'I will keep opera-ting from BBC' TELEVISION.ITV (1) See interactive TV. (2) (iTV) The code name for Apple's video media hub (see Apple TV). bosses are fuming after failing in their bid to poach Andrew Lloyd Webber Noun 1. Andrew Lloyd Webber - English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948) Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton, Lloyd Webber from the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. . In an astonishing U-turn, the millionaire impresario pledged to stay with the Beeb after striking a deal allowing him to publicise his new West End musical. The BBC has dramatically backed down by rewriting their TV schedules so the composer's latest reality show does not clash with the launch of his Phantom of the Opera sequel, Love Never Dies. It comes five weeks after Lloyd Webber, 61, hit out at the broadcaster, threatening to defect to ITV. A source told the Mirror: "This is a major coup for the BBC. They were incensed by Andrew's remarks and desperate to make sure he saw out his contract. "His shows have become a mainstay of the BBC's schedules." CAPTION(S): COMPOSER Lloyd Webber |
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