Post by Teddy Bear on Aug 1, 2009 21:57:11 GMT
More waste at the BBC
The BBC likes to present itself as the world’s most professional broadcaster, using its reputation to justify the billions of pounds it receives from the licence fee.
Strange, then, that a corporation which boasts such well-resourced training facilities should need to pay a private company to train its ‘talent’.
Even stranger that Jay Hunt, the £280,000-a-year Controller of BBC1, should help to run the company on the side, and not regard it as an obvious conflict of interest.
BrightsparkTV, owned by Ms Hunt’s husband with her as company secretary (under her married name) and run from their home, contributed substantially to the family finances last year, helped by glowing public testimonies from BBC presenters.
At a time when the BBC is struggling to justify the sky-high salaries and expenses enjoyed by its executives, this surely reeks of waste and misjudgment.
The BBC likes to present itself as the world’s most professional broadcaster, using its reputation to justify the billions of pounds it receives from the licence fee.
Strange, then, that a corporation which boasts such well-resourced training facilities should need to pay a private company to train its ‘talent’.
Even stranger that Jay Hunt, the £280,000-a-year Controller of BBC1, should help to run the company on the side, and not regard it as an obvious conflict of interest.
BrightsparkTV, owned by Ms Hunt’s husband with her as company secretary (under her married name) and run from their home, contributed substantially to the family finances last year, helped by glowing public testimonies from BBC presenters.
At a time when the BBC is struggling to justify the sky-high salaries and expenses enjoyed by its executives, this surely reeks of waste and misjudgment.