The BBC is set to be investigated for breaking its commitment to report separate financials for its production business and distribution division.
British regulator Ofcom, which monitors the public broadcaster, has warned that the BBC has “reduced the granularity of reporting” and only provided a “superficial” explanation of the change.
This comes 18 months after the BBC merged its production arm, BBC Studios, which produces series such as Strictly Come Dancing and Planet Earth, and international distribution unit BBC Worldwide.
Ofcom revealed that the BBC made some changes to the lines of business for the newly merged BBC Studios including combining five previous lines of business into two. It was notified in April 2019 of the changes and the BBC withdrew this “voluntary” commitment to keep this reporting separate last month.
“This has had the effect of combining the previous five lines of business into two (including merging production and distribution activities...
British regulator Ofcom, which monitors the public broadcaster, has warned that the BBC has “reduced the granularity of reporting” and only provided a “superficial” explanation of the change.
This comes 18 months after the BBC merged its production arm, BBC Studios, which produces series such as Strictly Come Dancing and Planet Earth, and international distribution unit BBC Worldwide.
Ofcom revealed that the BBC made some changes to the lines of business for the newly merged BBC Studios including combining five previous lines of business into two. It was notified in April 2019 of the changes and the BBC withdrew this “voluntary” commitment to keep this reporting separate last month.
“This has had the effect of combining the previous five lines of business into two (including merging production and distribution activities...
- 10/24/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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