14-10-2023, 02:13 PM
(14-10-2023, 01:53 PM)Stockland Hillman Wrote: The BBC is a £5.7 billion revenue organisation. The licence freeze isn't the biggest factor.
Every time the government is blamed on a "hostile" government it let's the BBC management off the hook. Every time it excuses poor management choices this way it enables cuts.
The BBC has 30% less money than it did in 2013, according to the Guardian. This licence fee freeze forces them to make cuts of £285mn/yr.
For context, the entire news and current affairs budget in 2022 was £342mn.
So, if the BBC cut its whole news division 3.5 times over in the next 5 years, it still wouldn't save enough money.
They've already cut BBC Parliament, a plethora of language services, and a news channel. They've cut BBC Two to the bone. They plan to cut BBC Four and CBBC.
There has been mismanagement, but is it 3.5x-the-news-budget mismanagement? I doubt it.