[Scratch_Perry]

It's because the costs aren't as structured or fixed, a lot of it is not internal, involves freelancers rather than staff and little of it is permanently allocated to certain programmes - this all makes it harder to identify specific cuts. Entertainment programmes largely simply don't get recommissioned (and silently not replaced, or replaced with cheaper programmes), rather than being talked of as being a financial cut. Additionally, increasingly with drama programmes, the BBC co-produces with streamers or US producers to get additional funding, which is only available on a small scale with BBC News (World brings in about £6-10m in syndication fees).

News is also the biggest expenditure per genre by far, so there's more to cut. Nonetheless, there have been reductions in BBC Sport output and significant cutbacks on entertainment, factual, etc. commissioning over the same period. (Plus, always worth highlighting, the only major BBC broadcast service with a higher real terms budget in 2022/23 than 2012/13 was the BBC News channel).

Agreed, there's always been cuts to BBC Sport output, usually by way of a loss of rights; this time next year, the TV cricket rights would have expired and I'm not sure that they will be renewed, especially if at it seems, the free-to-air rights will go out to tender (the live rights with Sky have already been renewed up to the end of summer 2028).  Also, with the UEFA Champions League highlights rights heading their way next year, books will probably have to be balanced.