Tony Hall

BBC to launch new digital media product, 'BBC Playlister'

The BBC today announced BBC Playlister, a new digital music product that will transform people’s relationship with music from the Corporation.

BBC Playlister will let audiences add and save their favourite tracks heard on the BBC to a personal online playlist, which they can then export to one of the BBC’s digital music partners where they can hear the music in full. Music fans will...

BBC announces major new investment in arts programming

BBC Director-General Tony Hall will unveil ambitious plans to place arts programming back at the heart of the Corporation with new investment, a new pan-BBC arts brand and more landmark commissions and partnerships.

As part of his forthcoming speech outlining his vision for the BBC, Tony Hall will demonstrate his commitment to making the BBC the world’s best arts and music broadcaster...

'Incredible highs and desperate lows': BBC publishes its Annual Report

The BBC is determined to learn the lessons from a year of "incredible highs" and some "desperate lows", BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten pledged today.

Launching the BBC's Annual Report and Accounts for 2012/13 with Director-General Tony Hall, Lord Patten highlighted the success of the BBC's Olympics coverage which it says "surpassed all expectations", with 2,500 hours of television...

"The BBC’s best days lie ahead" - Tony Hall sets out "next chapter" for the BBC

Today, in his first day in the job, Tony Hall, the new Director-General of the BBC, set out the "next chapter" for the BBC, telling staff that he believed "with imagination and hard work, the BBC's best days lie ahead of us.”

In an email to all staff, he outlined a number of questions he believes the BBC needs to address over the coming months. He told staff that he wants to listen to...