 1927 until it was replaced by the BBC Trust on 1 January 2007.The governors were independent of the Director-General and the rest of the BBC's executive team. They had no direct say in programme-making, but were nevertheless accountable to Parliament and to licence fee payers for the BBC's actions. Although a 'state broadcaster', the BBC is theoretically protected from government interference due to the statutory independence of its governing body.The Governors' role was to appoint the Director-General (and in earlier years, other key BBC staff).
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Manchester local TV licence won by YourTV group
Consortium backed by ex-BBC chairman Sir Michael Lyons to launch service by October after beating four other bidders.
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After the Hutton inquiry, how can any broadcaster claim to be free?
TV and radio journalists insist Leveson-style statutory regulation does not hamper them. But history (and Lord Patten) disagrees.
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How BBC director general Alasdair Milne was hustled out by Hussey
One of the most extraordinary acts of media theatre involving the late Alasdair Milne took place on a Wednesday in late September, 1986, when news broke that Marmaduke Hussey had been appointed chairman of the BBC.
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BBC chairman calls for 'radical structural overhaul' of corporation
Lord Patten, the chairman of the BBC Trust, vows to restore confidence in the corporation in the wake of the crisis that claimed director-general George Entwistle.
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David Elstein calls for breakup of BBC news in wake of Jimmy Savile scandal
Former Channel 5 and BSkyB executive also says BBC Trust lacks power to respond to scandal and should be abolished.
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Monkey goes to... Caroline Thomson's leaving do | Media Monkey
Caroline Thomson, the recently departed BBC chief operating officer, had her leaving bash on Tuesday night – just three weeks after her boss Mark Thompson bid the corporation farewell. Those raising a glass to Thomson at BBC's Broadcasting House in central London included Thompson and his successor George Entwistle, Melvyn Bragg, CLT-Ufa UK TV boss Dawn Airey, Dame Liz Forgan and BBC chairman Lord Patten.
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(Video) Reuters hacking debate: Are editors ‘farting against the thunderstorm’ if they think they can avoid state regulation?
Leading national newspaper editors last night insisted that the system of press self-regulation can be reformed rather than scrapped. But only time will tell whether, as former BBC chairman of governors Sir Christopher Bland put it at the same event, they are “farting into the thunderstorm” if they think they can avoid statutory regulation in [.
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Lord Patten: the right BBC chairman at the right time?
As he gears up for the annual report, Lord Patten seems to have grasped the BBC's key problems – but does he have vision?.
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Lord Patten in talks over banning bonuses for senior managers
The BBC is discussing banning bonuses for the corporation's senior managers as well as its executive board, according to BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten.
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Ofcom should have final say over BBC complaints, says Lords report
Lords communications committee's inquiry claims impartiality and accuracy concerns should be ruled on by regulator.
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