Our development priorities are updated for every commissioning round (last updated November 2008). We also include information on the commissioning team and process.

Music and Events now commissions all video content on all platforms including bbc.co.uk, mobiles and interactive 'red button' services as well as for television.

Background

Music and Events at the BBC cover the very best of performance in all genres, for all audiences, covered with passion, imagination and authority.

We're always keen provide deeper, more enjoyable coverage and programming to our passionate existing audience but we're also continuously on the look out for new ways to engage more people with music across the board.

Development Priorities July 2009 - October 2009

Full details of our specific Development Priorities will be available here following their completion by the new Commissioner for Music & Events, Jan Younghusband.

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What's been working well?

Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra was a remarkable success on BBC TWO; bringing a broad range of classical music viewers and comedy fans of all ages to the channel.

Maestro
An ambitious and innovative way of bringing a mass audience to classical music on BBC TWO.

Glastonbury continues to grow from strength to strength on BBC THREE, across all platforms, reaching nearly 6 million enraptured viewers over the course of the festival.

The Passions of Vaughan Williams
This musical and psychological portrait of classical composer Ralph Vaughan Williams provided the depth and expert knowledge audiences expect from BBC FOUR.

The Audience

BBC ONE is a channel for everyone, and works best when it unites whole households in front of the television. Think about broad reaching appeal and multiple reasons to watch for different types of audience.

BBC TWO continues to find innovative ways to engage a curious audience with music and events in all shapes and forms.

Music is the lifeblood of much of the 16-34 year old BBC THREE audience, and our festival coverage is absolutely key to becoming a channel "for them".

Music thrives on BBC FOUR, where in-depth coverage and programming of iconic individuals and movements are regularly a tremendous success for an inquisitive, engaged audience.

Tariffs

Please read the full details regarding factual genre tariffs for independents.

Your Feedback

Your feedback about these development priorities is welcome here

• As from April 2007, all proposals must now be submitted via our e-Commissioning system.
• This enables both in-house and independent producers to track their submissions online.
• Proposals will no longer be accepted via email.

Timeline

• All proposals are registered on a confidential database and independent suppliers receive an acknowledgement of their proposal within two weeks of receipt.

• The relevant Commissioning Editor will either reject or progress proposals within six weeks of receipt (four weeks from acknowledgement.)

• Proposals may be provided with funded development, in which case the timetable to commission will be subject to negotiation between the external supplier and the BBC and determined by the development contract.

• The final decision will be no later than 20 weeks of receipt of the proposal. A successful proposal will be given approval by the relevant Commissioning Editor.

• Projects may be held over in exceptional circumstances but only with the formal agreement of the supplier.

Queries

• At any point during this maximum 20 week period, an external supplier may write to the Commissioning Editor asking for a progress report and be guaranteed a response within 10 working days of receipt.

Page last updated 31 July 2009