BCCI were demanding an extra £50,000 ($81,000) from BBC in addition to the already-agreed fee for broadcasting rights. ...
11:19 PM, Nov 01, 2012
London: The BBC faced growing fallout on Monday over sexual abuse allegations against a popular children's TV entertainer, as Prime Minister David Cameron accused the broadcaster of changing its story about why it killed a news segment on the accusations. The powerful broadcaster tried to stem the damage, saying in a statement that a top editor had stepped down from its BBC Newsnight program after he was found to have...
08:59 PM, Oct 22, 2012
London: A "shocked" British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday called for allegations of sexual abuse against late Jimmy Savile, one of the biggest stars on British radio and television, to be fully probed. Cameron said that the claims from a number of women which have emerged over recent weeks that they were abused by Savile as teenagers were "truly shocking". Five women alleged that Savile sexually assaulted them as...
09:51 PM, Oct 07, 2012
London: A retired nurse has claimed she watched Jimmy Savile, a former DJ and TV presenter best known for his BBC show Jim'll Fix It, molesting a vulnerable young woman hospital patient. Savile died, aged 88, in October 2011. June Thornton, now 80, said while working as a porter she saw Savile kissing and groping the woman who she believed was recovering from neurosurgery, Daily Express reported on Saturday. The...
11:42 PM, Oct 06, 2012
London: Serious questions about the authenticity of scoring in the Olympic men's boxing are raised following a string of contentious decisions. The murmurs of skulduggery gained steam last Wednesday when Azerbaijan took on Japan. The Azeri bantamweight Magomed Abdulhamidov was declared winner despite being knocked down six times in the final round by Japan's Shimizu Satoshi. Japan appealed against the decision and the result was overturned. Few days later, another...
11:08 PM, Aug 11, 2012
In recent weeks there has been a spate of articles in the foreign press critical of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his handling of the problems he faces. ...
09:49 PM, Jul 19, 2012
London: According to a poll conducted for BBC World Service, Iran, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel are the most negatively rated countries in the world. About 24,090 people worldwide participated in the survey. Citizens from 22 countries were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone between December 6, 2011 and February 17, 2012. Polling was conducted by the international polling firm GlobeScan and its research partners in each country, together with the...
11:13 AM, May 19, 2012
London: Viewers of BBC Scotland were on Thursday pleasantly surprised when Prince Charles appeared on their screens to present the weather, and cracked some jokes in the process. He delivered the lunchtime weather bulletin when he and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the BBC's Glasgow office. BBC Scotland is currently celebrating 60 years of operation. Prince Charles appeared initially to fiddle around the 'clicker' which is used to change the...
10:08 PM, May 10, 2012
London: The BBC has announced the launch of a paid download service that will give viewers access to old and previously unavailable shows. The scheme titled 'Project Barcelona' will connect the BBC archives to the internet, and shows can be downloaded for two pounds and stored permanently in any user's computer hard drive, the Daily Mail reported. Shows that have never been repeated after their first run may finally be...
07:02 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: A new superhero Balgam Bhai is now in town to spread awareness on tuberculosis. Much like Superman and Spiderman, he's got a message, which is perhaps most relevant for the 21st century India. Launched in five different languages, the new tagline of a campaign to promote testing for tuberculosis in India says, "Do hafte ho gaye kya?" Radharani Mitra, the National Creative Director of the BBC World Service...
10:03 AM, Feb 20, 2012
London: The BBC has apologised for broadcasting documentaries made by a TV company that was paid millions of pounds by clients. The group issued an apology to 74 million BBC World News viewers around the world for breaking "rules aimed at protecting our editorial integrity", the Daily Mail reported. A London-based company made eight documentaries for the BBC about Malaysia, but failed to declare it was paid 17 million pounds...
06:30 PM, Feb 13, 2012
London: The producers of the controversial Top Gear BBC programme have defended itself against a complaint from the Indian high commission that its December episode focused on the country was "offensive". In its January 6 letter to the programme's producer Chris Hale, and copied to Mark Thompson, director-general of BBC, the Indian high commission had stated that the BBC was "clearly in breach of the agreement that you had entered...
04:43 AM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: A diplomatic row has been brewing over BBC's auto show 'Top Gear'. British Prime Minister David Cameron has refused to apologise for a special episode, which portrays India in a poor light, saying it's a matter for the BBC to handle. The Downing Street has refused to censure host Jeremy Clarkson saying, "The Government is not responsible for editorial decisions made by the BBC or any media organisation....
08:28 AM, Jan 13, 2012
London: India has demanded an apology from the BBC over its presenter Jeremy Clarkson mocking Indian culture during a Christmas special programme while driving around the county, calling it a "breach" of agreement. Clarkson, one of the highest paid BBC presenters known for his controversial comments, presented the Top Gear programme, which since its broadcast prompted several complaints and allegations of racism. In its January 6 letter to the programme's...
10:13 PM, Jan 12, 2012
London: Controversial TV personality Jeremy Clarkson has once again been accused of racism after mocking Indian culture in a 'Top Gear' Christmas Special on BBC. Viewers were furious after Clarkson staged a series of 'Carry On' style digs at India's trains, toilets, clothing, food and history, The Daily Mail reported. At one point, the controversial presenter ridiculed the unhygienic conditions and lack of sanitation among the poor by driving around...
10:41 AM, Dec 31, 2011
London: The BBC has ignited its second sexism spat in the space of a month by choosing a panda as one of its 12 female faces of the year. Last week, it was criticised for choosing its annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year from an enirely male shortlist. The decision to include the face of Tian Tian (Sweetie), a female panda whose arrival at Edinburgh Zoo on loan from...
12:10 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan s cable television operators on Tuesday blocked BBC World News, accusing the channel of broadcasting what they described as "anti-Pakistan" content in the wake of a cross-border NATO attack that killed 24 soldiers. Some operators said the channel was blocked for airing the two-part documentary "Secret Pakistan", which highlighted links between the Inter-Services Intelligence agency and Taliban fighters. While the documentary was broadcast in other parts of the...
04:41 AM, Nov 30, 2011
London: The BBC will soon introduce a new radio website, preliminarily named 'Audiopedia', that would contain the broadcaster's almost entire archives of radio programmes since the 1940s. The service will be launched "within the next 12 months", Tim Davie, director of BBC Audio and Music, was quoted as saying by the Telegraph. As well as searching and listening to the archival material, 'Audiopedia' users will be able to share programmes...
09:38 AM, Nov 04, 2011
London: The BBC is reportedly training all its news presenters how to announce the British Queen's death in case of the 85-year-old Monarch's demise. The Corporation was heavily criticised in the wake of the death of the Queen Mother in 2002, after veteran news reader Peter Sissons went on air in a grey suit accompanied with a burgundy tie. So, in a bid to avoid gaffes, staffers are now undergoing...
01:50 PM, Nov 01, 2011
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The BBC interview with a trader on the crashing of the Global Economy on YouTube, that is running viral caught my eye. It talked about ...
02:30 PM, Sep 30, 2011
