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BBC axes hundreds of news and TV jobs in £500m savings drive (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by SiliconAvatar@startrek.website to c/doctorwho@startrek.website

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BBC director-general Matt Brittin has announced that 550 of the planned 1,800 to 2,000 job cuts at the corporation will be taken from BBC News and TV and radio-related roles.

The 57-year-old has also announced the BBC is to axe programmes and cut content spending by £80 million, and added it would “review our broadcast TV channels and radio network portfolio” as more of its audience moves online, while attempting to sustain “output” and “audience value and impact”.

The BBC has not indicated which programmes would be axed under the plans.

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In response to the announcement, head of media and entertainment union, Bectu, Philippa Childs, said it is “far from ideal” that the cuts are taking place at the same time as the BBC’s charter renewal.

She said: “I’m not sure how you can make informed decisions about the long-term future of the organisation when it will be in a substantially diminished place at the end of the process than the beginning.

[…]

“The charter renewal must put the BBC’s funding on a secure, long-term pathway or it risks death by a thousand cuts.”

So that's fairly dire for anybody hoping the BBC can shoulder a show like Doctor Who without substantial external funding.

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[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I can't believe I used to respect these people

[–] SiliconAvatar@startrek.website 2 points 7 hours ago

Well, they're public funded to a large degree. I don't have any real insight into UK public service media and how the BBC ended up here, but I wouldn't be surprised if this has to do with general public spending cuts to fund tax reductions 🤷

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Not my country, but the Beeb seems to be having a bit of an existential crisis at best...entering a death spiral, at worst.

[–] SiliconAvatar@startrek.website 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Not mine either, but I share your concerns. Doctor Who is clearly only a minor part of all this, in light of thousands of jobs on the line not even a significant part. Given the subject of this community, however... wanna bet this is going to affect the show's future? 😣

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 11 hours ago

I think you hit it on the head in the post - funding an expensive sci-fi series (and no matter how much they slash the budget, it would still be "expensive") is a non-starter.

[–] murmelade@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 hours ago

It's the states main propaganda tool, they'll be fine.