The BBC says the rise of mobile news will transform the way it operates. But rivals are bound to bristle about over-reach again
Tony Hall wins friends and influences critics when he begins to scrap BBC production quotas, letting independent production companies have all the opportunities they crave. That's one less chorus of licence fee disapproval come charter renewal time. But what about the BBC's non-friends in the press? Leave director general Hall aside and see what James Harding, head of news, had to say a few days ago.
"In just under a century, the BBC has transformed the world of news and the world with three revolutions: first in radio; then in television; and then online. Now mobile technology affords us the chance to lead a fourth revolution. In the age of the smartphone, we have entered the age of smart news, of handheld news that is fully internet-enabled and responsive in which everyone has a hand on the microphone, ie not just broadcast, transmitted or distributed, but shared, exchanged, investigated and explained as much by the audience as the author . news that puts the world, with all this implies, in the palm of your hand."
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 9 hours ago.
Tony Hall wins friends and influences critics when he begins to scrap BBC production quotas, letting independent production companies have all the opportunities they crave. That's one less chorus of licence fee disapproval come charter renewal time. But what about the BBC's non-friends in the press? Leave director general Hall aside and see what James Harding, head of news, had to say a few days ago.
"In just under a century, the BBC has transformed the world of news and the world with three revolutions: first in radio; then in television; and then online. Now mobile technology affords us the chance to lead a fourth revolution. In the age of the smartphone, we have entered the age of smart news, of handheld news that is fully internet-enabled and responsive in which everyone has a hand on the microphone, ie not just broadcast, transmitted or distributed, but shared, exchanged, investigated and explained as much by the audience as the author . news that puts the world, with all this implies, in the palm of your hand."
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 9 hours ago.