VLV Meetings

Voice of the Listener & Viewer holds a range of meetings and seminars on broadcasting issues throughout the year. Details of forthcoming meetings will be posted here as soon as they are available.

Meetings in 2010

An Evening Seminar with Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman, BBC Trust held on Wednesday, 30th June 2010  6.30pm - 7.45pm at The Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1 with Patrick Barwise, Professor Emeritus, Management and Marketing, The London Business School in the chair.

  Sir Michael Lyon's speech      press release pre event      press release post event

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Previous VLV Meetings:

The Voice of the Listener & Viewer Celebrates it's 25th year at BAFTA

Clips from the most admired television and radio programmes from the last 25 years were shown at VLV's Big BAFTA night on Wednesday, 7th October 2009, the last special event in it's 25th anniversary years hosted by Andrew Marr.

more information

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Andrew Marr

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The Voice of the Listener & Viewer, The Media Society and YouGovStone present:

'The Big Broadcasting Debate: What's to Become of British Television?'

Tuesday, 9th June 2009 6.30pm (Registration 6pm)

at One Alfred Place, London WC1

With the imminent collapse of Britain's commercial television system and the death rattle of public service broadcasting outside the BBC emanating from television sets nationwide, we ask you to weigh in on the future of broadcasting.  With the help of a specially commissioned YouGovStone survey of opinion leaders in many different fields Richard Lindley, Chairman of Voice of the Listener & Viewer, will guide his panel, and take your questions in The Big Broadcasting Debate: What's to become of British Television?'

Press Release       

A car breakdown prevented David Elstein taking part in The Big Broadcasting Debate as planned.  Please click  here for the speech he had intended to give.

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Event: VLV Evening Seminar with the Secretary of State Andy Burnham MP                    

Date:   Tuesday 9th December 2008, 6pm

Venue: House of Commons, London SW1

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Event: VLV Evening Seminar with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport,

           The Rt Hon Andy Burnham

Date: 24th June 2008

Venue: The Grand Committee Room, Palace of Westminster, London SW1

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Event: The Future of Public Service Broadcasting - the last debate?

           An Evening Seminar in association with the LSE media think-tank, Polis

Date: 3rd June 2008

Venue:  LSE, Kingsway, London WC2

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Event: Special Meeting on BBC Charter Renewal

Date: 4th March 2004 

Venue: 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1.

Further details of the 4th March meeting.