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BBC failed to pass on charity cash
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Carrick Gazette
- 5/10/2008
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BBC admits holding on to charity money
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OptusNet
- 5/10/2008
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The BBC has admitted on it failed to pay $219,000 which should have gone to charity from viewers' calls to premium rate phonelines, the latest such scandal to hit broadcasters. The BBC Trust, the body which oversees the broadcaster, ordered the corporation to apologise on air to viewers and to take
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BBC phone-in cash not given to charity
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Orange UK
- 5/10/2008
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In Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up 2007 a presenter mistakenly told viewers to vote when phone lines had not yet opened. The other unnamed programmes relate to Audiocall, part of BBC Worldwide, which retained all money raised from premium rate calls made by the audience who were mistakenly voting de
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UK & World News: BBC failed to pass on charity cash
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Northeast Journal
- 5/10/2008
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to charity from phone votes in over 20 programmes, including last year's UK Eurovision final, it said. In the case of Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up 2007, a presenter mistakenly told viewers to vote when phone lines had not yet opened. The other programmes, which have not been named, relate to Audi
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BBC apologises for holding on to phone-in charity money
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Guardian Unlimited
- 5/10/2008
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In the latest scandal over television phone-ins to hit the industry, the corporation also admitted that viewers of Making Your Mind Up, the BBC1 show that chose last year's UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, Scooch, were misled into voting before phone lines had opened. In that case the BBC m
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BBC kept £106,000 of charity cash
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RINF.com
- 5/10/2008
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for keeping £106,000 made from premium-rate phone calls on about two dozen shows that should have been given to charity. In the latest scandal to hit the television industry over phone-ins, the BBC also admitted that viewers of Making Your Mind Up, the BBC1 show that chose last yearâ??s UK entry fo
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BBC in new phone-in row over charity money
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Daily Record
- 5/10/2008
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THE BBC was at the centre of a new phone-vote row today after it emerged the corporation failed to pay £106,000 to charity from calls made to more than 20 programmes - including the UK Eurovision final. The Corporation has been ordered by the BBC Trust to apologise on air for the breach of trust. T
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BBC failed to pay thousands to charity from phone votes
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Sunday Mirror
- 5/10/2008
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to charity from phone votes in over 20 programmes, including last year's UK Eurovision final, it admitted today. In the case of Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up 2007, a presenter mistakenly told viewers to vote when phone lines had not yet opened. The other programmes, which have not been named, rela
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BBC failed to pay charities 106,000
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The Scotsman
- 5/10/2008
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THE BBC has admitted failing to pay 106,000 to charity from phone votes to more than 20 programmes, including last year's UK Eurovision final. For the first time, the BBC Trust has told the corporation to apologise on air for breach of trust. It has also asked the director-general to consider discip
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BBC failed to pass on money pledged to charity
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The Independent
- 5/9/2008
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Just one day after ITV was landed with a record fine over its misuse of premium rate phone lines, the BBC has been forced to apologise over money raised during television phone-ins which was not paid to the charities it was intended for. The BBC is to make an on-air apology after it was discovered t
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