[cma-l] Lord Hall - BBC and Community Reporters

[Clive Glover]

David

My thoughts exactly on hearing about this today!

The odd thing is that it does not seem to relate to BBC local radio services either, so it must have come from the criticisms of BBC News Online.

One potential stumbling block is the BBC policy which says they won't provide news to stations with commercial revenues (i.e who have advertising) although that only seems to apply to stations within the UK.

I too would hope that the CMA will take up this issue with the BBC immediately (perhaps asking to go on Today someone?)

Something to discuss on Saturday in Luton I think!

Clive Glover

Radio Verulam, St Albans



On 7 Sep 2015, at 08:33, David Duffy wrote:

> Dear All,
> The BBC’s Lord Hall is about to make the first of four speeches outlining the BBC’s future.  What will it mean for community radio?
> Among the specific plans he will outline includes a multi-million pound investment in journalism, with a network of 100 public service reporters across the country to deliver news from courts and councils. 
> This is a great opportunity for community radio as a body to tap into a publicly-funded journalistic resource that could be and should be working directly with local stations.
> The BBC is also going to create a 'hub' for data journalism, giving local newspapers access to its statistical analysis, and offer audio and video clips free to other websites. 
> I hope the CMA is talking with both the BBC and DCMS. 
> Providing licence fee funded resources to privately owned media organisations ahead of not-for-profit community broadcasters is clearly unacceptable. A partnership with the BBC should have ambition and deliver outcomes that are more tangible than is currently framed in the memorandum of understanding.
> Local news is essential for a strong democracy and community radio needs to be at the forefront of its delivery. What the BBC is tabling is an unprecedented offer that would put millions into a local journalism partnership.  Community radio needs to be an equal partner in that.
> 
> David Duffy
> theradiopeople.co.uk 
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