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BBC Admits To Premium Rate Phone-In Problems; Pays $246,000 To Charity

May 9, 2008 1:59 PM

The UK’s premium rate phone-in scandal rumbles on. The BBC admitted today that £106,000 ($212,000) raised for charity through a premium rate fundraising phone-in was in fact kept by Audiocall, a subsidiary of the corporation’s commercial division. The broadcaster said it would pay the sum plus interest—£123,000 ($246,000) to the…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Companies, Countries, Europe, UK, audiocall, bbc

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