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BT's Bland Is New Media Top Dog
News BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland is the sixth most powerful individual in the UK's media sector, according to Monday's edition of The Guardian. This year's Media Guardian 100 list puts Bland behind only Rupert Murdoch, BBC director-general Greg...
[July 8, 2002, 12:55]
BT To Press Ahead On Hyperlink Case
News Sir Christopher Bland, chairman of BT, told a press conference on Thursday that BT was pressing ahead with its controversial legal claim. But speaking at BT's London headquarters, Sir Christopher Bland launched a bullish defence of his company's...
[February 7, 2002, 16:50]
BT's Vallance To Be Replaced By BBC Chairman
News He will be replaced by BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland. Speaking on Radio 4's Today Programme, Sir Christopher Bland explained that he had no immediate plans to replace Bonfield. Guy says that Sir Christopher Bland can't pull miracles out of the...
[April 26, 2001, 7:35]
Rake To Succeed Bland At BT Helm
News Rake, who acquired his knighthood in the most recent New Year Honours List, will succeed Sir Christopher Bland as head of the incumbent British telco in September. Sir Christopher Bland has done a magnificent job setting BT on a secure financial...
[February 19, 2007, 15:33]
Next BT Chairman Hints At Future Plans
News Rake is currently chairman of accountancy firm KPMG, and will take over from Sir Christopher Bland at BT in September. When Sir Christopher Bland arrived at BT in 2001 he faced a deficit of £29bn, which forced him into tough measures.
[February 21, 2007, 12:25]
Rural Areas Face 20-year Wait For Broadband
News Sir Christopher Bland insisted that it simply is not economically viable for BT to roll out ADSL to parts of Britain that are sparsely populated -- both today and in the next few years. According to Sir Christopher Bland, if the government is...
[February 5, 2002, 15:02]
BT Gets Its Broadcasting Licence
News As Sir Christopher Bland [BT's chairman] has already said, our priorities lie elsewhere at the moment -- with broadband, for example," a BT spokesman told ZDNet. Comments made by Sir Christopher Bland -- a former chairman of the BBC -- in January...
[March 5, 2002, 12:41]
Freeserve Boss To Follow Sir Iain?
News Sir Iain Vallance, chairman of BT since 1987, will stand down on 1 May to make way for ex-BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland. Guy says that Sir Christopher Bland can't pull miracles out of the hat for the BBC; so there's no reason to suspect he has...
[April 26, 2001, 14:22]
BT To Subsidise Broadband Ad Blitz
News BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland -- who some observers thought might clash with Verwaayen -- paid tribute to the way that the "flying Dutchman" had "hit the floor running, and running fast". At the press conference, Sir Christopher Bland took the...
[May 16, 2002, 17:27]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Sir Christopher Bland is on the wireless. Friday 19/04/2002 Ex-chairman of the BBC, now chairman of BT, he's on Desert Island Discs, being terribly hearty and rather annoying in a smug, chummy sort of way.
[April 22, 2002, 11:38]
Outgoing BT Chief Hints At Fibre Rollout
News Sir Christopher Bland, who relinquishes his role at BT in September, said on Wednesday that BT could opt for a deployment of what is known as "fibre to the kerb", or "fibre to the cabinet". Speaking to the Financial Times, Bland referred to fibre...
[July 19, 2007, 14:40]
Sir Michael's Five-point Plan For BT's Future
Leader BT has hired Sir Michael Rake to replace Sir Christopher Bland as BT chairman. When Bland came in five years ago, he famously had a 10-point to-do list to get the company back in financial shape and back in focus.
[February 20, 2007, 12:32]
BT Broadcasting Plans Get City Thumbs-down
News The telco saw its share price drop steadily earlier this week, after company chairman Sir Christopher Bland gave an interview suggesting that BT was considering a move into broadcasting, and might even begin creating its own programmes.
[January 11, 2002, 14:59]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Sir Christopher Bland, chairman of the BBC. At 62, Sir Christopher may best be thought of as a company doctor on a grand scale, coming in to fix the most pressing financial mayhem but not planning to stick around when the day finally comes that BT...
[April 27, 2001, 17:51]
BT Sells French Stake To Vodafone
News Sir Christopher Bland, BT's chairman, said: "This is an excellent transaction for BT's shareholders. Sir Christopher Gent, chief executive of Vodafone, said: "Our investment in France, which began 14 years ago, is a long-term commitment and I am...
[October 16, 2002, 15:39]
Thursday
Blog Sir Christopher Bland had previously declined to admit that the case might be a bad idea. Those words of Sir Christopher will be remembered long after the case has been otherwise forgotten, a case which as the judge made clear had very little merit...
[August 23, 2002, 15:58]
BT Loses Hyperlink Patent Case
News Shortly before the case went to trial in February, BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland dismissed suggestions that BT would be wise to ditch the lawsuit. The case will go ahead," said Bland at the time. The idea that we should abandon this suit in...
[August 23, 2002, 10:23]
BT Denies Network Sell-off Rumours
News BT's chairman, Sir Christopher Bland, said in an interview this week that BT could become a rival to satellite broadcaster BSkyB. Speaking to The Sunday Times, ex-BBC chairman Bland said that BT was considering a wide range of options in its battle...
[January 7, 2002, 12:23]
News Schmooze: Of Microsoft And Meta Pads
News Topping the bill was BT, led by combative chairman Sir Christopher Bland -- but the event's peachiest moment came when AOL was giving evidence. Amid the guffawing, Bland's casual claim that Britain's rural idylls may have a 20-year wait for...
[February 8, 2002, 12:12]
Danon Leaves BT For Capgemini
News BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland spoke of the "superb job" Danon had done and said the Frenchman had played a part in "building an exciting future for BT". Pierre Danon, BT Retail chief executive, is to leave the UK telco and become chief...
[November 26, 2004, 7:50]
