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The managing director of the Telegraph Group has called for the BBC to scrap
fantasy football, celebrity gossip and search engines from its internet services.
And in a 3-pronged attack on the BBC's burgeoning online activities, influential
think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research said it was "unacceptable"
for the BBC services just to "spring up" without any regulation.
In a forthright assault on the BBC, Hugo Drayton, the former Telegraph internet
boss who heads the British Internet Publishers' Alliance, accused the BBC
of "distorting the market" by providing a huge range of online content
that does not necessarily fall within its public service remit.
Read the rest of the article here . . .
So, what do you think . . . do you agree, or should the BBC tell Hugo Drayton to go play in the traffic . . . ?
MediaGuardian posted:
The managing director of the Telegraph Group has called for the BBC to scrap
fantasy football, celebrity gossip and search engines from its internet services.
And in a 3-pronged attack on the BBC's burgeoning online activities, influential
think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research said it was "unacceptable"
for the BBC services just to "spring up" without any regulation.
In a forthright assault on the BBC, Hugo Drayton, the former Telegraph internet
boss who heads the British Internet Publishers' Alliance, accused the BBC
of "distorting the market" by providing a huge range of online content
that does not necessarily fall within its public service remit.
Read the rest of the article here . . .
So, what do you think . . . do you agree, or should the BBC tell Hugo Drayton to go play in the traffic . . . ?