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BBC NEWS CUTS

Cuts reactivated - P43 onwards (January 2020)

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BR
Brekkie
Cusack posted:
BFGArmy posted:
While I obviously sympathise with those who work on Victoria Derbyshire's show, have to say from the tweets on here Derbyshire's remarks do come across as slightly self-important given the meeting was about cuts for the whole of BBC News, it's not just the Victoria Derbyshire show being cut.
Similarly, the framing on social media of Victoria's show being cut and it treated as if Victoria is the last bastion of quality journalism is both ludicrous but sadly typical of social media. Victoria's show won't be the first and won't be the last news show to be cut by a broadcaster.


Totally agree. It wasn't the BBC's fault that the story leaked before they had chance to actually tell her. Sadly it happens, especially in the entertainment business.

Wasn't it leaked by the BBC media correspondent?
HA
harshy Founding member
dosxuk posted:
harshy posted:
noggin posted:

The BBC Eurovision production is handled by BBC Studios - so if Graham is contracted directly to BBC Studios for that work - then it wouldn't be included, as 'The BBC' aren't hiring him directly.

However if Graham's overall BBC talent deal includes Eurovision, and he isn't paid by BBC Studios for work on that show, then it may be part of the publicised BBC pay details.

Whether talent is paid through the production company that makes a show, or directly by the broadcaster, isn't always a hard and fast rule - so you can't assume one or the other.

No wonder the bbc have to make cuts when bbc are paying millions and millions to Lineker and Norton, lineker is just watching football games on a multi monitor in Salford quays and taking the Mickey with his rich pundits mates Sad


I would love to see you stand in for Lineker on a live programme and see how you get on.


Sure I will give it a go if I get paid millions Very Happy
BR
Brekkie
And that's the problem - on paper axing the highly paid Gary Lineker might make financial sense but anyone coming in to the show, whether male or female, is going to expect to be similarly paid. The leading contenders all have the level of experience to justify requesting that.
WH
what
I feel like there is more obvious and practical cuts they could make to the BBC’s operations as a whole:

- Shared news bulletins between local stations and Radio 2/3/4/5 live/6 music
- Utilising national presenters for networked shows on BBC Local Radio
- More shared output between BBC World News and domestic NC
- Cutback on NC fillers
- Close BBC Scotland, redeploy “The Nine” team to work on new Scottish Six as competition to STV
- Shared early morning output on CBBC and BBC Two
BM
BM11
what posted:
I feel like there is more obvious and practical cuts they could make to the BBC’s operations as a whole:

- Shared news bulletins between local stations and Radio 2/3/4/5 live/6 music
- Utilising national presenters for networked shows on BBC Local Radio
- More shared output between BBC World News and domestic NC
- Cutback on NC fillers
- Close BBC Scotland, redeploy “The Nine” team to work on new Scottish Six as competition to STV
- Shared early morning output on CBBC and BBC Two

1. Politically too difficult.
2. Sharing those two would save almost nothing.
WH
what
BM11 posted:
what posted:
I feel like there is more obvious and practical cuts they could make to the BBC’s operations as a whole:

- Shared news bulletins between local stations and Radio 2/3/4/5 live/6 music
- Utilising national presenters for networked shows on BBC Local Radio
- More shared output between BBC World News and domestic NC
- Cutback on NC fillers
- Close BBC Scotland, redeploy “The Nine” team to work on new Scottish Six as competition to STV
- Shared early morning output on CBBC and BBC Two

1. Politically too difficult.
2. Sharing those two would save almost nothing.

I thought the Scottish Six was what they wanted in the first place?
BM
BM11
what posted:
BM11 posted:
what posted:
I feel like there is more obvious and practical cuts they could make to the BBC’s operations as a whole:

- Shared news bulletins between local stations and Radio 2/3/4/5 live/6 music
- Utilising national presenters for networked shows on BBC Local Radio
- More shared output between BBC World News and domestic NC
- Cutback on NC fillers
- Close BBC Scotland, redeploy “The Nine” team to work on new Scottish Six as competition to STV
- Shared early morning output on CBBC and BBC Two

1. Politically too difficult.
2. Sharing those two would save almost nothing.

I thought the Scottish Six was what they wanted in the first place?

Want both now - a trade is not going to deflect the criticism.
MI
m_in_m
I'm surprised that many of the BBC Regional News programmes still have two presenters. This feels like a saving that is inevitable.
JK
JKDerry
Why should CBBC and BBC Two share output?
IS
Inspector Sands
what posted:
I feel like there is more obvious and practical cuts they could make to the BBC’s operations as a whole:

- Shared news bulletins between local stations and Radio 2/3/4/5 live/6 music
- Utilising national presenters for networked shows on BBC Local Radio
- Cutback on NC fillers


- there's already sharing of news/news readers between 2 and 6 and 1 and 1 Xtra.
News bulletins vary in style and content, a bulletin on 5 Live is very different to one on Radio 4 and both are different to a local station. If the locals have to share bulletins with a national station then they wouldn't have any local news

There has long been a service called GNS that provides national news to local stations.

- how does it save money using national presenters on local stations? If anything that might cost more as they'll want more money than the standard local radio show

- if by fillers you mean the half hour programmes, they're made for BBC World News so exist anyway. If they weren't shown on the News Channel they'd still have to spend money to fill the airtime
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CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
BM11 posted:
what posted:
BM11 posted:
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1. Politically too difficult.
2. Sharing those two would save almost nothing.

I thought the Scottish Six was what they wanted in the first place?

Want both now - a trade is not going to deflect the criticism.

If I recall during the Scottish independence referendum those wanting independence were calling for the licence fee in Scotland to be used to fund a Scottish Broadcasting Corporation (or similar). The existence of the BBC Scotland channel helps counter such calls/demands in future, which a 'Scottish Six' wouldn't have.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Not tv. However, the editor of R4 Today programme has announced that she’s leaving.

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