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BBC Studios and Post Production is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC, providing television studios, post production and digital media services. It works with broadcasters and media companies, making award-winning content for a variety of broadcasters including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five and Sky, from Deal or No Deal and A League of Their Own, to EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing. BBC Studios and Post Production also preserves, re-masters and manages content through its digital archiving, restoration and distribution services business, working with content owners like Imperial War Museum to conserve and maximise the value of their material. In 2013 its digital media services team won a FOCAL International award for restoration work on two landmark David Attenborough nature documentary series, Life on Earth (1979) and Trials of Life (1990). Whilst BBC Television Centre in West London is being redeveloped, BBC Studios and Post Production has moved its London studios business to BBC Elstree Centre where it makes EastEnders and operates BBC Elstree Studio D (larger than the flagship Studio 1 at Television Centre and home to Children in Need 2013) and Election 2014/2015 coverage. It is also leasing stages from Elstree Film Studios and with co-investment from Hertsmere Council has transformed them into fully equipped TV studios. BBC Studios and Post Production will be returning to Television Centre in 2017 where it will operate Studios 1, 2 and 3 .〔(h ) http://www.bbcstudiosandpostproduction.com/our-services/studios/television-centre/〕 The company provides production facilities for Endemol's ''Deal or No Deal'' for Channel 4 at The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol. Its digital media services business is based at a purpose-built permanent facility at Odyssey Business Park, South Ruislip. ==History== The company was established as BBC Resources in 1998, making an operating profit of £1.3 million in its first full year. It was divided into four business units: BBC Studios, BBC Post Production, BBC Outside Broadcasts, and BBC Costume + Wigs. A team led by Andrew Thornton were appointed by the BBC to manage the sale, with Ernst & Young acting as external advisers. The team were accountable to a BBC steering group including Zarin Patel and Peter Salmon. Advertisements were placed in the ''Financial Times'', ''The Times'' and ''Broadcast'' on 16 August 2007 inviting expressions of interest for the acquisition of this commercial subsidiary, with the aim of completing the transfer of engagements by the end of March 2008, subject to contract negotiations and approvals.〔http://www.bbcstudiosandpostproduction.com/news/070815_res_sale.html〕 On 6 November 2007 ''The Guardian'' reported that the privatisation could be left with a shortfall of up to £15m to cover the transfer of the pensions of BBC Resources staff to a potential new employer.〔Wikinews:BBC Resources sale could be unprofitable〕 The BBC has never released the names of the short-listed companies, with ''The Guardian'' reporting - in early 2008 - more leaks over concerns about pension obligations and asbestos exposure. On 7 March 2008 it was announced that the outside broadcast division would be sold, as expected, to Satellite Information Services〔- with a surprise announcement that the studios operation (employing around 350 staff at Television Centre and Elstree) would remain in BBC ownership. The BBC Costume + Wigs division closed in February 2008, as it was no longer commercially viable and the costumes were sold as a going concern to Angels Costumiers. Following a lengthy sales process, which was announced in December 2005 but delayed until August 2007, BBC Outside Broadcasts was sold in March 2008 to SIS Communications. In August 2008 Mark Thomas became CEO of BBC Resources. On 1 December 2008 the management team announced that nearly 200 jobs would be lost by June 2009 as part of a restructuring move to make the business smaller, more flexible and resilient to changes in demand. This affected up to 38 Editors, 26 Assistants as well as operational staff, administration and support staff. In early June 2008, the fate of the third business was put on hold with the BBC stating that "for the time being, we are no longer actively in discussion with a buyer for Post Production" and that "like Studios, Post Production will remain within BBC Resources, which will continue to operate as a wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC". The staff newspaper Ariel had reported on 18 March that Post's 400 staff had been told that the BBC "may need to look at other solutions if the business is not sold at this stage". Figures show that £3.4m had been spent on "consultants, legal and internal costs" during the sell-off. The sale of BBC Outside Broadcasts generated a profit of £7.7 million.〔BBC Resources Financial Statements 31 March 2009〕 In April 2009 the company announced it was merging the Studios and Post Production businesses, changing the company name to BBC Studios and Post Production and appointing a new leadership team. The company made a small trading loss in 2008-09. However, it made a small operating profit in 2009-10.〔http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/technology/bbc-spp-set-to-wield-jobs-axe/5012326.article〕 In September 2012, Anna Mallett joined BBC Studio and Post Production as CEO〔http://www.bbcstudiosandpostproduction.com/blog/new-ceo-appointed-for-bbc-studios-and-post-production/?source=category〕 and led the company through the move out of Television Centre into two new locations - Elstree and South Ruislip. In October 2014, Anna Mallet left the company to take the lead in developing proposals within the wider BBC. David Conway was appointed Managing Director of BBC Studios and Post Production from the role of Chief Operation Officer, which he held from May 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BBC Studios and Post Production」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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