Tim Davie
Amanda Abbington: I don’t have much confidence after Strictly ‘bullying’
Her former professional partner, Giovanni Pernice, has strongly denied her allegations.
Amanda Abbington: I faced inappropriate, mean, nasty bullying on Strictly
The actress said she was put in a ‘toxic environment’.
BBC boss warns public broadcasting in ‘red alert situation’ around world
The director-general of the corporation Tim Davie appeared at the Media And Telecoms 2024 And Beyond Conference on Tuesday.
We are in sobering times – BBC boss says abuse of journalists is escalating
Tim Davie also advocated for the World Service to be ‘properly funded’.
Inquiry launched into BBC World Service funding
The service is chiefly funded by the UK licence fee.
BBC boss Tim Davie says he is open to a ‘more progressive’ licence fee
The fee has been frozen for two years but in 2023 the Government announced it would use a lower rate of inflation to increase the charge from April.
BBC boss says staff reductions are ‘painful’
The corporation is axing BBC soap Doctors and selling BBC Elstree Centre, which includes the set of EastEnders.
8,000 complaints made about BBC’s Gaza coverage since Israel-Hamas war began
Concerns were raised about the perception of bias in the corporation’s reporting of the conflict on Wednesday.
Social media comments on Israel by some journalists ‘unacceptable’ says BBC boss
Director-General Tim Davie was also asked about BBC Arabic staff retweeting remarks that are ‘essentially pro-Hamas’.
BBC licence fee to rise by more than £10 next year – reports
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer is expected to make an announcement on the licence fee in the Commons on Thursday.