Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Fifth Report
BBC Commercial Operations

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 25 March 2009.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1 Introduction

2 Benefits of the BBC's Commercial Operations

Financial benefit to the licence fee payer

Investment in UK creative industries

Champion of UK programming overseas

3 Governance

The four commercial criteria

The role of the BBC Trust

Cross-Directorships

4 Programme sales

BBC Programming

Non-BBC Programming

5 Production Houses

6 Magazines and Websites

Magazines

Performance and prospects

Market impact

Websites

7 Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide

8 BBC Local Video Proposal (not a commercial activity)

9 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of unprinted evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence
4 November 2008
18 November 2008
10 December 2008

Written Evidence

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Prepared 7 April 2009