Blogging the Beeb

BBC Future and Funding

I am well behind on noting developments in the BBC's Charter Renewal process:

The BBC Governors published the BBC's value for money report on its HR section in April.

The BBC Governorsd also published Patrick Barwise's report on public opinion on the Licence Fee.

DCMS published the independent review of the BBC Licence Fee Bid/Funding needs.

Mark Thompson's Creative Review of the BBC is published here and the detailed press briefing is here. His Fleming lecture giving more detail is here. Its new media plans are here. There is more on the BBC's Integrated Media Player, the iPlayer, here.

DCMS made appointments to the new BBC Trust from the BBC Governors.

DCMS published the White Paper on the Future of the BBC. The BBC Governors respoonse is set out here. Michael Grade's speech in response is here. Mark Thompson's BBC 2.0 speech is here.

Programme Promises

The BBC's Programme Promises were published yesterday.

Middle East coverage

The BBC Governors yesterday published the review of BBC coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The BBC management response is here.

BBC and Digital

Apparently the public doesn't want the BBC to carry the Governent's digital burden.

Invading America

The American right is getting worked up about BBC America:

Beware, patriots of all hues, you have good reason to be fearful. Like the classic sci-fi movie "The Invasion of the Body-Snatchers," the infecting of America's national psyche has already begun but almost nobody has noticed.

Since its inauguration in 1998, the cable channel BBC America has grown such that by July 2004 it was available in 40 million U.S. homes, and it's growing further. In January 2006 the BBC announced a deal with Discovery to bring its 24-hour news channel, BBC World News, to every American home.

And the papers

The Guardian says OFCOM will be able to assess the BBC's market impact. Greg Dyke comments on the proposals on governance in particular.

Blogs on White Paper

The bloggers are out in force in advance of the BBC White Paper publication.

Here's Stephen Pollard.

And Mediawatchwatch.

And Laban at Biased-BBC.

OFCOMwatch had this interview with Select Committee Chair John Whittingdale last week.

Lords' Committee reports

The House of Lords' Committee on the BBC has reported. Here's the Guardian, and here's Ofcomwatch.

The issue making the headlines is the call for greater Parliamentary scrutiny over the setting of the licence fee.

Mobile licences

Ofcomwatch clarifies the situation on mobile TV.

Gilligan

Gilligan attacks Marsh.

Yawn.