11-08-2023, 06:10 PM
(10-08-2023, 10:27 PM)qwerty123 Wrote: The problem is that the cuts to News could have been entirely avoidable. For example by all accounts the budget for Wimbledon is bigger than what the news channel had pre merger and alternative programmes for the slots filled by Wimbledon could be sourced at basically no cost (given a lot of coverage falls into slots typically occupied by low budget repeats).
That's a narrow minded view to take. Basically "I don't care about Wimbledon so axe that instead". Even on an average day Wimbledon is watched by 25 times the audience of the news channel and the final by 100 times the audience. I suspect the Wimbledon coverage reaches more BBC licence fee payers over two weeks than the news channel does over a year. It's PSB value is just as important too.