06-03-2023, 10:51 AM
(06-03-2023, 10:34 AM)oscillon Wrote: I'm not sure what part of the new channel will be "paid for by licence holders" and not produced by former World News.The new channel is going to be administratively a single operation funded out of a single budget contributed to by both licence payers and BBC World News' advertising revenue. BBC World News' budget is around £90-110m and, given the figures quoted about the savings to be made from 'merging' the News channel, about £30-35m will come from the UK licence fee. Ultimately, the new channel's budget will be more than twice that of the previous BBC News channel's budget, though about 20% smaller than the previous combined budgets for both channels.