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Already reeling from accusations of bias and threats of cuts from Ben Bradshaw, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the BBC was yesterday slapped down again by his Conservative counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, who pledged to scrap its... Full Article at The Independent
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A proposal to allow a federation of broadcasters such as Channel 4 and ITV to share the BBC's iPlayer was rejected by the BBC Trust today. Full Article at The Independent
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The BBC's plans to open up the iPlayer to other broadcasters for free have been scuppered, after the BBC Trust rejected the proposal. Full Article at Tech.co.uk
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LONDON - The BBC's plan to freely share the iPlayer with Channel 4, ITV and Five has been blocked by the BBC Trust. The proposal, known as Project Marquee, contained two key elements. Full Article at Brand Republic
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The shadow culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has said the Conservatives would abolish the "failed" BBC Trust and is considering ripping up the corporation's royal charter. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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We concluded that the Open iPlayer plans in their proposed form, combining both commercial and public service elements, were too complicated ... We were not convinced that there was enough potential value to licence-fee payers in the public service part of the proposal.
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We haven't made a decision on the timing of [changes in the governance structure] but we do think the structure ... has failed
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The BBC is planning so-called passion websites. It might sound well and good for them to have, say, an angling website, but if it drove out of business every angling magazine in the country, you would have to question if it was the right sort of thing to do
