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General Discussion => The Buzz => Topic started by: Simon on October 06, 2011, 13:11
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The BBC is planning to cut 2,000 jobs and radically change programming in order to cut 20% from its budget over the next five years.
No channels will close but some money will be reinvested in new programmes.
All new daytime programming will shift to BBC One, with BBC Two broadcasting repeats of peak-time programmes.
Director General Mark Thompson unveiled details of the cuts - branded Delivering Quality First (DQF) - in an address to staff on Thursday morning.
Thompson said the changes would lead to "a smaller, radically reshaped BBC".
As well as the loss of 2,000 posts across the BBC over the next five years, another 1,000 staff will relocate from London to Salford. BBC Three will move Salford in 2016.
BBC One, which is having its overall budget cut by 3%, will see a reduction in entertainment programmes "which have a lower impact", Thompson said.
There will be fewer chat shows and panel shows on BBC Two, and digital channels BBC Three and Four will become feeder channels for BBC One and Two respectively.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15165926
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I wish they'd bite the bullet and amalgamate BBC2 and BBC4. The programmes which BBC4 shows are those which BBC2 was first established to broadcast. I'm not sure what the current purpose of BBC2 is, although I do enjoy The Great British Bake Off :blush: .
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I also wish they'd amalgamate, as I keep missing stuff on BBC4.
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I also wish they'd amalgamate, as I keep missing stuff on BBC4.
IMO Beeb 4 and to an extent 3 make paying the licence fee a lot more palatable. I had heard rumours that B4 was being axed entirely so i'm rather relieved :thumb:
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I'd heard rumours that BBC3 was being axed, but that was a while ago.
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I also find it strange that these channels only broadcast in the evening.
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I guess that's when their target audiences would be watching.
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It's because the bandwidth is used by the children's channels during the day. Why they need to have two of those defeats me. If BBC3/4 are to become feeder channels, why not save more money by amalgamating them or dropping them altogether?
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BBC4 seems to be a test bed for quite a few BBC2 programmes - but I'm not sure they need that. Combining the two could make an excellent all round channel.
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I agree.
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BBC 4 is one of the best channels on air as far as I am concerned.
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OTOH, moving the programming to BBC2 means they can switch to HD, Clive.
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They said they were axing HD this morning. :dunno:
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I heard they were re-allocating it to BBC2 programmes :dunno: .
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I can't be sure, as I just heard a snippet. One problem with showing lots of older programmes is that they will look crap on big widescreen TVs.
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Talking of HD, they announced yesterday that local news will now be available in HD. Currently they screen the potter's wheel when local programmes are screened. Rik will explain. ;D
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Can't wait! ;D
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The HD channel is to become BBC2 HD, which makes sense at one levels, but not if it's just showing repeats.
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He ignored me Simon! OK, well many many years ago, when they had nothing to show on the telly, they used to screen a slowly turning potter's wheel. It was a bit like watching paint dry but at least you could show your friends that you had a telly. :laugh:
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I just thought you'd like to tell it in your own inimitable way, Clive. Plus, of course, I'm much too young to remember. :devil:
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But of course! ;D