Ex director-general of the BBC, Mark Thompson, is set to face questions from a parliament committee today, surrounding the failure of the BBC’s Digital Media Initiative (DMI).

The public affairs committee will see MP’s question current and former members of the BBC surrounding the failure of the multi-million pound project.

The DMI was expected to create cost and time savings but the project was scrapped in 2013 after more than £125 million was invested.

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Committee chair MP Margaret Hodge, said: “I look forward to discussing this with senior, and former senior, members of the BBC, such as former director general Mark Thompson, when they come before us."

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