BBC probe star wages.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. are introducing X Factor-style viewers panels to judge whether their star names are worth huge salaries. BBC newsreader A client program that is used to read messages from Internet-based discussion groups (the venerable Usenet) or syndication feeds such as RSS and Atom. Some programs provide a search and organization tool for both newsgroups and feeds as well as local e-mail messages, contacts and other Kate Silverton and Weakest Link star Anne Robinson could be among the first to be reviewed. Members of the public will be invited to help "measure the value of specific talent" in a regular survey of audiences. BBC bosses will use these results, along with ratings, the potential pay a star might get from a commercial channel and how much an audience enjoyed a programme to assess whether wages should be cut. |
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