BBC Worldwide

Welcome to the 'BBC Worldwide' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'BBC Worldwide'.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “BBC Worldwide”

• BBC Trust Talks Floating BBC Worldwide Arm

  
  Moo News Moo News - Entertainment, Sports, Showbiz, Celebrities & TV — Authority: 522
  BBC Trust executives are rumored to have held tentative talks with City banks Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs over floating part of BBC Worldwide, its commercial arm. A spokesman for the company, though, said that there aren’t any plans to sell the commercial arm at all, and they aren’t talking with investment ...
  21 hours ago

• BBC Trust does not rule out floating BBC Worldwide

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm which markets the corporations programmes overseas and sells programme rights for hit shows such as Doctor Who and Top Gear, could be floated according to Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust
  1 day ago

• FT: BBC in talks over floating Worldwide

  
  The Wire — Authority: 480
  The BBC has been holding talks with advisors in the City about floating part of its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, as a response to calls for it to reduce its market holdings.The Financial Times reported this morning that sources said banks Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse were part of the advisory process, however ...
  1 day ago

• BBC had talks on Worldwide sale

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Discussions with Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, reports say, but BBC denies any plans Executives at the BBC are believed to have held tentative discussions with leading City banks about floating off part of its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide. The Financial Times reported today that Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse ...
  1 day ago

• BBC Worldwide to float?

  
  Thoughts of Nigel — Authority: 513
  This mornings FT leads with the story that BBC Worldwide is looking at the possibility of floating on the stock market in response to pressure from the government and commercial rivals to dilute its media market power. According to the paper Two people close to the early-stage discussions told the Financial Times ...
  2 days ago

• BBC Worldwide may plan a staged sell-off of some assets

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Three-year action plan could include disposal of magazines and holdings in TV production companies BBC Worldwide has been asked to come up with a three-year action plan that could involve the staged sell-off of some magazines and its holdings in independent TV production companies, as well as a review of online ...
  2 days ago

• Less Worldwide Travel

  
  IP TV Times — Authority: 129
  The BBC Trusts latest edict telling BBC Worldwide to confine its activities was inevitable in light of the Beebs growing dominance in UK commercial broadcasting. But the trouble is, this has come at a very bad time for Worldwide, which bought travel publishers Lonely Planet and has stakes in a wide range of UK ...
  2 days ago

• BBC Worldwide can keep Lonely Planet, says Trust

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  BBC Worldwide must avoid activity not in keeping with brand, but can keep Lonely Planet, BBC Trust rules The BBC Trust has dismissed calls for BBC Worldwide to offload the Lonely Planet travel guides business – but has ruled that the corporations commercial arm must not undertake similar acquisitions in future ...
  2 days ago

• Leading Lonely Planet into the 21st century

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Matthew Goldberg has "digital in his DNA" according to the BBC Worldwide executives who appointed him chief executive of Lonely Planet.
  1 week ago

• BBC Worldwide appoints Elston

  
  Media: Organ Grinder | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 132
  BBC Worldwide has appointed Charlotte Elston as director of communications , replacing Alison Jeremy, who has moved to BT Retail. Elston, who was group communications director for media buying group Aegis until last month, takes up her new post in January. BBC Worldwide BBC Aegis Marketing & PR ...
  1 week ago

• It was all Good Food and Wine – Christine Cashmore

  
  Travelwires.com — Authority: 484
  This year’s Good Food & Wine Show Johannesburg which was held from 30 October to 2 November at the Coca-Cola Dome, was the most successful ever, say the organisers.  Show director Christine... Send your news worthy industry press releases for publication today to muzi at travelwires dot com.
  1 week ago

• Watching TV on YouTube

  
  smarterthanyouraverage.com — Authority: 127
  It’s all about Doctor Who today, naturally, as we eagerly await the second Tennant special that leads up to the two-part festive end-of-doctor-ten story. I can’t wait. While the time drags on, though, I discovered (via The Doctor Who blog) that some of the classic episodes are available to watch for free on ...
  1 week ago

• BBC Worldwide Upload Doctor Who Stories on YouTube

  
  Doctor Who Hideout l The Waters of Mars: Coming Soon — Authority: 435
  The BBC have recently confirmed that old Doctor Who stories, from before the programmes 2005 revival, will be uploaded exclusively onto the BBC’s Worldwide official YouTube account for people to watch. Stories available on the YouTube account at the moment include The Edge of Destruction, from 1963, featuring the ...
  1 week ago

• Lord Burns means business at Channel 4

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Newly crowned as chairman of Channel 4, Lord Burns faces many challenges if he is to retain his reputation as Teflon Terry After a career mostly spent in academia and government, Lord (Terry) Burns was very much the businessman rather than the showman when his appointment as chairman was confirmed last week. With ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fresh cuts fear for Channel 4 as hopes of BBC Worldwide deal recede

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  As chairman decision looms, outgoing chief executive admits no deal with BBC commercial arm likely in foreseeable future Channel 4s incoming chairman and chief executive may have to weigh the need for further cuts next year after Andy Duncan, the outgoing chief executive, admitted today that there would be no deal ...
  3 weeks ago

• Channel 4s Andy Duncan frustrated by unfinished business with BBC tieup

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Andy Duncan the outgoing chief executive of Channel 4 has criticised the BBC saying it struggles to be a partner organisation preferring to operate as an empire but remains hopeful small commercial tieups between the two will occur.
  3 weeks ago

• BBC Worldwide to sell Lonely Planet

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  BBC management has already discussed the disposal of travel guide publisher Lonely Planet, sources suggest Lonely Planet, the travel guide publisher controversially bought by BBC Worldwide in 2007, is likely to be sold by the corporations commercial arm. The acquisition of 75% of Lonely Planet for £89m in 2007 ...
  4 weeks ago

• BBC to oversee Worldwide PR arm

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Restructure will see BBC Worldwides PR operation report directly to the corporations communications director The BBC is to oversee the global PR operation of its commercial division, BBC Worldwide, for the first time because of fears over the enormous impact the divisions vast global activities have on the reputation ...
  4 weeks ago

• IAB Takes Up Arms Against the FTC’s Latest Endorsement Regulation Campaign

  
  ReveNews — Authority: 459
  If the Federal Trade Commission had the intention to spark off a wave of sometimes worried, sometimes angry and often indignant blog posts and forum chatter with their “Final Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”, they’ve certainly succeeded. About a week ago, ReveNews ...
  4 weeks ago

Comments about BBC Worldwide