£106,000 guardado BBC del efectivo de la caridad
Por Leigh Holmwood | El BBC se disculpó hoy por mantener £106,000 hecho del teléfono de la superior-tarifa invita cerca de dos demostraciones docena que se deben haber dado a la caridad.
En el escándalo más último para golpear la industria de la televisión sobre el teléfono-ins, el BBC también admitió que los espectadores de hacer su mente para arriba, BBC1 la demostración que eligió la entrada BRITÁNICA del año pasado para la competencia de la canción de la Eurovisión, Scooch, fueron engañados en la votación antes de que las líneas telefónicas se hubieran abierto. En ese caso, el BBC hizo £6,000 de llamadas inelegibles que también ha ido a la caridad.
El presidente de la confianza de BBC, sir Michael Lyon, dijo hoy que el dinero ahora había sido compensado a la caridad, incluyendo el totalling £123,000 del interés.
La confianza también ha pedido el BBC para hacer onscreen apología - la primera vez que el gobierno y el cuerpo regulador de la corporación ha impuesto tal sanción.
Lyon dijo que la edición implicó el BBC Audiocall subsidiario mundial, que proporciona las líneas telefónicas de la superior-tarifa a muchas demostraciones de BBC.
Él agregó eso cerca de que dos demostraciones docena habían sido afectadas entre el octubre de 2005 y septiembre de 2007, aunque él rechazó nombrarlas.
Tecnología dicha de Lyon la nueva había sido introducida desde entonces que significó que el problema había sido resuelto.
La confianza ha pedido que el director general de BBC, marca Thompson, mire que disciplinaba un “puñado” del personal.
Lyon le hizo el claro que el personal mayor dentro de BBC por todo el mundo y de la corporación no sabía sobre el problema y ni proveyó de personal quién trabajó en los programas afectados.
Él agregó que él no sabía porqué el personal en Audiocall no divulgó la edición.
Lyon dijo: “No hay impropiedad legal pero es una falta en el comportamiento de éstos personal y sistemas del BBC propios.
“Era una cuestión de misjudgment serio de una pequeña cantidad de gente y de fallar serio en cómo el BBC controla sus BANDAS [servicios telefónicos de la superior-tarifa] y su relación con los espectadores y los votantes.
“Estos problemas no pueden continuar en el futuro y hay lecciones que se aprenderán y la acción disciplinaria puede ocurrir entre el personal.”
Él agregó: “No hay sitio para la satisfacción personal aquí. Esto es un intento de la organización en vivir por las mayores niveles de la industria.”
Estas revelaciones más últimas del engaño de la TV siguen el expediente £5.675m impuesto muy bien ante ITV ayer por Ofcom sobre el escándalo asequible por teléfono del locutor comercial.
In an email to staff, Thompson described the situation as a “serious oversight”.
But he said there was “no evidence” of any “impropriety or intention to defraud”, adding that the £106,000 represented only 1.3% of the approximately £8m raised for charity through BBC telephone votes during the relevant period.
“All the money has been paid to the charities involved, with interest,” Thompson added. “The oversight has been remedied. Clearly, this must never be allowed to happen again.”
He said that while the new incidents were “disappointing”, they were both “historical’.
“We’re confident that the measures we’ve put in place mean they won’t happen again,” Thompson added.
“The whole BBC has made enormous progress on the topic of trust over the past nine months, a fact backed up by all of our surveys of the public themselves.
“We need to go on doing everything possible to restore fully the public’s trust in us. But we’ve made real progress on that score, while delivering some spectacular creative successes and starting to make our vision of the BBC’s future a reality.”The BBC today apologised for keeping £106,000 made from premium-rate phone calls on about two dozen shows that should have been given to charity.
In the latest scandal to hit the television industry over phone-ins, the BBC also admitted that viewers of Making Your Mind Up, the BBC1 show that chose last year’s UK entry for the Eurovision song contest, Scooch, were misled into voting before phone lines had opened. In that case, the BBC made £6,000 from ineligible calls that has also gone to charity.
The BBC Trust chairman, Sir Michael Lyons, today said that the money had now been repaid to charity, including interest totalling £123,000.
The trust has also ordered the BBC to make an onscreen apology - the first time the corporation’s governance and regulatory body has imposed such a sanction.
Lyons said the issue involved the BBC Worldwide subsidiary Audiocall, which provides premium-rate phone lines to many BBC shows.
He added that about two dozen shows had been affected between October 2005 and September 2007, although he refused to name them.
Lyons said new technology had since been introduced which meant the problem had been resolved.
The trust has asked the BBC director general, Mark Thompson, to look at disciplining a “handful” of staff.
Lyons made it clear that senior staff within BBC Worldwide and the corporation did not know about the problem and nor did staff who worked on the affected programmes.
He added that he did not know why staff at Audiocall did not report the issue.
Lyons said: “There is no legal impropriety but it is a failure in the behaviour of these staff and the BBC’s own systems.
“It was a matter of serious misjudgment by a small number of people and a serious failing in how the BBC controls its PRS [premium-rate phone services] and its relationship with viewers and voters.
“These problems can’t continue into the future and there are lessons to be learned and disciplinary action may take place amongst staff.”
He added: “There is no room for complacency here. This is an organisation intent on living by the highest standards in the industry.”
These latest TV deception revelations follow the record £5.675m fine imposed on ITV yesterday by Ofcom over the commercial broadcaster’s phone-in scandal.
In an email to staff, Thompson described the situation as a “serious oversight”.
But he said there was “no evidence” of any “impropriety or intention to defraud”, adding that the £106,000 represented only 1.3% of the approximately £8m raised for charity through BBC telephone votes during the relevant period.
“All the money has been paid to the charities involved, with interest,” Thompson added. “The oversight has been remedied. Clearly, this must never be allowed to happen again.”
He said that while the new incidents were “disappointing”, they were both “historical’.
“We’re confident that the measures we’ve put in place mean they won’t happen again,” Thompson added.
“The whole BBC has made enormous progress on the topic of trust over the past nine months, a fact backed up by all of our surveys of the public themselves.
“We need to go on doing everything possible to restore fully the public’s trust in us. But we’ve made real progress on that score, while delivering some spectacular creative successes and starting to make our vision of the BBC’s future a reality.”The BBC today apologised for keeping £106,000 made from premium-rate phone calls on about two dozen shows that should have been given to charity.
In the latest scandal to hit the television industry over phone-ins, the BBC also admitted that viewers of Making Your Mind Up, the BBC1 show that chose last year’s UK entry for the Eurovision song contest, Scooch, were misled into voting before phone lines had opened. In that case, the BBC made £6,000 from ineligible calls that has also gone to charity.
The BBC Trust chairman, Sir Michael Lyons, today said that the money had now been repaid to charity, including interest totalling £123,000.
The trust has also ordered the BBC to make an onscreen apology - the first time the corporation’s governance and regulatory body has imposed such a sanction.
Lyons said the issue involved the BBC Worldwide subsidiary Audiocall, which provides premium-rate phone lines to many BBC shows.
He added that about two dozen shows had been affected between October 2005 and September 2007, although he refused to name them.
Lyons said new technology had since been introduced which meant the problem had been resolved.
The trust has asked the BBC director general, Mark Thompson, to look at disciplining a “handful” of staff.
Lyons made it clear that senior staff within BBC Worldwide and the corporation did not know about the problem and nor did staff who worked on the affected programmes.
He added that he did not know why staff at Audiocall did not report the issue.
Lyons said: “There is no legal impropriety but it is a failure in the behaviour of these staff and the BBC’s own systems.
“It was a matter of serious misjudgment by a small number of people and a serious failing in how the BBC controls its PRS [premium-rate phone services] and its relationship with viewers and voters.
“These problems can’t continue into the future and there are lessons to be learned and disciplinary action may take place amongst staff.”
He added: “There is no room for complacency here. This is an organisation intent on living by the highest standards in the industry.”
These latest TV deception revelations follow the record £5.675m fine imposed on ITV yesterday by Ofcom over the commercial broadcaster’s phone-in scandal.
In an email to staff, Thompson described the situation as a “serious oversight”.
But he said there was “no evidence” of any “impropriety or intention to defraud”, adding that the £106,000 represented only 1.3% of the approximately £8m raised for charity through BBC telephone votes during the relevant period.
“All the money has been paid to the charities involved, with interest,” Thompson added. “The oversight has been remedied. Clearly, this must never be allowed to happen again.”
He said that while the new incidents were “disappointing”, they were both “historical’.
“We’re confident that the measures we’ve put in place mean they won’t happen again,” Thompson added.
“The whole BBC has made enormous progress on the topic of trust over the past nine months, a fact backed up by all of our surveys of the public themselves.
“We need to go on doing everything possible to restore fully the public’s trust in us. But we’ve made real progress on that score, while delivering some spectacular creative successes and starting to make our vision of the BBC’s future a reality.”
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