A group of senior BBC executives are campaigning to introduce a BBC-wide ban on actors, writers and other talent involved in its productions using social networking sites such as Twitter to disclose details of their work.
According to senior sources, the need for a ban "was a widely held view" and "conversations have started" regarding a change to contracts to forbid talent from using Twitter and other public internet forums to discuss details of their involvement in BBC productions if the information is confidential or sensitive.
The campaign follows a spate of revelations on Twitter which, the executives claim, have disrupted press and marketing campaigns. They hope a ban will prevent storyline spoilers, casting news or press announcements from leaking out.
Recent examples which are understood to have caused consternation include the singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor's disclosure on Twitter that she was to appear in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's new comedy Life's Too Short alongside Sting. Her seemingly innocent tweet is understood to have undermined a carefully crafted BBC announcement of the rock star's appearance.
Other examples of inadvertent indiscretions include actor Stephen Mangan's revelation on Twitter that the drama Dirk Gently had been recommissioned and Armando Iannucci's announcement of a return of the comedy The Thick of It before the BBC was ready to make it public.
Taken from: SpoilerTV www.spoilertv.com/2011/07/bbc-considering-banni...
Long story short, бибиси хотят запретить звездам пользоваться твиттером, типа актеры спойлерят не по делу.
Ха. ха. ха. Вы видели пресс релизы бибиси? Они вместо тизеров к каждой серии выкладывают полное саммари всего эпизода, и так за полгода до выхода серии. О каких спойлерах идет речь?
Идиотизм.