BBC weather service replaces Met Office with MeteoGroup

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is set to replace Met Office with private weather company MeteoGroup after being the media house weather forecaster for 94 years.

MeteoGroup, which has offices in 17 countries, will take over the work in Spring 2017. It is the largest private sector company in weather business of the United Kingdom.

Commenting on the decision, Project Director BBC Weather procurement Nigel Charters said he was “extremely pleased” about the replacement.

Charters thinks it will further modernise BBC's weather forecasting by "making the most of new technology and science to bring our audiences an even better service".

"We always want to give viewers and listeners the clearest, most accessible and accurate information, which is why we've carried out a thorough, regulated procurement process to test all the organisations that applied on a range of areas including data, forecasting, graphics and technology," he added.

Established in 1986, MeteoGroup was first set up as Meteo Consult BV in the Netherlands by weather presenter Harry Otten.

 

The article originally appeared in The Independent