[ecrea] VLV's 30th Anniversary Autumn Conference

 VLV’S 30th ANNIVERSARY AUTUMN CONFERENCE

Policy and Programmes: Ensuring Quality and Diversity in British 
Broadcasting



Wednesday 27 November 2013

The Geological Society, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG

10.15 am - 4. 00 pm



BBC Director-General is keynote speaker



Leading figures from the broadcasting world, including keynote speaker 
BBC Director-General Lord Hall of Birkenhead, will be speaking at the 
annual autumn conference of the Voice of the Listener & Viewer later 
this month.



Other speakers include Sir Peter Bazalgette, the Chairman, Arts Council 
England,  Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications at the University 
of Westminster and the senior broadcasting executives, Lorraine 
Heggessey and Steve Morrison. Raymond Snoddy, Torin Douglas and Robin 
Lustig are among the influential broadcasting commentators also taking 
part in the conference in London on November 27.



Colin Browne, Chairman of VLV, said: “The theme of the conference – 
Ensuring Quality and Diversity in British Broadcasting – reflects the 
roots and aims of the VLV, which was established 30 years ago.  These 
are momentous times for British broadcasting with technological advances 
forcing the pace of change amid political debate around the role and 
governance of the BBC. The conference is an important opportunity to 
hear how the views of broadcasting leaders fit with the key objective of 
the VLV – that quality and diversity in British broadcasting should be 
preserved, cherished and enabled to flourish.”



Lord Hall’s speech to the conference, followed by a Conversation with 
Robin Lustig  will be an opportunity to hear more about his ambitions 
for the BBC, as well as for conference delegates to ask him questions 
directly.  Last month he said he wanted the BBC to have a much closer 
relationship with its audience.  The BBC, said Lord Hall, should be 
treating its audiences “like owners, not just as licence-fee payers. 
People should not be saying ‘the BBC’ but ‘my BBC’, ‘our BBC.’”



Sir Peter Bazalgette, who has spent much of his life in broadcasting  
including, famously, as inventor of Big Brother, will speak about 
broadcasting’s contribution to the arts in the UK, including the role 
public service broadcasting plays in nurturing the arts in the UK and 
what more might be done. As well as leading Arts Council England, he is 
President of the Royal Television Society and a non-executive director 
of ITV plc.



Lorraine Heggessey, Executive Chair, Boom Pictures and Steve Morrison, 
Chairman, All3media, will discuss the independents' eye line with former 
BBC Media Correspondent Torin Douglas, whilst a panel of journalists and 
commentators, including Raymond Snoddy, will continue the debate about 
the future of the BBC after Tony Hall's session.



Professor Steven Barnett will look at broadcasting during the 30-year 
history of the VLV, which was initially established by writer and 
broadcaster Jocelyn Hay to campaign against a threat to turn BBC Radio 4 
into an all-news and current affairs  network. The campaign was 
successful and the VLV is today the leading advocate for listeners, 
viewers and citizens of high quality broadcast content, based on public 
service values on TV, radio and other media.



To book for the contact Sue Washbrook in the VLV Office 01474 338716; 
email: (sue.washbrook /at/ vlv.org.uk) or download a booking form





Dinah Garrett

Trustee




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