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| BBC admits keeping charity money | BBC admits keeping charity money |
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| The BBC is to broadcast an apology after admitting a subsidiary company kept £106,000 from premium-rate phone- ins that should have gone to charity. | The BBC is to broadcast an apology after admitting a subsidiary company kept £106,000 from premium-rate phone- ins that should have gone to charity. |
| A further £6,000 will be donated after viewers were accidentally told to ring in to vote in last year's UK Eurovision final when lines were closed. | A further £6,000 will be donated after viewers were accidentally told to ring in to vote in last year's UK Eurovision final when lines were closed. |
| The errors were discovered during an audit for the BBC Trust. | The errors were discovered during an audit for the BBC Trust. |
| The other programmes, which have not been named, relate to Audiocall, a firm owned by BBC Worldwide. | The other programmes, which have not been named, relate to Audiocall, a firm owned by BBC Worldwide. |
| The BBC said the sums that should have been paid to charity have now been repaid with interest. | The BBC said the sums that should have been paid to charity have now been repaid with interest. |
| Its director general, Mark Thompson, has been asked by the trust to consider disciplinary action against a small number of staff. | Its director general, Mark Thompson, has been asked by the trust to consider disciplinary action against a small number of staff. |
| Industry-wide problems | |
| Sir Michael Lyons is chairman of the BBC Trust | |
| The incidents, detailed in a report commissioned by the BBC Trust, happened between October 2005 and September 2006. | |
| Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons blamed "unacceptable behaviour from a small number of staff". | Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons blamed "unacceptable behaviour from a small number of staff". |
| He said that while a "clear editorial failure" led to the problem with Eurovision, where the phone lines were also being handled by Audiocall, in the other cases "the problems were entirely with Audiocall". | |
| Sir Michael said the BBC Trust was "shocked to find another problem". | |
| It follows a series of problems for the UK's main broadcasters involving premium-rate phone lines. | |
| On Thursday, ITV was fined a record £5.675m by industry regulator Ofcom for abusing their services in viewer competitions. |