Cost of trails
Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,
1)To an approximation of £1k, what was the budget for production and broadcasting of trailers for TV programmes for FY 12-13?
2) What revenue did this expenditure generate, and how is the expenditure justified, given that all viewers now have EPG?
3) How many TV trails were produced in FY 12-13, and at what actual cost, to nearest £1k. This question relates to actual expenditure rather than budget (see 1)
4) How many trails were broadcast in FY12-13, to include repeat broadcasts?
Yours faithfully,
R. Baillie
Dear Mr Baillie,
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Dear Mr Baillie,
Please find attached the response to your request for information,
reference RFI20130720.
Yours sincerely,
The Information Policy and Compliance Team
BBC Information Policy and Compliance
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Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of British Broadcasting Corporation's handling of my FOI request 'Cost of trails'.
The flat refusal on the grounds of:
"The information you have requested is excluded from the Act because it is held for the purposes
of ‘journalism, art or literature. "
is a gross misuse of the provisions of the FOI act, and could equally be used to rebut all enquiries about the BBC. Any reasonable person, and I believe this will include the Information Commissioner, will immediately see that my request has noting whatsoever to do with matters of a journalistic, artistic, or literary nature. Rather, it is concerned with the financial management of public funds, and the financial governance of a publicly funded body. In the circumstances, I request an internal review of the handling of my request, and straightforward answers to my questions. I shall be content with reasonable and realistic approximations, but I shall be unhappy with further obfuscation.
Yours faithfully R.Baillie
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...
Yours faithfully,
r. baillie
Dear Mr Baillie,
Thank you for your email, in relation to your FOI request about the 'cost of trails' (Reference: RFI20130720). The information requested is excluded from the Act because it is held for the purposes of ‘journalism, art or literature.’ The BBC considers that the derogation protects the journalistic, artistic and literary integrity of the BBC by securing a creative and journalistic space for programme makers to produce material for broadcast free from interference by those who would seek to influence our output.
As stated in our response to you, which I attach again for your reference; the BBC does not offer an internal review when the information requested is not covered by the Act, so you are therefore unable to appeal our decision using this process. If you disagree with our decision you can appeal to the Information Commissioner. Contact details are: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF telephone 01625 545 700. http://www.ico.gov.uK
The BBC's understanding of the scope of the derogation has been informed by numerous cases, including the recent consideration by the Supreme Court, in the case of Sugar (deceased) v British Broadcasting Corporation and another [2012] UKSC 4, of the Schedule 1 'derogation' for the public service broadcasters in relation to journalism. Lord Phillips noted the BBC’s ‘important right to freedom of expression’ and the link between Schedule 1 of the Act and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Additionally, as also recognised by the Supreme Court, it recognises that public service broadcasters caught by the Act (BBC, Channel 4, S4C, MG Alba) should not be placed at a disadvantage to their commercial competitors.
In practical terms, the BBC has interpreted this to mean that we are not required to supply information held for the purposes of creating the BBC's output or information that supports or is closely associated with these activities.
You might find it useful to review the Decision Notices from the Information Commissioner, regarding the application of the derogation to information held by the BBC. These Decision Notices can be found at the following URL: http://www.ico.gov.uk/tools_and_resource... - using the search function, if you select the BBC as the 'Authority' and FOI 1 as the 'Section' you will find a number of relevant Decision Notices.
Kind Regards,
Nicolette Myrie
BBC Information Policy and Compliance
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London W12 7TP, UK
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