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Published in: ourBeebHow the BBC can create a better digital public sphere
The BBC’s remit is not just broadcast. It has the power to improve our experiences online, and to realise the...
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Published in: ourBeebThe fate of public service broadcasting
Uncritical defenders of public service broadcasting have turned a blind eye to its decline. This is not a time for...
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Published in: ourBeebInside the 'Digital Single Market'
The European Commission is working to build a more efficient system for sharing media content within the EU. What...
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Published in: ourBeebTomorrow’s BBC will be fitted to your personality
The BBC is doing cutting-edge research into Visual Perceptive Media, virtual reality and facial coding technologies....
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Published in: ourBeebWhittingdale is wrong: it is advertisers who are destroying the digital economy
Adblocking is not the cause of a downward trend in online publishing, it is a justified response to non-consensual...
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Published in: ourBeebUnder construction: the BBC’s relationship with freelancers
In order to innovate in the new media environment the BBC must build a new system for working with freelancers.
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Published in: ourBeeb5 ideas for hacking television
The creator of the Capital City Project lays out five principles that can be used to radically democratise television.
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Published in: ourBeebHow important is the BBC in today’s pop climate?
For decades the BBC has played a central role in shaping the global pop landscape. But in a world of iTunes Genius...
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Published in: ourBeebAn election information service fit for BBC 2.0
The BBC could provide integrated and targeted information on all UK elections, thus helping to strengthen democratic...
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Published in: ourBeebThe good, the bad, and Corbynmania: how to defend the BBC
Not all defences of the BBC are good. What can the Corbyn insurgency teach us about how to make a progressive case...
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Published in: ourBeebDigital dreams and open skies: universal service and the BBC
As mobile providers take over spectrum from broadcasters, the age of ‘free-to-air’ transmission could be coming to an end.
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC, the press and online news
Scaling back the BBC will damage the UK’s sole source of impartial, quality and trusted news, whose independence is...
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC and its poetry
Defending itself from cuts is not enough. The BBC must forge a new identity based on collaboration, pluralism and...
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Published in: ourBeebBritain’s creative kickstarter: the BBC
Want to know the value of the BBC to Britain’s £76.4 billion creative economy? Have a look at the unique impact of...
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Published in: ourBeebDoes the World Service have a future?
The editor of BBC World Service News until earlier this year argues that the funding of the World Service through...
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Published in: ourBeebBBC Green Paper: red alert on funding
The government has promised a nit-picking examination of all the BBC does, focusing on how to redefine its mission...
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Published in: ourBeebNo broadcaster is an island
The fragility of the BBC’s independence from the state cannot continue to be ignored. Nor can its overall future be...
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC and the Tories: is it war?
By sabre-rattling with this government, the BBC is provoking an unnecessary battle that will most likely be to its...
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC’s deal with the Tories: and the Tories’ deal with the BBC
The BBC’s addiction to the licence fee makes it an easy target for politicians seeking to off-load expenditure. But...