Executive Board MINUTES AND ACTIONS 11 th February 2015 16.00 17.30 Room 3028, Old Broadcasting House 1. Minutes of the January Board Meeting 2. Budget Book 3. News Computer System Investment Proposal Attendees Present Tony Hall Anne Bulford Tim Davie Danny Cohen James Harding James Purnell Helen Boaden Fiona Reynolds Alice Perkins Dharmash Mistry Nick Hytner Simon Burke Director-General (Chair) Managing Director, Finance and Operations CEO, BBC Worldwide and Director, Global Director, Television Director, News and Current Affairs Director, Strategy and Digital Director, Radio Senior With Clare Sumner Phil Harrold Matthew Godfrey Ian Haythornthwaite Richard Dawkins Chief of Staff Company Secretary Head of Executive Business Director, Finance Chief Financial and Operating Officer, BBC News Apologies Howard Stringer Alan Yentob Creative Director
1. Minutes of the December Board Meeting Summary: The minutes of the January meeting of the Executive Board were approved. 2. Budget Book Summary: The Board discussed the draft BBC budget for 2015/16, noted that there were no major issues to resolve in that financial year, and recommended that a detailed budget book be brought to the next meeting of the Board for approval. 3. News Computer System Investment Proposal Summary: The Board discussed the need for an improved News production system and requested that the paperwork for this item should be revised for offline approval.
Executive Board MINUTES AND ACTIONS 23rd February 2015 12.30 16.00 Brian Redhead Room, Quay House, MediaCityUK 4. Global and Commercial Discussion 5. Sports Rights Presentation Attendees Present Tony Hall Anne Bulford Tim Davie Danny Cohen James Harding James Purnell Helen Boaden Fiona Reynolds Dharmash Mistry Simon Burke Howard Stringer With Alan Yentob Phil Harrold Matthew Godfrey Gautam Rangarajan Rebecca Hoyle James Heath Jay Scanlan Suzanne Heywood Barbara Slater Apologies Nick Hytner Alice Perkins Director-General (Chair) Managing Director, Finance and Operations CEO, BBC Worldwide and Director, Global Director, Television Director, News and Current Affairs Director, Strategy and Digital Director, Radio Senior Creative Director Company Secretary Head of Executive Business Director, Strategy Controller of Strategy: Commercial, Production, Global and Ops Director, Policy and Charter McKinsey McKinsey Director, Sport
4. Global and Commercial discussion Summary: The board had an extended discussion on Global and Commercial options. A number of issues were discussed including partnerships, distribution and structure of future operations. Options for delivery both within the UK and internationally were discussed. This was an initial discussion and no decisions were required from the Board at this stage. 5. Sports Rights Presentation Summary: Barbara Slater, Director of Sport, presented the BBC s Sports rights strategy to the Board.
Executive Board MINUTES AND ACTIONS 24th February 2015 9.30 16.00 Liverpool 6. DG Update 7. Charter Campaign 8. Licence Fee Modernisation 9. Production Strategy 10. Forward Look and Objectives 11. Management Information Pack 12. Budget Sign-Off 13. BBC Store Update 14. General Election Briefing 15. Charter Review: Taking Stock Attendees Present Tony Hall Tim Davie Danny Cohen James Harding James Purnell Helen Boaden Fiona Reynolds Dharmash Mistry Simon Burke Howard Stringer With Alan Yentob Clare Sumner Phil Harrold Matthew Godfrey James Heath Rebecca Hoyle Anna Mallet Stuart Sparkes Ed Shedd Ian Haythornthwaite Philip Almond Jane Lingham Marcus Arthur Director-General (Chair) CEO, BBC Worldwide and Director, Global Director, Television Director, News and Current Affairs Director, Strategy and Digital Director, Radio Senior Creative Director Chief of Staff Company Secretary Head of Executive Business Director, Policy and Charter Controller of Strategy: Commercial, Production, Global and Ops Director and Project Lead, BBC Production Deloitte Deloitte Director, Finance Director, Marketing and Audiences Director, Brand Strategy BBC Worldwide, President, UK & ANZ
Paul Dempsey Apologies Nick Hytner Alice Perkins Anne Bulford BBC Worldwide, President, Global Markets Managing Director, Finance and Operations 6. DG Update Summary: The Board congratulated BBC Worldwide on the success of Showcase and noted the recent strong performance of Eastenders and the 6 Music Festival. 7. Charter Review Summary: The Board was updated on Charter Review. 8. Licence Fee Summary: The Board discussed how to ensure the ongoing universality of the licence fee. 9. Production Strategy Summary: The Board discussed a proposal to reform BBC in-house production, as part of the compete and compare process. 10. Forward Look and Objectives Summary: The Board discussed the proposed metrics to track progress against the Corporation s 2015/16 objectives. 11. Management Information Pack Summary: The Board discussed recent RAJAR results and received an update on BBC Worldwide Sales & Distribution. 12. Budget Sign-Off Summary: The Board approved the BBC s 2015/16 budget for onward submission to the Trust.
13. BBC Store Update Summary: The Board was updated on plans to launch BBC Store, a download-to-own product linked to iplayer. 14. General Election Briefing Summary: The Director of News briefed the Board on plans for coverage of the General Election. 15. Charter Review: Taking Stock Summary: The Board further discussed the current status of the BBC s charter review work, and particularly the progress that had been made in the February meetings of the Executive Board. Papers for Approval/Noting: The following paper(s) were approved/noted: Quarterly Executive Finance Report for approval - the Board approved this report on the financial performance of the BBC for onward submission to the Trust.