BBC

==Finances==
The BBC has the second largest budget of any UK-based broadcaster with an operating expenditure of £4.722&nbsp;billion in 2013/14<ref name="2013-14-consolidated-income-statement">{{cite web |title=BBC Full Financial Statements 2013/14 |url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/2013-14/BBC_Financial_statements_201314.pdf |website=BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2013/14 |publisher=BBC |date=July 2014 |access-date=1 March 2015 |page=20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114141640/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/2013-14/BBC_Financial_statements_201314.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> compared with £6.471&nbsp;billion for [[British Sky Broadcasting]] in 2013/14<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2014 |url=https://corporate.sky.com/documents/annual-report-2014/annual-report-2014.pdf |publisher=British Sky Broadcasting |page=86 |date=July 2014 |access-date=1 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321175155/https://corporate.sky.com/documents/annual-report-2014/annual-report-2014.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> and £1.843&nbsp;billion for ITV in the calendar year 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=ITV plc Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013 |url=http://www.itvplc.com/sites/itvplc/files/ITV%20Annual%20Report%202013_0.pdf |publisher=ITV |page=109 |date=2014 |access-date=1 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626234806/http://www.itvplc.com/sites/itvplc/files/ITV%20Annual%20Report%202013_0.pdf |archive-date=26 June 2014 }}</ref>{{Update inline|date=January 2022}}

===Revenue===
{{See also|Television licence|Television licensing in the United Kingdom}}

The principal means of funding the BBC is through the television licence, costing £169.50 per year per household since April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ23|title=How much does a TV Licence cost? – TV Licensing ™|website=www.tvlicensing.co.uk|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717184925/https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ23|archive-date=17 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Such a licence is required to legally receive broadcast television across the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. No licence is required to own a television used for other means, or for sound only radio sets (though a separate licence for these was also required for non-TV households until 1971). The cost of a television licence is set by the government and enforced by the criminal law. A discount is available for households with only black-and-white television sets. A 50% discount is also offered to people who are registered blind or severely visually impaired,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/for-your-home/blindseverely-sight-impaired-aud5|title=Blind/severely sight impaired|publisher=TV Licensing|date=1 April 2000|access-date=15 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122104842/http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/for-your-home/blindseverely-sight-impaired-aud5|archive-date=22 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> and the licence is completely free for any household containing anyone aged 75 or over. However, from August 2020, the licence fee will only be waived if over 75 and receiving pension credit.<ref name="TV Licensing Over 75 TV Licences">{{cite web |url=https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/age?wt.mc_id=bbc_pr_o75_english |title=Important information about over 75 TV Licences |publisher=TV Licensing |access-date=5 April 2020 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923163448/https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/age?wt.mc_id=bbc_pr_o75_english |url-status=live }}</ref>

The BBC pursues its licence fee collection and enforcement under the trading name "TV Licensing". The revenue is collected privately by Capita, an outside agency, and is paid into the central government [[Consolidated Fund]], a process defined in the [[Communications Act 2003]]. Funds are then allocated by the [[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]] (DCMS) and the Treasury and approved by Parliament via legislation. Additional revenues are paid by the Department for Work and Pensions to compensate for subsidised licences for eligible over-75-year-olds.

The licence fee is classified as a tax,<ref name="Select Committee 20060303">{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldbbc/128/128i.pdf |title=Further Issues for BBC Charter Review |access-date=15 August 2008 |website=House of Lords Session Report |publisher=The Stationery Office Limited |date=3 March 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320052437/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldbbc/128/128i.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> and its evasion is a criminal offence. Since 1991, collection and enforcement of the licence fee has been the responsibility of the BBC in its role as TV Licensing Authority.<ref name="KeyFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/keyfacts/stories/licencefee.shtml |title=Key Facts, The TV Licence Fee |access-date=31 July 2008 |website=BBC Web Site |publisher=BBC Press Office |date=April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708154449/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/keyfacts/stories/licencefee.shtml |archive-date=8 July 2007 }}</ref> The BBC carries out surveillance (mostly using subcontractors) on properties (under the auspices of the [[Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000]]) and may conduct searches of a property using a search warrant.<ref name="BBC25AUG2006">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/foi/docs/freedom_of_information/selected_requests_and_responses/2006/SR2006000476_TV_Licence_Search_Warrants.pdf |title=BBC response to Freedom of Information request – RFI 2006000476 |date=25 August 2006 |website=bbc.co.uk/foi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413163405/http://www.bbc.co.uk/foi/docs/freedom_of_information/selected_requests_and_responses/2006/SR2006000476_TV_Licence_Search_Warrants.pdf |archive-date=13 April 2008 }}</ref> According to TV Licensing, 216,900 people in the UK were caught watching TV without a licence in 2018/19.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/ss/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=content-type&blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1370006520458&ssbinary=true |title=TV Licensing Annual Review 2018/19 |publisher=Tvlicensing.co.uk |access-date=5 April 2020 |archive-date=30 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730191533/https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/ss/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=content-type&blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1370006520458&ssbinary=true |url-status=live }}</ref> Licence fee evasion makes up around one-tenth of all cases prosecuted in magistrates' courts, representing 0.3% of court time.<ref name="Perry reference BBC">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50800128 |title=BBC: TV licence fee decriminalisation being considered |work=BBC News |date=15 December 2019 |access-date=5 April 2020 |archive-date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221083515/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50800128 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Income from commercial enterprises and from overseas sales of its catalogue of programmes has substantially increased over recent years,<ref>{{cite web | title = Annual Report and Accounts 2004–2005 | url = http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/2004-05/bbc_2004_05.pdf | author = BBC | page = 94 | access-date = 16 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120119172042/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/2004-05/bbc_2004_05.pdf | archive-date = 19 January 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref> with [[BBC Worldwide]] contributing some £243&nbsp;million to the BBC's core public service business.<ref name="BBC Annual Report 2018/19" />

According to the BBC's 2018/19 Annual Report, its total income was £4.889&nbsp;billion a decrease from £5.062&nbsp;billion in 2017/18 – partly owing to a 3.7% phased reduction in government funding for free over-75s TV licences,<ref name="BBC Annual Report 2018/19">{{cite web |title=BBC Annual Report 2018/19 |url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2018-19.pdf |publisher=BBC |date=July 2019 |access-date=5 April 2020 |page=133; 91 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702140524/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2018-19.pdf |archive-date=2 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> which can be broken down as follows:
* £3.690&nbsp;billion in licence fees collected from householders;
* £1.199&nbsp;billion from the BBC's commercial businesses and government grants some of which will cease in 2020

The licence fee has, however, attracted criticism. It has been argued that in an age of multi-stream, multi-channel availability, an obligation to pay a licence fee is no longer appropriate. The BBC's use of private sector company [[Capita Group]] to send letters to premises not paying the licence fee has been criticised, especially as there have been cases where such letters have been sent to premises which are up to date with their payments, or do not require a TV licence.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/09/22/ftlicence22.xml | title = Why am I being hounded like this? | newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | date = 22 September 2006 | access-date = 6 February 2008 | location = London | first = Simon | last = Heffer | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071117105208/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2006%2F09%2F22%2Fftlicence22.xml | archive-date = 17 November 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The BBC uses advertising campaigns to inform customers of the requirement to pay the licence fee. Past campaigns have been criticised by [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP [[Boris Johnson]] and former MP [[Ann Widdecombe]] for having a threatening nature and language used to scare evaders into paying.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/05/26/do2602.xml |title=I won't pay to be abused by the BBC |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 May 2005 |access-date=6 February 2008 |location= London |first=Boris |last=Johnson |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070815114952/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fopinion%2F2005%2F05%2F26%2Fdo2602.xml |archive-date=15 August 2007 |url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/24455/BBC-bullies-shame-in-licence-fee-chaos |title=BBC bullies' shame in licence fee chaos | newspaper= Daily Express |location =London |date=7 November 2007 |access-date=6 February 2008 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120724095358/http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/24455/BBC-bullies-shame-in-licence-fee-chaos |archive-date=24 July 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> Audio clips and television broadcasts are used to inform listeners of the BBC's comprehensive database.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/index.jsp |title=TV Licensing |publisher= [[TV Licensing]] |date= 2 June 2008 |access-date=6 February 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080207185717/http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/index.jsp| archive-date=7 February 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> There are a number of pressure groups campaigning on the issue of the licence fee.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.spiderbomb.com/tv/ | title = Example of Licence Fee pressure group | publisher=Campaign to Abolish the Licence Fee | date =  2 June 2008 | access-date =6 February 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080220031124/http://www.spiderbomb.com/tv/| archive-date= 20 February 2008 | url-status=live}}</ref>

The majority of the BBC's commercial output comes from its commercial arm BBC Worldwide which sell programmes abroad and exploit key brands for merchandise. Of their 2012/13 sales, 27% were centred on the five key "superbrands" of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'', ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' (known as ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' internationally), the BBC's archive of natural history programming (collected under the umbrella of [[BBC Earth]]) and the (now sold) travel guide brand [[Lonely Planet]].<ref name="BBC Worldwide 2012/13 review">{{cite web|title=Annual Review 2012/13|url=http://www.bbcworldwide.com/media/94807/bbc%20worldwide%20annual%20review%202012-13.pdf|publisher=BBC Worldwide|access-date=17 August 2013|page=34|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820040453/http://www.bbcworldwide.com/media/94807/bbc%20worldwide%20annual%20review%202012-13.pdf|archive-date=20 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Assets===
{{Main|List of BBC properties}}
{{further|Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House (Belfast)|BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House|BBC Television Centre}}
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Broadcasting House in [[Portland Place]], central London, is the official headquarters of the BBC. It is home to six of the ten BBC national radio networks, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1xtra, BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, and [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]]. It is also the home of [[BBC News]], which relocated to the building from BBC Television Centre in 2013. On the front of the building are statues of [[Prospero]] and [[Ariel (The Tempest)|Ariel]], characters from [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Tempest]]'', sculpted by [[Eric Gill]]. Renovation of Broadcasting House began in 2002, and was completed in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC Broadcasting House extension – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/mar/04/broadcasting-house-bbc-extension-moore |access-date=10 June 2020 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=11 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511022449/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/mar/04/broadcasting-house-bbc-extension-moore |url-status=live }}</ref>

Until it closed at the end of March 2013, [[BBC Television]] was based at [[BBC Television Centre]], a purpose-built television facility opened in 1960 located in [[White City, London|White City]], {{convert|4|mi|sigfig=1|spell=in}} west of central London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bbc-television-centre-closes-its-doors-for-the-last-time-8555435.html|title=BBC Television Centre closes its doors for the last time|website=The Evening Standard|access-date=23 December 2015|date=31 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125083316/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bbc-television-centre-closes-its-doors-for-the-last-time-8555435.html|archive-date=25 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> This facility was host to a number of famous guests and programmes through the years, and its name and image is familiar with many British citizens. Nearby, the [[BBC White City]] complex contains numerous programme offices, housed in Centre House, the Media Centre and Broadcast Centre. It is in this area around [[Shepherd's Bush]] that the majority of BBC employees worked.

As part of a major reorganisation of BBC property, the entire BBC News operation relocated from the News Centre at BBC Television Centre to the refurbished Broadcasting House to create what is being described as "one of the world's largest live broadcast centres".<ref>{{cite web | title = New Broadcasting House – The future | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/broadcastinghouse/thefuture/bh_project.shtml | author=BBC | access-date =6 July 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060521230740/http://www.bbc.co.uk/broadcastinghouse/thefuture/bh_project.shtml| archive-date= 21 May 2006 | url-status=live}}</ref> The [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News Channel]] and [[BBC World News]] relocated to the premises in early 2013.<ref>{{cite web | title = BBC News' television output moves to new studios at Broadcasting House | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/tv_news_move.html | author = BBC | access-date = 23 December 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190505071444/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/tv_news_move.html | archive-date = 5 May 2019 | url-status = live }}</ref> Broadcasting House is now also home to most of the BBC's national radio stations, and the [[BBC World Service]]. The major part of this plan involved the demolition of the two post-war extensions to the building and construction of an extension<ref>{{cite web | title = New Broadcasting House | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/broadcastinghouse/timeline/index.shtml | author=BBC | access-date =16 September 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091005184252/http://www.bbc.co.uk/broadcastinghouse/timeline/index.shtml| archive-date= 5 October 2009 | url-status=live}}</ref> designed by [[Richard MacCormac|Sir Richard MacCormac]] of [[MJP Architects]]. This move concentrated the BBC's London operations, allowing them to sell Television Centre.<ref name="BBC News Article - TV Centre up for sale">{{cite news|title=BBC Television Centre up for sale|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13746250|access-date=11 July 2011|newspaper=BBC News |date=13 June 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110720070550/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13746250| archive-date= 20 July 2011 | url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to the scheme above, the BBC is in the process of making and producing more programmes outside London, involving production centres such as [[BBC Northern Ireland|Belfast]], [[BBC Cymru Wales|Cardiff]], [[BBC Scotland|Glasgow]], Newcastle and, most notably, in [[Greater Manchester]] as part of the "BBC North Project" scheme where several major departments, including [[BBC North West]], [[BBC Manchester]], [[BBC Sport]], [[CBBC (TV channel)|BBC Children's]], [[CBeebies]], Radio 5 Live, [[BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra]], ''[[BBC Breakfast]]'', [[BBC Learning]] and the [[BBC Philharmonic]] have all moved from their previous locations in either London or [[New Broadcasting House (Manchester)|New Broadcasting House]], Manchester to the new 200-acre (80ha) [[MediaCityUK]] production facilities in [[City of Salford|Salford]], that form part of the large [[BBC North|BBC North Group]] division and will therefore become the biggest staffing operation outside London.<ref>{{cite news | title = BBC Salford move gets green light | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6708383.stm | author = BBC News Online | date = 31 May 2007 | access-date = 31 May 2007 | author-link = BBC News Online | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070831014258/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6708383.stm | archive-date = 31 August 2007 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="BBC North Website">{{cite web|title=BBC North |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/bbcnorth/index.shtml |publisher=BBC |access-date=11 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620125506/http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/bbcnorth/index.shtml |archive-date=20 June 2011 }}</ref>

As well as the two main sites in London (Broadcasting House and White City), there are seven other important BBC production centres in the UK, mainly specialising in different productions. [[BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House|Cardiff]] is home to [[BBC Cymru Wales]], which specialises in drama production. Open since 2012, and containing 7 new studios, Roath Lock<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roathlock.com/ |title=Roath Lock studios |publisher=Roathlock.com |access-date=29 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401070507/http://roathlock.com/ |archive-date=1 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> is notable as the home of productions such as ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''. [[Broadcasting House (Belfast)|Broadcasting House Belfast]], home to [[BBC Northern Ireland]], specialises in original drama and comedy, and has taken part in many co-productions with independent companies and notably with [[RTÉ]] in the Republic of Ireland. [[BBC Scotland]], based in [[BBC Pacific Quay|Pacific Quay, Glasgow]] is a large producer of programmes for the network, including several quiz shows. In England, the larger regions also produce some programming.

Previously, the largest hub of BBC programming from the [[BBC English Regions|regions]] is BBC North West. At present they produce all religious and ethical programmes on the BBC, as well as other programmes such as ''[[A Question of Sport]]''. However, this is to be merged and expanded under the [[BBC North]] project, which involved the region moving from [[New Broadcasting House (Manchester)|New Broadcasting House]], Manchester, to [[MediaCityUK]]. [[BBC West Midlands|BBC Midlands]], based at [[The Mailbox]] in Birmingham, also produces drama and contains the headquarters for the [[BBC English Regions|English regions]] and the BBC's daytime output. Other production centres include [[Broadcasting House (Bristol)|Broadcasting House Bristol]], home of [[BBC West]] and famously the [[BBC Natural History Unit]] and to a lesser extent, [[Quarry Hill, Leeds|Quarry Hill]] in Leeds, home of [[BBC Yorkshire]]. There are also many smaller local and regional studios throughout the UK, operating the BBC regional television services and the [[BBC Local Radio]] stations.

The BBC also operates several news gathering centres in various locations around the world, which provide news coverage of that region to the national and international news operations.

===Information technology service management===
In 2004, the BBC contracted out its former BBC Technology division to the German engineering and electronics company [[Siemens IT Solutions and Services]] (SIS), [[outsourcing]] its [[Information technology|IT]], [[telephony]] and [[Broadcast engineering|broadcast technology]] systems.<ref name="bbc-2204"/> When Atos Origin acquired the SIS division from [[Siemens]] in December 2010 for €850&nbsp;million (£720m),<ref name=cw-siemens>{{cite news|title=Atos Origin acquires Siemens division for €850m|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280094628/Atos-Origin-acquires-Siemens-division-for-850m|access-date=27 May 2013|newspaper=Computer Weekly|date=15 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512145155/http://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280094628/Atos-Origin-acquires-Siemens-division-for-850m|archive-date=12 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> the BBC support contract also passed to [[Atos]], and in July 2011, the BBC announced to staff that its technology support would become an Atos service.<ref name="atos-ariel"/> Siemens staff working on the BBC contract were transferred to Atos; the BBC's [[Information technology|Information Technology systems]] are now managed by Atos.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 May 2017|title=Atos signs new contract with BBC for technology services|url=https://atos.net/en/2017/press-release/general-press-releases_2017_05_11/atos-signs-new-contract-bbc-technology-services|access-date=10 July 2020|website=Atos|language=en-US|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919145447/https://atos.net/en/2017/press-release/general-press-releases_2017_05_11/atos-signs-new-contract-bbc-technology-services|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, the BBC's [[chief financial officer]] [[Zarin Patel]] stated to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] [[Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)|Public Accounts Committee]] that, following criticism of the BBC's management of major IT projects with Siemens (such as the [[Digital Media Initiative]]), the BBC partnership with Atos would be instrumental in achieving cost savings of around £64&nbsp;million as part of the BBC's "Delivering Quality First" programme.<ref name=publicaccounts>{{cite web|title=BBC Effiicency Programme|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmpubacc/c1658-i/c165801.htm|website=House of Commons Public Accounts Committee|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=27 May 2013|date=21 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205203852/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmpubacc/c1658-i/c165801.htm|archive-date=5 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, the BBC's then-[[Chief Technology Officer]] John Linwood, expressed confidence in service improvements to the BBC's technology provision brought about by Atos. He also stated that supplier accountability had been strengthened following some high-profile technology failures which had taken place during the partnership with Siemens.<ref name=cw-linwood>{{cite news|last=Mari|first=Angelica|title=CIO interview: John Linwood, chief technology officer, BBC|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240114385/CIO-interview-John-Linwood-chief-technology-officer-BBC|access-date=28 May 2013|newspaper=Computer Weekly|date=26 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528064938/http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240114385/CIO-interview-John-Linwood-chief-technology-officer-BBC|archive-date=28 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>