£106,000 gardé par BBC d'argent comptant de charité
Par Leigh Holmwood | La BBC a aujourd'hui fait des excuses pour maintenir £106,000 fait à partir du téléphone de de la meilleure qualité-taux invite environ deux expositions douzaine qui devraient avoir été données à la charité.
Dans le dernier scandale pour frapper l'industrie de télévision au-dessus de téléphone-Institut central des statistiques, la BBC a également admis que des visionneuses de se décider, BBC1 l'exposition qui a choisi l'entrée BRITANNIQUE de l'année dernière pour le concours de chanson d'Eurovision, Scooch, ont été trompées dans le vote avant que les lignes de téléphone se soient ouvertes. Dans ce cas, la BBC a fait £6,000 à partir des appels inéligibles qui est également allé à la charité.
Le Président de confiance de BBC, monsieur Michael Lyon, a aujourd'hui dit que l'argent avait été maintenant remboursé à la charité, y compris la totalisation £123,000 d'intérêt.
La confiance a également commandé la BBC pour faire onscreen des excuses - la première fois que le gouvernement et l'organisme de normalisation de la société a imposé une telle sanction.
Lyon a indiqué que la question a impliqué la BBC Audiocall subsidiaire mondial, qui fournit des lignes de téléphone de de la meilleure qualité-taux à beaucoup d'expositions de BBC.
Il a ajouté cela environ que deux expositions douzaine avaient été affectées entre les octobre 2005 et septembre 2007, bien qu'il ait refusé de les appeler.
On avait depuis présenté ladite nouvelle technologie de Lyon qui a signifié que le problème avait été résolu.
La confiance a demandé au directeur général de BBC, marque Thompson, de regarder disciplinant une « poignée » de personnel.
Lyon a indiqué clairement que les cadres au sein de la BBC dans le monde entier et de la société n'ont pas connu le problème et ni a fourni qui de personnel a travaillé sur les programmes affectés.
Il a ajouté qu'il n'a pas su pourquoi le personnel chez Audiocall n'a pas rapporté la question.
Lyon a indiqué : « Il n'y a aucune inexactitude légale mais c'est un échec dans le comportement de ces derniers personnel et systèmes de la BBC les propres.
« C'était une question de jugement erroné sérieux par un nombre restreint de personnes et d'échouer sérieux dans la façon dont la BBC commande ses P.R. [services de téléphone de de la meilleure qualité-taux] et son rapport avec des téléspectateurs et des électeurs.
« Ces problèmes ne peuvent pas continuer dans le futur et il y a des leçons à apprendre et l'action disciplinaire peut avoir lieu parmi le personnel. »
Il a ajouté : « Il n'y a aucune pièce pour la satisfaction ici. C'est une intention d'organisation sur vivre par les niveaux les plus élevés dans l'industrie. »
Ces dernières révélations de déception de TV suivent le disque £5.675m très bien imposé à ITV hier par Ofcom au-dessus du scandale téléphonique du radiodiffuseur commercial.
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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