Caroline Thomson
Chief Operating Officer
Blog posts in total 12
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主播大秀 and the Big Screens
As part of work to deliver savings across the 主播大秀, we have been considering our involvement in Big Screens. Today we have told staff that we propose to close the Big Screen department at the end of March 2013.
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Caroline Thomson: Profit will never be put before programme integrity
There have been some stories in the papers in the last few days that have suggested that the 主播大秀 is embarking on a new strategy in which we are asking programme makers to 'commercialise' some of our news and current affairs programming with a view to making money. It has been said that staff ...
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Delivering Quality First - a more effective and simpler 主播大秀
Yesterday I was in Glasgow giving a progress report to 主播大秀 staff about Delivering Quality First (DQF) - our initiative to reshape the 主播大秀 for the future. The 主播大秀's mission remains the same - to inform, educate and entertain through programmes and services of high quality, originality and value. W...
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Delivering Quality First - exploring ideas
There have been various stories in the press this week speculating about proposals emerging from 'Delivering Quality First', which is our wide-ranging consultation with all 主播大秀 staff on how the 主播大秀 should deliver the highest quality programmes and services under our new licence fee settlement. ...
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How the licence fee supports UK jobs and businesses
When we pay our licence fee, or see the direct debit on our bank statement the first thing we often think about is what we get in return. I hope you would agree with me that the breadth and depth of quality programmes and services the 主播大秀 provides are good value for money at less than 40p per day...
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主播大秀 expenses and senior manager salary disclosure
Today we have published the latest detailed quarterly expenses of our 110 most senior executives at the Corporation, covering the period July-September 2010. This is part of our continuing programme of transparency, and is the sixth time that we have published quarterly expenses. The headline is ...
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主播大秀 Operations Group - meeting efficiency targets
Delivering simpler, more efficient and more cost-effective ways of working - is vital if the 主播大秀 is to meet the target we set ourselves in Putting Quality First of reducing overheads to less than 10p in every licence fee pound by 2015 In October, Mark Thompson announced the creation of a new,...
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Bristol - 主播大秀 Anchor Partnership One Year On
Today I'm in Bristol to mark the anniversary of the 主播大秀's first city partnership - which we've called the Bristol - 主播大秀 Anchor partnership, paying tribute to the city's seafaring history. Our partners are Bristol City Council, the South West Regional Development Agency; South West Screen; the c...
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Great Coverage of Great National Events: The 主播大秀 Way
One of the reasons the 主播大秀 exists is to unite audiences at moments of national celebration or reflection. Yesterday, we announced our coverage of two massive, yet very different, summer events - the 116th 主播大秀 Proms and our coverage of the 19th football World Cup. Both inspire incredible passion i...
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Continuing the drive for transparency
Last year, Mark Thompson said he would make the 主播大秀 more transparent to those who pay for it. He made a commitment to find new ways to show the public how we spend their compulsory licence fee to inform, educate and entertain everyone in the United Kingdom with quality programmes and services. ...
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The 主播大秀's 脗拢7 billion Boost to Economy, Jobs and Businesses
I'm speaking later today at the Oxford Media Convention about how the 主播大秀 can best support our creative industries where I will be outlining the key findings of a new report into our economic value. The study, carried out by Deloitte and published in the coming weeks, will show that the 主播大秀 (i...
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主播大秀 Disclosure - April to June 2009
Earlier this year, Mark Thompson made a commitment to make the 主播大秀 a leader in transparency in the public sector. Today, in an important step towards this goal, the 主播大秀 has published a new set of pages that clearly set out senior managers' pay and expenses along with a full job description. In th...