By John Glenday

The BBC has reaffirmed its blanket ban on hosting adverts online in the UK after acknowledging that to do so would harm commercial competitors.

Director general Tony Hall confirmed the stance under questioning during a special session of the public accounts committee when he said: “The problem is if we started taking advertising online, we would be doing something we said we won’t do.

“There are others out there whose funding model – we are privileged to be funded by license fee – there are others who are trying to do other jobs in information and all sorts of other ways funded Read full story ›

Source: The Drum