I've never quite been able to work out the specifics of the deal ("see Eyes
*passim*", as they say), but Television Centre (and several other BBC
buildings) passed back into BBC hands a few years after that deal, and the
facilities management contract with Land Securities has ended.While it's good to see Backstage's future is secure, I'm hoping that my friends with BBC contracts (a rarity these days) can be similarly reassured. Some of them haven't heard anything solid so far. - martin On 10/18/07, Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > And bad news for the 2,000 people who will be "let go"... 420 from > factual television, and 470 will go from News. > > Multimedia will expand, and they are selling TVC. It all makes sense. > Who needs at *television* centre when all you really want to do is to > dive into the multimedia (digital) maelstrom and pay consultants (and > Mr. J. Ross)? > > They should sell BBC White City. OOPS. They did that trick already. > BBC White City was sold to Land Securities Trillium. > > > http://www.landsecurities.com/press.asp?PageID=25&MediaID=15&InitialView=False > > Gordo > > P.S. Who said "content is king"? > > > At 16:07 +0100 18/10/07, Brian Butterworth wrote: > >That's great news! > > > >On 18/10/2007, Matthew Cashmore > ><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > >No major news here Brian - business as normal. > > > >m > > > > > >On 18/10/07 14:09, "Brian Butterworth" > ><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >I was just wondering what is to happen to > ><http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/> Backstage.bbc.co.uk > ><http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/><http://Backstage.bbc.co.uk> as part > >of the Thompson plans? > > > ><http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7050440.stm> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7050440.stm > > > >'Future Media & Technology Online, mobile, interactive, archives > > 120 - 130 Redundancies ' > > > > > > > >_______________________ > >Matthew Cashmore > >Development Producer > > > >BBC Future Media & Technology, Research and Innovation > >BC5C3, Broadcast Centre, Media Village, W12 7TP > > > >T: 020 8008 3959 (02 83959) > >M: 07711 913241 (072 83959) > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Please email me back if you need any more help. > > > >Brian Butterworth > ><http://www.ukfree.tv> www.ukfree.tv > > > -- > "Think Feynman"///////// > http://pobox.com/~gordo/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/// > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >
