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Company Overview

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), together with its subsidiaries, provides public service broadcasting worldwide. The company operates television and radio channels, as well as offers online media services. Its television channel portfolio focuses on commercial international 24-hour news and information; general entertainment; comedies, gritty dramas, and lifestyle shows; children’s programming; and wildlife programs, action-adventures, real-life dramas, and human and animal encounters. The company also operates radio stations, which broadcast a range of music, news, and sport. In addition, it sells programs and footage; produces magazines, books, tapes, digital video discs, compac...

Detailed Description

Portland Place

Broadcasting House

London,  W1A 1AA

United Kingdom

Founded in 1922

23,663 Employees

Key Executives

Chairman of Executive Board and Director General
Chief Financial Officer and Member of Executive Board
Chief Operating Officer and Member of Executive Board
Age: 54
Member of Executive Board and Chief Executive of BBC Worldwide Limited
Age: 51
Chief Executive Officer of BBC Children -Need
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2009.

Key developments for British Broadcasting Corp.

BBC Announces Executive Appointments
11/5/2009

BBC head of Bristol factual Ben Gale has added ballast to his development team with three further appointments. Kate Beetham, a former series producer on BBC2's Horizon and BBC3's Sweet 16, joins as development executive together with George Kay, who has been handed one of two new development consultant posts. Kay, formerly head of development at TwentyTwenty, is credited with the development of hit BBC2 series The Choir at the Shed Media-owned indie. He will work alongside Carrie Britton, who has previously worked as an executive and series producer in the indie sector on programmes such as BBC3's The House of Tiny Tearaways, BBC1's Inside Story and Channel 4's Embarrassing Teenage Bodies. All three appointees will report directly to Gale and work closely with the existing execs in Bristol.

British Broadcasting Corp. Announces Executive Changes for BBC South Region
11/3/2009

British Broadcasting Corp. appointed Jason Horton as new head of the BBC South region. His appointment follows current BBC South Head Mike Hapgood's decision to retire from the BBC at the end of the year. Jason will take up his new post in the New Year. Jason joins BBC South from BBC Cambridge he was a Managing Editor. A former TV news producer, Jason brings with him 10 years of broadcasting experience both in journalism and in production.

BBC to Axe 100 Top Jobs in Drive to Slash Costs
10/29/2009

British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) is to cut more than 100 top management posts in a cost-cutting drive aimed at making savings of almost £20 million (EUR 22 million). The move will see the current total pay bill for more than 600 bosses, including director general Mark Thompson, reduced by 25% over the next three and-a-half years. The BBC Trust has agreed to proposals put forward by the BBC executive, which will affect 634 senior managers and nine members of the executive board. The restructuring plans involve cutting the total senior management numbers by 18% over the period up to the end of July 2013.

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