Abstract
This paper describes the role of Greg Dyke in the transformational change at the BBC during his term as Director-General, applying the concepts of appreciative inquiry and Lewin's model.

From the Paper
"Approaches for achieving organizational change are numerous but there have only been a few instances where the process was handled so well that the program for the change became part of the annals of organizational development. Jack Welch's transformation of GE to a boundary-less organization is one such example and the massive BBC change initiative brought about by Director-General Greg Dyke is an even better one. Dyke walked into a BBC that had been shackled by the authoritarian..."

Tags:BBC, Dyke, Birt, Lewin, appreciative inquiry, change, transformation, organization

Abstract
This paper is a discussion of the BBC's 1979 production of "King Henry IV", Part 1, a low-budget filming of the play. The paper discusses how the budgetary limitations show in a number of scenes, the performances in several scenes are less than wonderful, and the whole production is not what might have been expected. The paper opines that the film is most valuable for those who are not familiar with the play.

From the Paper
""Henry IV," Part I is one of the more widely produced of Shakespeare's histories, and it has several elements that make it a fine dramatic vehicle: Falstaff, the wayward Prince Hal, Hotspur, the mystical Owen Glendower, and the battle at Shrewsbury involving the various encounters among the warlords facing one another in individual combat. In 1979, as part of its project to videotape Shakespeare's plays, the BBC produced this play. The product was a mixed result. There are certain signs that this is a low-budget production. Most plainly this emerges in the fight scenes in Act V. There are never more than a few actors on the..."

Tags:shakespeare, bbc, vidoetape

Abstract
The paper first discusses the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC) and how it is free from any commercial influences of advertisers and investors, thus allowing it to address issues in a free and professionally unbiased way. The paper then focuses on CNN in the United States that is a profit driven company that must adhere to the desires of its investors as well as the voices of its viewers, and notes the controversy of CNN's live news coverage. The paper then turns to the Al-Jazeera network founded in Qatar and its controversies. The paper compares how these three international news media sources cover the United States led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and how their differences are also illustrated in their coverage of the 2000 United States presidential elections. The paper points out the biases that influence the content and delivery of news reports and relates that even the BBC have been accused of not providing the most in-depth information possible.

From the Paper
"The advent of international news coverage changed the ways in which news was shared, as well as its content. News companies such as CNN and BBC offer international coverage of world events--however these come from different cultures, and therefore have different points of view. In the past year, the Arabic news station Al-Jazeera has taken to broadcasting their news coverage in English; thereby opening their viewership to a far wider audience. This has also opened the American viewing public to an opposing view on the war in Iraq. With the current combination of news coverage offered to the Western World, there is now more opportunity to gain perspective on not only the events which are shaping our world, but also on the manner in this events are viewed, understood and reported."

Tags:media, reporting, bias, content, delivery, Iraq, war, election

Abstract
Asks the question of whether the BBC can compete as a public service broadcaster, and whether it should consider privatization in some form.

Privatization
Background to the BBC
Public Service Broadcasting
The Broadcasting Act 1996
The BBC's Digital Service Proposition, Digital Audio
Broadcasting (Radio)
The BBC's Digital Service Proposition - Digital Television
New and Planned Services for Digital Television
Privatization of the BBC's Transmission Network
The Licence Fee and Breakdown of how the Licence Fee is
Spent
BBC Projects Commercial Activities

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" The broadcasting industry has undergone a vast transformation within the past decade, especially within the UK. For many years there were only four television channels which were broadcasting to the UK, then with the introduction of cable and satellite broadcasting, the UK audience was subjected to a multitude of specialized channels. Digital broadcasting is a new type of broadcasting medium, which allows many more television and radio channels to be broadcast. There is also a new array of interactive services which Digital broadcasting will bring."

Tags:broadcast, channel, commercial, government, internet, media, monopoly, network, transmission

Abstract
The BBC is the major proprietor of the broadcasting industry in Britain. BBC television channels are supported by the television license fee which has been led to believe entitles the BBC to its own type of regulation. The paper explores and analyzes if the BBC deserves its own form of regulation or should it be regulated in the same way as other broadcasting services.

From the Paper
"The BBC was founded in 1922 and was given a complete monopoly of the broadcasting business. It evolved from a company to a corporation in 1927 with John Reith as the General Director. They worked on radio until the introduction of television in 1929. When the BBC was formed a group of governors were appointed to regulate it. They were supposed to be neutral and have no government bias, but were appointed by the government themselves. The government also set the license fee this might show that the BBC could not be separate from the government as it had claimed to be. Also the fact that the government can use the BBC in a national emergency would show that they do have control over the BBC. ?It has never been entirely free from state pressure. Its license to broadcast has always been granted for fixed periods, never in perpetuity; the state appoints its board of governors; and the state, not the BBC, determines the cost of the receiving license.?(1)"

Tags:film, john, license, media, monopoly, regulation, reith, studies, television

Abstract
This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzea the topic of advertising on cable television. Specifically it analyzes several programs on BBC America during aired the afternoon lineup. The paper looks at how BBC America markets to an "upscale decision-makers, travelers, and early adopters," and their advertising reflects this. The paper specifically examines BBC America's target audience and the advertising categories under which the target audience's interests fall.

From the Paper
"As with most networks, many of BBC America's advertisements, especially in the afternoon daypart, are ads featuring their own programming. They often run promos for their news shows, and run crawlers with some of the latest headlines to be featured on the next news show. They are also promoting shows like Robin Hood and MI-5 quite heavily right now, along with some of their old standbys, like Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. During the afternoon, it seems more of these internal advertisements show up, which makes sense, since many advertisers would rather have their ads run during the prime time viewing times, gathering more of an audience for their products. They also run small advertisements along the bottom of the first few minutes of a show after a commercial break, adding additional messages for their own programming to capture viewers."

Tags:programming, women

Abstract
The paper examines the BBC's coverage of the HIV crisis and asserts that it is broader and offers far more insight into experimental treatments than the CNN Web site, which, in the writer's opinion, unnecessarily politicizes HIV. The paper then examines the coverage of climate change and shows how both sources of news cover environmental issues with some spin but argues again that the American coverage on CNN is far less insightful than that of the BBC. The paper then deals with the Iraq war and relates that the BBC and CNN offer strikingly similar, balanced perspectives and coverage of the ongoing war in Iraq, although they offer varying political perspectives.

From the Paper
"The BBC does not mention the faith-based program in their recent coverage of the HIV crisis. Instead, stories like Calvi's "The Battle for the HIV 'morning after' drug" detail emerging, even if controversial, pharmaceutical interventions. The BBC story addresses a drug called "post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)" which "has been shown in studies to reduce the chance of infection after the HIV virus has entered the body by 80%," (Calvi 2006). Calvi also notes that efforts to prescribe the drug more readily have been stymied, even though PEP could have prevented infection. Other BBC articles about HIV/AIDS are political but more in terms of how HIV affects the poor."

Tags:objectivity, bias, balance, politics, headlines

Abstract
This paper commences with a BBC report on violence in the Indian state of Orissa and then explores other sources of information, towards an understanding of a more complex situation of important patterns. The paper provides a reflection on how to analyze dramatic or controversial topics.

From the Paper
"This paper stems from BBC reportage on a Maoist rebel attack in February of 2008 in the eastern Indian state of Orissa that killed 14 policemen and injured a dozen others. (Indian Maoists:2008) Most guerrilla attacks of the kind had been in remote areas of the state, the BBC explaining that the Maoists support the region's poor landless and Tribal people who are exploited by local capitalists and high caste people. The facts made the moral situation hard to determine because the Maoist guerrillas had attacked at least four police stations, one of them burned to the ground..."

Tags:india violence, reaction, analysis

Abstract
Too often, movie versions of great works of literature are not faithful to the book. Sometimes, directors "romanticize" the plot or change it around, diluting the original author's intent and making the viewing experience less enjoyable. Such did not happen to Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", at least not in two versions - the 1940 movie starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson, and a 1995 serialized version that was made in England and shown on the BBC, as well as in this country. It is the latter I chose for this report on Austen's novel. I will show that it stayed with the book almost line for line and was a great success because of this.

Abstract
This paper considers a wide range of texts written about the First World War, focusing on "Blackadder Comes Forth" written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton and Pat Barker's "The Ghost Road". It analyses the texts in terms of language form and structure and the way the writers use the genre of their choice to express their thoughts and feelings. The influence of the time of composition and the significance of the gender of the writers is also discussed.

From the Paper
"More than in any other previous conflict, the Great War inspired writers of all generations and classes to write about their experiences in a way that was totally new to previous war literature. The new manner in which the First World War was conducted dramatically changed the way war was viewed, which is naturally reflected in the literature written. Before 1914 wars were largely fought abroad, which therefore meant that people wrote about war with a somewhat detached view as they were completely removed from the immediate situation. At this time war was considered, by most, to be a cleansing, almost health giving experience and the literature written, for example Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade", celebrated Victorian values of devotion to duty, patriotic loyalty and sacrifice."

Tags:curtis, elton, major, hallet, captain, darling