spot_img
9.2 C
London
HomeTagsTim Davie

Tag: Tim Davie

BBC Annual Plan Reveals £500M Deficit & Increased Content Spend

The BBC‘s financial deficit is projected to reach nearly £500M next year as the corporation delivers what it has described as a “transformational budget.” Unveiling its Annual Plan this afternoon, which sets priorities for the coming year, the BBC forecast a deficit of...

Doctor Who’s Russell T Davies Says BBC Demise “Absolutely On Its Way’

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies has issued some doom-and-gloom thinking behind why the hit sci-fi series needed to partner with Disney+. Speaking to the They Like to Watch podcast, the storied British showrunner declared that the BBC is “somehow, surely, undoubtedly on...

Richard Sharp Talks BBC Chair Resignation & Licence Fee

“I wasn’t happy at the way my activities were characterized and think they were misrepresented wilfully by other forms of the media.” That is the verdict of ex-BBC Chair Richard Sharp, who was forced to resign almost a year ago after failing to...

BBC’s Tim Davie On AI, Tech Players & The License Fee

The BBC is not shying away from artificial intelligence or the U.S. tech giants, according to its Director General. Delivering a set-piece speech this morning in London, Davie made working with tech giants and harnessing the controversial tech central to his plan to “radically...

BBC’s Tim Davie On British Storytelling & U.S. / Chinese Algorithms

“British storytelling is at growing risk of being squeezed out in an extraordinarily competitive global media landscape,” the BBC Director General will warn in a landmark speech tomorrow that will set out how to “radically transform and renew” the 100-year-old corporation. Tim Davie plans...

BBC Boss Tim Davie Says Broadcaster Must “Be Nice” Amid Trans Debate

The BBC has a duty to “be nice” amid the fraught debate about transgender rights, according to the UK broadcaster’s director general. Tim Davie told lawmakers on Wednesday that the BBC’s detractors were attempting to whip up a “deeply damaging” narrative around the corporation’s...