Green inquiry to bring in big guns
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Carlton Communications' chairman, Michael Green, is commissioning two major figures in the broadcasting business to serve as independent assessors during an inquiry into the veracity of the firm's award-winning The Connection documentary. Green also consulted with industry leaders, such as Channel 4's ex-head Michael Grade, director general John Birt and BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland, on the best solution to be made for the controversy. Potential candidates for spots in the independent assessment team include writer and barrister Michael Beloff, former ITN head Sir David Nicholas and ex-Independent Television Commission chief executive David Glencross.
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Co's chmn Green commissions 2 major broadcasting execs to be independent assessors in inquiry into The Connection's veracity
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 1998
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Bland wins extra two years at BBC
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BBC Chairman Sir Christopher Bland's five-year contract with the corporation has been extended for two years until April 2003. The extension is expected to give Bland unprecedented powers as BBC chairman, including the prerogative to decide who will succeed Sir John Birt as director general once the latter's contract expires in March 2000. BBC also named Baroness Barbara Young as the company's new vice chairman and appointed two new BBC governors, Ranjit Sondhi and Tony Young. Sondhi and Young are expected to receive salary of 12,980 pounds sterling and 8,660 pounds sterling, respectively, while Baroness Young's salary will be 17,300 pound sterling.
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Chairman Sir Christopher Bland's five-year contract with the corporation is extended for two years until April 2003
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 1998
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Competitive advantages; while the television landscape has undergone radical changes in the past few years, Broadcast has continued to enjoy its monopoly position, maintaining a key role within an increasingly competitive industry, writes Steve Clarke
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This article wraps up the history of Broadcast as it celebrates 40 years of publishing, reporting on the television and radio industry. It reports on how it has held its own amid competition.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 1999
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