[Radio_man]

One question I haven’t been able to find an answer is how is the new channel being funded? Lots of people have mentioned how World News was making a profit but I’ve been unable to find anywhere the official answer where it’s been published saying how much the channel will cost to run and how much this is covered by the revenue brought in via BBC world News and how much if any comes from the license fee if any.

The new channel will be funded through a mix of global advertisting revenue and licence fee money. BBC World News' budget is around £90-100m and typically brings in around £10m in profit. 

If this afternoon is indicative of the coverage that World viewers will be getting, it'll be interesting to see how long much longer World is still able to make a £10m profit. I don't think anyone wants World to get back into the situation it was in in the early 2000s when it could barely break even, as that will then be the end of the BBC's linear TV news service.

The BBC couldn't have chosen a more difficult month to have a 100% joint operation with no option to separate.