London: The BBC said Monday its real income has fallen by £1 billion ($1.3 billion) a year compared to 2010 as it warned of “unprecedented” challenges to funding its content. “Without intervention, it will be difficult to maintain the current ambition and volume of UK content,” the BBC said in its strategic plan for the … Read more
Istanbul: Turkey on Thursday stepped up a crackdown on media coverage of mass protests since the arrest of Istanbul’s popular mayor, deporting a BBC journalist and imposing a 10-day broadcast ban on an opposition TV channel. The moves came after police detained 11 Turkish journalists, including an AFP photographer, who were covering the worst street … Read more
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has issued a “full and unreserved apology” to four former female employees for failing to protect them from constant email abuse by former radio host Alex Belfield. Rozina Breen, Elizabeth Green, Stephanie Hirst, and Helen Thomas were subjected to online abuse “over a number of years”, the BBC said in … Read more
Azerbaijan has ordered the BBC to shut its office in the country, officials in Baku said Thursday, in what the British broadcaster denounced as a “move against press freedom.” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has long faced accusations of stifling the media and persecuting political opponents in the energy-rich Caucasus nation. Foreign ministry spokesman Ayahan Hajizade … Read more
During the last quarter of 2024, Netflix pulled a larger audience in the UK than BBC One, becoming the country’s most popular TV service. Across its entire portfolio, the BBC remains the UK’s favourite news and entertainment destination, but this is nonetheless a significant milestone for a US-based streamer. After all, Netflix was a service … Read more