Saturday, September 23, 2017

Governing

Nearly four months after it happened, we get the summary minutes of the June meeting of the BBC Board.

Now stretching to eight pages, they chronicle what must have be an achingly dull session. BBC News boss James Harding got off lightly, contributing only by phone. The minutes remind us that the BBC still hasn't formally settled on a new complaints procedure; that the NAO is really inside the organisation as auditors; that the World Service, on its knees three years ago, is spending Foreign Office money hand-over-fist; and we still await a formal set of Operating Licences from Ofcom.

The sparring, over whether impact in various required genres, should be measured by spending or hours of broadcasting (preferably both, in my view) continues, with the BBC hoping for wiggle room not previously allowed by the BBC Trust.

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