Microsoft has been sucked into the row surrounding a
London-based media company currently under investigation by
broadcasters for making editorial programmes without declaring it had a
commercial relationship with some of those it featured.
Both the BBC and the US-owned broadcaster CNBC are investigating FBC Media
following an investigation by The Independent which showed it had
made numerous factual programmes about Malaysia after being allocated
millions of pounds by the country's government to promote it.
This newspaper has evidence that Microsoft was "guaranteed" coverage
on a flagship programme which FBC was commissioned to make for CNBC – which
is screened in Britain – for a major launch that the global technology
company was planning in Europe. CNBC recently suspended the show, World
Business, pending the outcome of its investigation. Read More
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