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BBC Television Centre panoramas

I’ve just been walking around Television Centre, the BBC’s former home of 50 years, which is closing at the end of the week. With the farewell events having taken place last week, today it’s mainly full of people taking pictures – but not souvenirs: following some high-profile thefts, signs have appeared admonishing people not to …

March 26, 2013 – 13:29 | By Anthony | Posted in BBC, London | Tagged , | Comments (0)

BBC World Service turns to America for funding

The Guardian is reporting that the BBC is to receive a ‘significant’ amount of money from the US government’s State Department for the World Service. It’s a fascinating deal, given that until now the British government, through the FCO, has funded the World Service fully. A recent 16 per cent cut in the grant has …

March 21, 2011 – 11:41 | By Anthony | Posted in BBC, Journalism | Tagged , , | Comments (0)