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| BBC cuts back programmes and jobs | BBC cuts back programmes and jobs |
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| BBC TV audiences can expect more repeats and fewer original programmes, under plans to reduce the size of the corporation revealed on Thursday. | BBC TV audiences can expect more repeats and fewer original programmes, under plans to reduce the size of the corporation revealed on Thursday. |
| Up to 1,800 staff will also be made redundant - primarily in news, BBC programme-making and regional centres. | Up to 1,800 staff will also be made redundant - primarily in news, BBC programme-making and regional centres. |
| The BBC will also sell-off its flagship Television Centre, under the plans to make up a £2bn budget shortfall. | The BBC will also sell-off its flagship Television Centre, under the plans to make up a £2bn budget shortfall. |
| Director General Mark Thompson said the plan will deliver "a smaller, but fitter, BBC" in the digital age. | Director General Mark Thompson said the plan will deliver "a smaller, but fitter, BBC" in the digital age. |
| Breakdown of BBC redundancies | Breakdown of BBC redundancies |
| The six-year-plan, called Delivering Creative Future, was prompted by a smaller than expected licence fee settlement from the government. | The six-year-plan, called Delivering Creative Future, was prompted by a smaller than expected licence fee settlement from the government. |
| Every part of the BBC will be required to make efficiency savings. | Every part of the BBC will be required to make efficiency savings. |
| But unions are threatening to take strike action over the cuts if the BBC calls for volunteers for redundancy on Friday. | |
| The main changes include: | The main changes include: |
| Closing 2,500 job posts over the next six years. | Closing 2,500 job posts over the next six years. |
| About 700 jobs will be created, resulting in an estimated 1,800 redundancies | About 700 jobs will be created, resulting in an estimated 1,800 redundancies |
| Making 10% less original TV programmes by 2012/13, focusing on fewer, high quality shows. | Making 10% less original TV programmes by 2012/13, focusing on fewer, high quality shows. |
| Establishing an integrated newsroom - merging TV, radio, and online | Establishing an integrated newsroom - merging TV, radio, and online |
| Reduce the size of the BBC's property portfolio by selling BBC Television Centre by 2012/13 | Reduce the size of the BBC's property portfolio by selling BBC Television Centre by 2012/13 |
| Scrapping proposals for new activities, including plans for four new local radio stations | Scrapping proposals for new activities, including plans for four new local radio stations |
| 'Minimum' repeats | 'Minimum' repeats |
| Across TV as a whole, the BBC plans to commission 10% fewer hours, saving £100m every year. | Across TV as a whole, the BBC plans to commission 10% fewer hours, saving £100m every year. |
| Despite press speculation, digital channels BBC Three and BBC Four will remain. | Despite press speculation, digital channels BBC Three and BBC Four will remain. |
| HAVE YOUR SAY More repeats are fine so long as you show programmes people want to see again Paul Tapner, Poole, UK class="" href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=3699&edition=1">Send us your comments Jana Bennett, director of BBC Vision, said there would be an emphasis on quality. | |
| Repeats during the BBC One peak viewing times would continue to be kept at a minimum. | Repeats during the BBC One peak viewing times would continue to be kept at a minimum. |
| Programmes like Panorama, Imagine, Horizon and Who Do You Think You Are? are "safe", but there will be less light factual "middle-ground" programming, she said. | Programmes like Panorama, Imagine, Horizon and Who Do You Think You Are? are "safe", but there will be less light factual "middle-ground" programming, she said. |
| Ms Bennett also said there would be a "significant investment" in High-Definition TV, which launches next year, and a shift to on-demand and interactive programming. | Ms Bennett also said there would be a "significant investment" in High-Definition TV, which launches next year, and a shift to on-demand and interactive programming. |
| She said plans to make programmes available through the iPlayer and other interactive platforms were "meeting the needs of our audience". | She said plans to make programmes available through the iPlayer and other interactive platforms were "meeting the needs of our audience". |
| Some BBC staff protested about the plans on Wednesday | |
| Despite 660 redundancies in BBC Vision, she said the BBC would continue to provide a wide range of original drama, such as Spooks, as well as comedy, popular entertainment, and "world class" factual output. | Despite 660 redundancies in BBC Vision, she said the BBC would continue to provide a wide range of original drama, such as Spooks, as well as comedy, popular entertainment, and "world class" factual output. |
| Up to 370 people will be made redundant in BBC News by 2012, but the process is expected to be pushed through "as fast as possible". | Up to 370 people will be made redundant in BBC News by 2012, but the process is expected to be pushed through "as fast as possible". |
| 'Powerful vision' | 'Powerful vision' |
| Mr Thompson told staff: "BBC News is, and will remain, the cornerstone of the whole organisation. The proportion of content spend that goes to News will go up not down over the coming years. | Mr Thompson told staff: "BBC News is, and will remain, the cornerstone of the whole organisation. The proportion of content spend that goes to News will go up not down over the coming years. |
| "We have a powerful and coherent vision of what BBC News can become in a fully digital world. | "We have a powerful and coherent vision of what BBC News can become in a fully digital world. |
| "We think we can significantly reduce duplication in newsgathering and production without our most important flagships like Today and Newsnight losing their distinctiveness and their character." | "We think we can significantly reduce duplication in newsgathering and production without our most important flagships like Today and Newsnight losing their distinctiveness and their character." |
| Plans for BBC journalism include an enhanced on-demand news, sport and local information for the digital age. | Plans for BBC journalism include an enhanced on-demand news, sport and local information for the digital age. |
| There are also plans to build content for younger audiences, including a multi-media Radio 1 Newsbeat. | There are also plans to build content for younger audiences, including a multi-media Radio 1 Newsbeat. |
| Nothing said today reassures us that the BBC is committed to meaningful negotiations over the change Jeremy Dear, NUJ | |
| Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt told BBC News 24 he had concerns at the nature of the job cuts. | |
| "I think the BBC can't be immune to the need to make efficiency savings, but the real worry is that these are in core areas," he said. | |
| "Around a fifth of the redundancies are in BBC News, which is the bit of the BBC that people think the BBC do very well. | |
| "You have to be very careful that if you are streamlining newsrooms it does not affect quality, as a far as audiences are concerned." | |
| 'Hell-bent' | |
| Gerry Morrissey, general secretary of broadcasting union Bectu, said while the union accepts savings have to be made, strike action is guaranteed if the BBC goes ahead with predicted voluntary redundancies. | |
| He said: "The BBC seems hell-bent on calling for volunteers for redundancy tomorrow. If they do that, we will start a ballot for industrial action. | |
| "Mark Thompson agreed with us on the principle of retraining and redeployment, but that is meaningless if they start calling for volunteers." | |
| Jeremy Dear, general secretary of the NUJ, said: "Nothing said today reassures us that the BBC is committed to meaningful negotiations over the change... unless the BBC reconsiders its position, strike action looks inevitable." | |
BBC NET REDUNDANCIES BY DEPARTMENTResponsible for Redundancies Vision Factual, children's and entertainment television 640 - 660 Nations and Regions Regional news and programmes 510 - 550 News News for TV, radio and new media 355 - 370 Future Media & Technology Online, mobile, interactive, archives 120 - 130 Audio and Music Music radio, audio on other platforms 65 - 75 Sport Sport on TV, radio and new media Up to 20 Professional Services Marketing, legal, finance etc Up to 75 | BBC NET REDUNDANCIES BY DEPARTMENTResponsible for Redundancies Vision Factual, children's and entertainment television 640 - 660 Nations and Regions Regional news and programmes 510 - 550 News News for TV, radio and new media 355 - 370 Future Media & Technology Online, mobile, interactive, archives 120 - 130 Audio and Music Music radio, audio on other platforms 65 - 75 Sport Sport on TV, radio and new media Up to 20 Professional Services Marketing, legal, finance etc Up to 75 Total net redundancies of about 1,800 expected |
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