BBC suspends phone competitions

I found this link through the web archive Unfortunately when you link on the link it points to an unknown webpage. Perhaps the BBC took it down at the time or something for web archive not to find it.

As for the poll, I am just wondering if it was a poll with a number of options or if it was a free for all allowing for it to be hijacked

guess somebody decided not to pussyfoot around any longer and let the cat out of the bag

Newsround covering this major story now!

Well, that certainly put the cat among the pigeons!

And Lizo just apologised for the fans behind Adam on the José story!

Im sorry, I missed it!

I'm not sure whether this has already been mentioned, but the BBC Trust has said:

"This autumn the BBC Executive intends to resume certain competitions, particularly those with a long heritage and clearly popular with the public. The Trust has requested that a code of conduct be put in place before competitions are reintroduced which will assure the public that any competition run by the BBC is fair to all entrants and that they comply with all regulatory requirements. The Trust has also requested that the Executive ensures that all competitions are signed off as compliant by senior management before they can be reintroduced."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/news/press_releases/2007/ed_standards_20Sept.html

As the mediaguardian monkey points out, its convenient there was a cute cat to front these latest breaches rather than two execs being suspended / fired being the headline.

Just spotted this on MediaGuadian...
Phased return for BBC competitions

...full article at http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,2173559,00.html (free registration required).

I suspect the Look North Renaming competition may have been a bit dodgy as well, as many of the options in the final list will never have been suitable

I'm confused.

What was so wrong with the original name that BP bosses ignored the viewers in favour of their own name?

http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/finger.jpg