BBC fined for fake phone-in contests
UK’s Office of Communications (Ofcom) has fined BBC for misleading its audiences with several instances of faked phone-in contests.
The fine is worth around $793,000.
Ofcom said in a statement on this development: “The BBC deceived its audience by faking winners of competitions and deliberately conducting competitions unfairly.”
The shows which were found [...]

BBC TV to broadcast Formula-1 from next year

BBC has announced that they have now secured the television rights to show Formula One in the UK from the 2009 season.
The deal is for a period of five years. The media company did not disclose the financial aspects of the deal.
This means that Formula-1 would be back [...]

Kangaroo online television service announced
ITV, Channel 4 and BBC have together announced their plans to launch an online television service sometime next year.
This service has been codenamed Kangaroo for the time being. This would provide an alternative to online media sharing services like YouTube.
Each of these media networks are going to take a one-third stake [...]

BBC to cut jobs as they embrace the digital age
UK Media Company BBC has announced their plans to cut 1,800 jobs.
BBC further announced that they would now integrate its TV, radio and Internet news operations.
The aim is to compete better with the new technologies which are increasingly becoming a challenge to older media methods.
BBC [...]