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BBC gehouden £106,000 van liefdadigheidscontant geld
Vrijdag, 9 Mei, 2008
In het recentste schandaal om de televisieindustrie over telefoon-ins te raken, gaf BBC ook toe dat de kijkers van het Een beslissing nemen van, BBC1 die Britse van vorig jaar ingang voor de het liedwedstrijd koos van Eurovisie, Scooch, werden misleid in stemming tonen alvorens de telefoonlijnen hadden geopend. In dat geval, maakte BBC £6,000 van onverkiesbare vraag die ook naar liefdadigheid is gegaan. De BBC voorzitter van het Vertrouwen, de Heer Michael Lyon, zei vandaag dat het geld nu aan liefdadigheid was terugbetaald, met inbegrip van rente die £123,000 bedraagt. Het vertrouwen heeft ook tot BBC opdracht gegeven om een onscreen verontschuldiging te maken - de eerste keer het bestuur van het bedrijf en het regelgevende lichaam heeft zulk een sanctie opgelegd. Lyon zei de kwestie BBC hulpAudiocall Wereldwijd impliceerde, die verstrekt premium-rate telefoonlijnen aan vele BBC toont. Hij voegde toe dat ongeveer twee dozijn toont tussen Oktober 2005 en September 2007 was beïnvloed, hoewel hij weigerde om hen te noemen. Lyon zei de nieuwe technologie sindsdien was geïntroduceerd(die betekende het probleem was opgelost. Het vertrouwen heeft de BBC directeur -generaal, Teken Thompson, om het disciplineren van een „handvol“ van personeel gevraagd te bekijken. Lyon maakte het duidelijk dat het hogere personeel binnen BBC wereldwijd en het bedrijf niet van het probleem en op de hoogte was noch bemande wie aan de beïnvloede programma's werkte. Hij voegde toe dat hij wist niet waarom het personeel in Audiocall niet de kwestie meldde. Lyon zei: „Er zijn geen wettelijke impropriety maar het is een mislukking in het gedrag van dit personeel en BBC eigen systemen. „Het was een kwestie van ernstige misjudgment door een klein aantal mensen en een ernstige tekortkoming in hoe BBC zijn PRS [premium-rate telefoondiensten] en zijn verhouding met kijkers en kiezers controleert. „Deze problemen kunnen niet in de toekomst verdergaan en er zijn te leren lessen en de disciplinaire actie kan onder personeel plaatsvinden.“ Hij voegde toe: „Er is geen ruimte hier voor zelfgenoegzaamheid. Dit is een organisatie aandachtig bij het leven door de hoogste normen in de industrie.“ Deze recentste de teleurstellingsrevelaties van TV volgen het verslag £5.675m gisteren opgelegd aan ITV door Ofcom over de commerciële omroep telefoon-in schandaal zuivert. 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.” See More:BBC Money UK NewsHave Your Say: BBC kept £106,000 of charity cash Please note, only selected comments will be published. Or discuss this report in our our new forums One Response to “BBC kept £106,000 of charity cash”
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