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BBC BBC Wales is considering a number of sites in Cardiff for a new 150,000 sq ft office and 200,000 sq ft studio, and a decision is expected later this year. 30-Oct-2008 The BBC is to relocate half of its network TV spending away from London by 2016, with the development of "sustainable creative clusters" in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, London and Salford. 16-Oct-2008 The BBC has sold its outside broadcast division to Satellite Information Services for undisclosed terms, including a fleet of 15 TV production trucks. 02-Apr-2008 The BBC is considering plans to relocate its Bristol studios and up to 730 staff from Whiteladies Road to a new digital production centre in the city. 05-Mar-2008 The BBC is to shed 100 jobs in Scotland next year, affecting journalists and technical staff at a number of offices. 14-Dec-2007 The BBC is to set up 60 big screens at outdoor sites across the country over the next five years, and many of the 36 new jobs will be based in Birmingham. 13-Dec-2007 BBC South West is to relocate its Plymouth-based staff from Seymour Road to a new 22,000 sq ft office at Sutton Harbour in 2010. 30-Nov-2007 The BBC is considering plans to relocate production of its EastEnders programme from Borehamwood to a 200,000 sq ft facility at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. 07-Nov-2007 The BBC is planning to shed a third of the 180 jobs at its Natural History Unit in Bristol, as part of previously-announced plans for 2,500 job cuts in news and factual programmes. 25-Oct-2007 BBC Worldwide is to acquire a 75% stake in Lonely Planet, the travel guide publisher with more than 600 staff, for undisclosed terms. 02-Oct-2007 The BBC is looking to sell its BBC Resources division, which includes outside broadcast facilities, post-production suites and 1,100 staff. 16-Aug-2007 The BBC is considering plans to sell off its Maida Vale recording studio in London, which would involve moving the BBC Symphony Orchestra to a new location. 02-Jul-2007 BBC Worldwide is planning to invest up to £400m in acquisitions and new ventures over the next five years, in order to expand operations such as magazines, online services and BBC-branded channels. 02-Jul-2007 The BBC is considering plans to shed hundreds of jobs from its news operation, in order to cut the budget by 5% a year for five years. 05-Jun-2007 The BBC has closed its BBC Jam online education service with the loss of up to 200 jobs in Glasgow, London, Cardiff and Belfast. 16-May-2007 The BBC is to conduct a strategic review of BBC Resources, the owner of broadcast trucks, studios and costumes, which could lead to a £150m sale of the business. 12-Mar-2007 Xansa has won a £85m outsourcing contract to provide finance and accounting services to the BBC, which will involve transferring some of the work to India. 23-Oct-2006 BBC Worldwide is planning to establish a global network of six production offices in France, Germany, Australia, India, South America and eastern Europe. 09-Oct-2006 BBC Scotland is to refurbish its Highland headquarters in Inverness by early next year, at a cost of £1.5m. 12-Jul-2006 The BBC is to set up a new finance centre at Ty Oldfield in Cardiff with the creation of 140 jobs. 25-Apr-2006 The BBC is planning to shed 1,920 jobs over the next 12 months, which is expected to include more compulsory redundancies. 27-Mar-2006 The BBC is looking to invest at least £100m in UK film production over the next ten years, with an expected £15m expenditure in 2007. 23-Feb-2006 The BBC has selected Capita Group as preferred supplier for a £100m outsourcing contract, which will involve the transfer of about 260 human resources jobs to a centre in Belfast. 20-Feb-2006 BBC Worldwide is to invest £4m in a joint venture with Mid-Day Multimedia to bid for new FM radio licences being issued in India. 04-Jan-2006 The BBC is planning to reduce the workforce in its finance division from 650 to 260 over the next three years, with about 40 jobs being outsourced to an external provider. 06-Dec-2005 The BBC has unveiled plans to expand its TV production operations outside London, with Scotland specialising in comedy, arts, factual, children's and entertainment, Wales on music, performance and documentaries and Northern Ireland on current affairs. 01-Dec-2005 The BBC has confirmed plans to relocate its Oxford Road site in Manchester to a new media zone that would also house independent broadcasters, and two sites in Manchester and two in Salford are being considered. 24-Oct-2005 The BBC is to sell its BBC Broadcast transmission business to Macquarie of Australia for £166m. 28-Jun-2005 The BBC has announced plans to shed a further 2,000 jobs in its programme making and TV network operations, and some of the savings will be spent with independent production companies. 22-Mar-2005 The BBC has announced plans to shed 980 jobs in its professional services divisions, while a further 750 jobs will be outsourced, and the savings will be reinvested in programmes. 11-Mar-2005 The BBC is in discussions with Thomson of France about the possibility of selling its BBC Broadcast division, which has 1,100 staff. 15-Dec-2004 The BBC is planning to relocate about 1,800 staff from BBC Sport, Radio Five Live, CBBC and other departments to a new £500m media centre in Manchester in five years time, while 2,900 jobs will be lost. 08-Dec-2004 The BBC is considering plans to merge its specialist factual and contemporary factual departments, with the loss of up to 250 jobs. 29-Nov-2004 BBC Property is planning to shed 40 jobs from its 94-strong staff, as part of a reorganisation of the way it provides property services to the corporation. 22-Nov-2004 The BBC is said to be planning to relocate its CBBC children's TV department and 500 staff from London and Glasgow to Manchester. 22-Nov-2004 The BBC is to relocate its 12 governors from the new media village in west London to Marylebone High Street early next year. 15-Nov-2004 The BBC is planning to outsource 25% of its non-news internet content and close a number of websites, in response to criticism from commercial online companies about the BBC's expansion in the online market. 09-Nov-2004 The BBC has sold its technology division to Siemens in a £150m outsourcing deal that will involve the transfer of more than 1,400 staff. 04-Oct-2004 The BBC is to hold discussions with Walt Disney, Time Warner and Bertelsmann about the possible sale of its BBC Worldwide commercial sales and publishing operation, which could be worth up to £2bn. 08-Sep-2004 Woolworths is forming a joint venture with BBC Worldwide to participate in video, TV and music production under the name of 2 Entertain. 12-Jul-2004 The BBC is planning to expand its broadcasting operations in Manchester by transferring one of its leading channels away from London, which could lead to the creation of up to 700 jobs. 30-Jun-2004 The BBC is to set up a multi-million pound journalism academy over the next 18 months, possibly in partnership with another organisation. 28-Jun-2004 BBC Scotland has secured conditional planning permission to build a £127m media centre for 1,200 staff at Pacific Quay in Glasgow by 2007. 10-Jun-2004 The BBC is seeking a £36m sale and leaseback deal for 20 of its regional offices and studios. 31-May-2004 The BBC is cutting 37 jobs from its specialist factual operations in London and Bristol. 10-May-2004 The BBC has shortlisted Accenture, CSC and Siemens as bidders for its IT services division, as part of a £2bn outsourcing contract. 10-May-2004 The BBC is seeking a private sector partner to outsource the administration of its operational property rates, which includes 500 buildings and 200 masts and dishes. 26-Apr-2004 BBC Resources is planning to close its Bristol-based broadcast design operation in September, with the loss of about 20 jobs. 29-Mar-2004 The BBC is planning to set up giant TV screens in city centres across the country, following a six-month trial in Manchester. 01-Dec-2003 The BBC is planning to sell its BBC Technology commercial subsidiary and transfer 1,400 staff to the successful bidder, in order to save up to £20m a year. 28-Nov-2003 The BBC is looking into the possibility of relocating more TV production operations from London to Manchester, as part of the review of its Royal Charter which expires in 2006. 21-Nov-2003 The BBC is planning to open a new radio station in Coventry, using a city centre site. 09-Jul-2003 The BBC has awarded a £5.7m contract to Mowlem to build a new broadcasting centre in Leicester by September 2004. 09-Jul-2003 The BBC is to raise £800m in the bond market to finance the redevelopment of its Broadcasting House headquarters in London, which will be a two-stage project involving Land Securities and Morgan Stanley. 02-Jul-2003 The BBC is considering plans to redevelop its site in Manchester city centre, including a new public square and entertainment district. 10-Jun-2003 The BBC is launching a new venture capital subsidiary called BBC Vecta, in order to start up new companies to develop and sell broadcasting services around the world. 12-May-2003 The BBC is to close its special effects department in Acton, west London, next month with the loss of 22 jobs, as its work has been superseded by computer animation. 11-Apr-2003 The BBC is to shed 23 of the 33 jobs at its new media division in Bristol, although some staff may transfer to its interactive TV operation. 14-Mar-2003 BBC Worldwide is planning to acquire a 12.5% stake in Opus Arte, the Anglo-Dutch music and TV production company, as part of a joint venture to distribute arts programmes. 17-Feb-2003 The BBC has announced plans to shed up to 61 of the 3,500 jobs in its news division. 27-Jan-2003 The BBC is in talks with Land Securities about the reorganisation of its £500m property portfolio, which would include the transformation of London's Broadcasting House into Europe's largest broadcasting centre with 140 studios. 25-Nov-2002 BBC Ventures is looking to reduce annual costs by £200m over the next five years, which will involve the redeployment of staff and the overhaul of its production studios. 18-Nov-2002 The BBC has won government approval to launch the BBC3 digital TV channel, which will target 25 to 34-year olds and use £97m of licence fee cash each year. 18-Sep-2002 The BBC has confirmed plans to spend £2.8bn revamping its property portfolio, including new regional headquarters in Birmingham and Glasgow, the relocation of its news operation to London's Broadcasting House and the creation of an open media campus in White City. 26-Jul-2002 The BBC World Service is to receive a £48m budget increase, which will go towards an increase in Asian output. 16-Jul-2002 The BBC has won the digital TV licence remaining from the collapse of ITV Digital, in partnership with BSkyB and transmission company Crown Castle. 04-Jul-2002 The BBC and BSkyB are discussing plans for a joint venture to create a digital terrestrial TV service to replace the collapsed ITV Digital. 12-Jun-2002 BBC Wales is said to have identified three potential sites for a new £50m 170,000 sq ft headquarters in Cardiff Bay. 04-Feb-2002 The BBC is to shed about 40 of the 80 staff at its Beeb.com online shopping business. 30-Jan-2002 The BBC is to set up a new commercial subsidiary from its BBC Broadcast operation, which employs 750 staff in the management of 17 TV channels, five national radio networks and 39 local stations. 24-Jan-2002 The BBC is to spend up to £20m marketing its digital services this year, including the launch of two new children's channels next month. 08-Jan-2002 The BBC has awarded a £500m contract to Capita for the collection of TV licence fees over the next ten years, which will involve the transfer of up to 15,000 Bristol-based staff from Consignia to Capita. 14-Dec-2001 The BBC may be required to spend up to £100m upgrading its transmitter networks, under government proposals to speed up the development of digital TV. 12-Dec-2001 The BBC has submitted plans for the £400m redevelopment of Broadcasting House in London, in order to provide accommodation for BBC Radio & Music, BBC News and BBC World Services, and space for 5,000 staff. 30-Nov-2001 BBC Worldwide is seeking suitable premises for 120 staff in Bath, which will involve the relocation of the Chivers Press business and the transfer of some jobs from London. 23-Nov-2001 The BBC is to shed almost 130 jobs in its factual and learning division in order to save £6m a year, which will affect sites in London, Birmingham and Manchester. 02-Nov-2001 The BBC is to merge the World Service radio with the BBC World satellite service to create a combined international news and information division. 31-Oct-2001 BBC Somerset Sound, the local radio station, is planning to move its news headquarters and seven staff to new premises in Taunton. 28-Sep-2001 The BBC is looking into the possibility of selling its 170,000 sq ft BBC Wales headquarters in Cardiff in order to relocate to the bay area of the city. 24-Sep-2001 The BBC has announced a £220m property partnership with Land Securities' Trillium subsidiary, which will involve the creation of a media village in London's White City and provide the BBC with a further £35m to invest in programmes. 18-Sep-2001 The BBC has won conditional government approval for three new TV and five new radio services, including two digital TV children's channels and a culture channel. 14-Sep-2001 The BBC is considering plans to seek joint venture partners for a number of businesses, including magazines, books and videos, following a review of its commercial activities. 28-Aug-2001 The BBC has awarded a £40m contract to Interior to fit out its new Midlands headquarters at the Mailbox development in Birmingham. 16-Aug-2001 BBC Scotland is expecting to create more than 100 broadcasting jobs over the next two years, due to a £14m increase in funding for drama, entertainment and children's programmes. 09-Jul-2001 BBC Resources is linking up with BMPtvi, the advertising agency, to produce TV ads for corporate clients, and the profits will be used to supplement the BBC licence fee. 29-May-2001 The BBC has confirmed plans to move BBC East and Radio Norfolk to the Millennium building in Norwich next year, which will involve the relocation of 120 staff. 17-May-2001 The BBC is forming a £100m joint venture with Cobalt Media to transform BBC Film into an international movie studio. 11-May-2001 The BBC is to invite bids from the private sector for the collection of the BBC licence fee, and the contract could be worth more than £500m. 04-May-2001 The BBC is considering plans to sell its consumer magazine division and a number of cable and satellite TV channels, in order to cut costs and raise funds for new services. 26-Mar-2001 The BBC has selected Land Securities as preferred bidder for a £500m deal to redevelop its central London properties and provide facilities management services. 23-Mar-2001 The BBC is to shed a further 750 jobs as part of an ongoing cost-cutting campaign. 05-Feb-2001 The BBC has begun recruiting 80 staff for a new £4m TV and radio news broadcasting facility in Sevenoaks. 26-Jan-2001 The BBC has announced plans to invest £326m in digital TV and radio over the next two years, with the largest investment going to the BBC3 entertainment channel for 16 to 34-year-olds. 19-Jan-2001 The BBC and Granada Media are planning to merge their production facilities in Manchester by forming a new joint venture company called 3sixtymedia, and similar deals are expected in other regions. 15-Jan-2001 The BBC has won a licence from the Chinese government to broadcast its BBC World news service in hotels and foreign residential compounds. 09-Jan-2001 The BBC has confirmed plans to move its Birmingham headquarters from Pebble Mill to the Mailbox development in the city centre, but said there will be no major job losses for the 600-plus staff. 15-Dec-2000 The BBC is considering plans to launch a separate sports channel on digital TV next year, and discussions are taking place with potential partners. 11-Dec-2000 The BBC has shortlisted seven architects to build a new £30m BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, while Channel 4 has announced plans to relocate its Glasgow office to the site by 2005. 04-Dec-2000 The BBC has sold 95% of its BBC for Business training division to Knowledge Chase of the US for £8m, as part of a strategy to generate new revenue streams by forming partnerships. 04-Dec-2000 BBC Worldwide is forming a joint venture with Alliance Atlantis Communications to launch digital TV channels in Canada, and further opportunities are being sought in countries such as India. 29-Nov-2000 The BBC has announced plans to spend £45m on regional programming over the next three years, including investments in radio, TV and online media. 28-Nov-2000 The BBC is said to be considering plans to quit its Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham in order to move to the £150m Mailbox development. 16-Nov-2000 The BBC is planning to centralise its news and information services at a new facility at Broadcasting House in London from 2008, and the World Service headquarters at Bush House will be vacated. 31-Oct-2000 The BBC is considering plans to open up some of its buildings for public access and to move its regional radio sites into city centres. 23-Oct-2000 The BBC is planning to launch five new digital radio stations, in order to increase its coverage in drama, music, comedy and sport. 02-Oct-2000 BBC Scotland is planning to cut 30 more jobs at its finance and business departments in Glasgow. 28-Sep-2000 The BBC and Telewest are considering plans to float their UKTV cable TV joint venture, which would help the BBC meet the funding shortfall between its licence fee revenues and spending plans. 28-Aug-2000 The BBC is selling a 13.5% stake in its Beeb Ventures commercial internet subsidiary to TH Lee Global Internet Managers of the US for £32m, in preparation for the launch of a new marketing campaign for Beeb.com. 23-Aug-2000 The BBC is considering plans to launch two new TV channels - BBC3 for younger viewers and BBC4 for culture. 07-Aug-2000 Granada Media and the BBC are forming a Manchester-based joint venture to provide broadcast production facilities to TV programme makers in the north-west. 02-Aug-2000 The BBC has announced plans to shed 900 support jobs over the next three years, as part of a strategy to release a further £750m for programming. 11-Jul-2000 The BBC is planning to launch a new technology subsidiary later this year, which will employ 1,300 staff and provide IT services to both the BBC and external companies. 07-Jul-2000 The BBC is looking for a company to form a joint venture to manage its property portfolio, which is expected to lead to an expansion of its properties around the Television Centre in London. 11-Apr-2000 The BBC is planning to shed hundreds of management jobs in a restructuring programme designed to release a further £100m for programming. 03-Apr-2000 The BBC is in discussions with a number of potential partners for its Beeb.com internet service, in order to exploit new commercial opportunities. 28-Feb-2000 BBC Worldwide is forming a £62m joint venture with merchant bank Veronis Suhler to build a new publishing-based consumer media company in the US. 04-Feb-2000 The BBC is linking up with Vodafone to develop a news service for mobile phones, as part of a BBC strategy to supply content onto digital platforms. 16-Dec-1999 BBC Wales is considering plans to redevelop its current base in Llandaff, and it may decide to vacate the site and build a new Broadcasting House. 04-Nov-1999 The BBC is to cut 50 editorial and production jobs at BBC World, in order to reduce costs at the loss-making international news channel. 21-Sep-1999 BBC Worldwide is seeking a partner to raise finance for its beeb.com commercial web site, which should help it to resist proposals to privatise a 49% stake in the business. 15-Sep-1999 The BBC is considering plans to relocate its news staff to a new centre on London's South Bank, as the recently-built White City complex is considered to be too small. 11-Sep-1999 BBC Worldwide is in discussions with a number of US publishers about forming a joint venture to export some of its magazine titles. 24-Aug-1999 The BBC is linking up with Granada Media to form GB Productions in order to sell their comedy and drama formats in the US. 12-Aug-1999 BBC Scotland has confirmed plans to relocate its Glasgow headquarters to a £50m development at Pacific Quay on the river Clyde, with the transfer of about 800 staff. 23-Jul-1999 The BBC is planning to spend £100m on millennium-related programming. 15-Jul-1999 BBC Scotland is considering plans to relocate its headquarters from Glasgow's Queen Margaret Drive to a purpose-built building across the Clyde. 30-Jun-1999 The BBC is considering plans to relocate its TV and radio news departments to London's South Bank, and a final decision is expected later this summer. 21-Jun-1999 The BBC is launching a public service education channel on digital TV called BBC Knowledge, and it will have a budget of £10m a year. 01-Jun-1999 BBC Worldwide is planning to launch a free internet access service, and Scottish Telecom is expected to provide the network technology. 29-May-1999 The BBC is cutting a further 30 jobs at the Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham, affecting staff involved in set design, management and administration. 07-Apr-1999 The BBC has agreed a deal with Tomy of Japan in which it will design and market its own toys, as part of a strategy to increase the merchandising revenues from its TV programmes. 05-Apr-1999 The BBC World Service is to invest £14m in the expansion of its internet services, which will enable it to broadcast local language services on its web site. 11-Feb-1999 The BBC is to cut 14 of the 33 jobs in its TV drama production unit at Pebble Mill in Birmingham, prompting concern over the future of the studios. 27-Jan-1999 The BBC is to invest £10m in a new broadcasting centre in Norwich, and three potential sites are being considered. 17-Dec-1998 The BBC is said to be about to quit its Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham following a series of redundancies, and may move to another location in the city. 13-Nov-1998 The BBC has announced the loss of 35 production jobs at its Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham, following the loss of several key programmes. 05-Nov-1998 The BBC is looking to form a joint venture in the US for the distribution of its BBC World news and information channel to cable and satellite groups. 03-Nov-1998 The BBC is considering plans for a substantial increase in its sports programming budget, which could result in the formation of commercial partnerships. 27-Oct-1998 The BBC is considering plans to set up the UK's first public service children's channel, which would be launched on digital TV next year. 19-Oct-1998 The government has decided to retain the BBC licence fee until the end of its charter in 2006, as it is deemed to be a more suitable mechanism for funding the organisation than advertising or sponsorship. 15-Oct-1998 The BBC is in discussions with Cellnet and Orange about the possibility of transmitting news headlines over mobile phones, as part of a major review of its news services. 07-Oct-1998 The BBC has appointed NM Rothschild to review its property portfolio, which could lead to the sale and leaseback of many of its 500 properties. 11-Sep-1998 The BBC is planning to launch a parliamentary TV channel called BBC Parliament, which will offer live coverage of the House of Commons and replace the existing cable-only channel. 03-Aug-1998 The BBC World Service may have to close some of its 44 foreign language radio services having been allocated a tighter budget than hoped for in the government's spending review. 15-Jul-1998 BSkyB has announced deals with the BBC, Flextech and Discovery Networks to broadcast 17 channels on its digital TV service, seven of which are based on BBC archives. 02-Jul-1998 The BBC is to link up with Microsoft's Web TV division to combine internet data with TV programmes on one screen. 02-Jul-1998 Up to 15% of households may not be able to receive the new digital terrestrial TV service later this year because their rooftop aerials are inadequate, and the problem is being debated by the BBC, ITV and British Digital Broadcasting. 01-Jul-1998 The government is to impose strict conditions on the creation of BBC Resources, a new private company that will be responsible for the BBC's technical and engineering operations, by insisting that it must either drop the BBC prefix in its name or pay for the use of the brand. 17-Jun-1998 The BBC has agreed a deal for its TV channels to be broadcast by BSkyB via digital satellite, and the BBC will pay an undisclosed amount to BSkyB for the encryption and coding of its signals. 05-Jun-1998 BBC Worldwide is forming a joint venture with West 175 Enterprises to launch cookery programmes in the US. 07-May-1998 The BBC is looking for a property company to buy, refurbish and lease back about 500 of its UK properties, in order to help rationalise its property portfolio and upgrade facilities for digital working. 27-Apr-1998 The BBC is close to agreeing a deal with BSkyB that will enable its TV channels to be included in BSkyB's digital service, and BBC1 will become the first channel on Sky's electronic programme guide. 08-Apr-1998 The BBC is considering plans to launch eight digital radio channels, including a music channel using its rock and pop archives. 26-Mar-1998 Flextech is linking up with the BBC to develop a UKFM pop music TV channel. 25-Mar-1998 The BBC has reached agreement with InfoRed to transmit World Service news in Mexico City, as part of a strategy to boost the audience for its Spanish and Portuguese language services. 23-Mar-1998 The BBC has agreed a £338m deal with Discovery Communications to set up a cable TV channel called BBC America to show BBC programmes in the US, and other joint venture channels will be set up in other countries. 20-Mar-1998 The BBC and Sky Sports are to pay a joint £8m for the UK rights to televise next year's cricket World Cup. 11-Mar-1998 The BBC is working on the development of a video-on-demand system that will allow digital TV subscribers to view any programme in its archives at any time. 21-Jan-1998 Discovery Channel of the US is trying to buy a stake in the BBC's UK pay television business, as part of a deal that would give it the right to set up channels based on BBC programmes around the world. 16-Dec-1997 The BBC has won government permission to set up a 24-hour television news channel on cable networks from next month. 10-Oct-1997 The BBC has announced a major restructuring of Radio 4, which will include many scheduling alterations in order to reverse the decline in the station's share of listeners. 31-Jul-1997 The BBC has announced plans to invest about £1bn in digital television over the next five years, with a further £500m going on existing services. 09-Jul-1997 The BBC is said to have amassed a cash mountain of £500m over recent years, due to the sale of its transmitter systems, advanced TV licence fee payments, and cost savings. 02-Jun-1997 The BBC is continuing with plans to invest £30m in setting up a 24 hour digital television channel, despite an announcement by BSkyB that it is delaying the launch of digital satellite TV until next spring. 16-May-1997 The BBC and Flextech have announced two joint ventures, one of which will run 8 new TV channels and the other will acquire UK Gold. 18-Mar-1997 The BBC and Flextech are expected to soon announce details of their joint venture to launch up to eight new TV channels, a deal which is likely to give Flextech access to BBC programmes for the next 30 years. 12-Mar-1997 The BBC has sold its radio and television transmission system to a consortium headed by Castle Tower of the US for £244m. 01-Mar-1997 The BBC has appointed EDS and Coopers & Lybrand to run its finance and business systems in a 10-year contract. 18-Feb-1997 The BBC is to link up with Telecommunications Inc of the US to launch a range of own brand TV channels in the US next year. 27-Jan-1997 Castle Tower Communications of the US has been revealed as the preferred bidder for the BBC's UK transmitter network, which is being privatised in a £250m deal. 04-Jan-1997 The BBC is discussing the possible launch of eight new television channels via cable operators, as part of its joint venture with Flextech. 17-Dec-1996 The BBC is setting up a rights agency as it restructures its BBC Worldwide commercial arm, in order to cope with the changes that will be brought about by the introduction of digital technology. 14-Dec-1996 The BBC has asked the government for permission to allow it to negotiate with BSkyB for access to BSkyB's digital satellite receiving equipment. 06-Dec-1996 The Radio Authority believes that a fourth national commercial radio channel may be possible using a long wave frequency previously allocated to the BBC in Scotland. 29-Nov-1996 The BBC is to start marketing the publishing rights for music created for its programmes in a joint-venture with BMG Entertainment, the record company. 18-Nov-1996 The BBC has reached a compromise with the government over the restructuring of its World Service, which will result in news and current affairs programmes being produced by a BBC News team co-located with the World Service. 15-Oct-1996 The BBC is in discussions with Flextech and Discovery Communications, companies controlled by Telecommunications Inc of Denver, to set up a number of cable and satellite channels. 28-Sep-1996 The BBC is to make £6.5m of savings at the BBC World Service, with the loss of up to 100 jobs. 25-Sep-1996 The BBC is in discussions with ICL over the launch of an internet service which will feature information, educational material and entertainment. 19-Sep-1996 The BBC is discussing a possible joint venture with Flextech to set up six cable and satellite TV channels, a move which could give the BBC access to the US market via Flextech's parent company Tele-Communications. 13-Aug-1996 The European Broadcasting Union, which represents the BBC and others, has lost the rights to broadcast the World Cups of 2002 and 2006, with the £1.4bn contract going to Kirch of Germany and ISL of Switzerland. 04-Jul-1996 The BBC is planning a major structural reorganisation with the merger of television and radio production, as it prepares to increase efficiency to allow it to compete in the digital broadcasting future. 07-Jun-1996 The BBC plans to launch new services and channels, funded by savings made from the launch of digital technology which could enable it to save up to 20% of its yearly budget. 10-May-1996 BBC Worldwide is to stop its BBC Arabic Television service, which broadcasts news in Arabic to the Middle East, following a dispute with the Mawarid Group of Saudi Arabia over recent programmes. 09-Apr-1996 The BBC wants to introduce a 24-hour news service using digital television. 30-Mar-1996 The BBC is in discussions with Landmark Communications about setting up a joint venture weather channel. 28-Mar-1996 BBC Worldwide is to broadcast its BBC World 24 hour satellite news and current affairs channel to the Asia Pacific region using the Panamsat 2 satellite. 18-Mar-1996 The Radio Authority is complaining about the broadcasting bill which would allow the BBC to own a commercial radio company. 13-Mar-1996 The BBC will be allowed to keep about £100m of proceeds from the sell off of its transmitter network. 28-Nov-1995 Channel 4 is stepping up its bid to buy programmes from the BBC library, following news that the BBC is willing to sell to Channel 5. 04-Nov-1995 The BBC aims to hold on to its Kingswood Warren R&D unit even if its transmitters are privatised. 09-Oct-1995 BBC Worldwide Learning is being formed to increase the BBC's sales of educational programmes abroad. 06-Sep-1995 More from the Media sector Related pages: Begbies Traynor Midland News Association Granada Learning Coolabi EMI BBC website: www.bbc.co.uk The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. 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