More of the same

Both News-watch and us here at ITBB have been watching the watchers for a while. 

The BBC's watchers are Ofcom's Content board. 

Back in 2016, eight out of thirteen of them were ex-BBC. 

So I read today, via an old friend of the blog over at our cousins, that some new members of Ofcom's Content board have been announced today. 

It's the same old song.

There's former BBC World Service boss, editor of Panorama, Newsnight and the BBC's elections coverage Peter Horrocks for starters - a very familiar name to BBC watchers. 

Then there's former Controller of BBC2 and BBC4 Kim Shillinglaw. 

And Dekan Apajee, who worked for the BBC from 2002-2012.

And Rachel Coldicutt, who has been "working at the cutting edge of new technology" for the BBC among others.

The two others, Anna-Sophie Harling and Tobin Ireland, don't appear to have any BBC connections.

I bet the BBC is intensely relaxed about these latest appointments.