21-12-2023, 12:16 AM
I didn’t say pity news and I didn’t say that entertainment hadn’t also been cut. It’s clearly the case that PSB, but relatively-unpopular output, has not been protected at the expense of entertainment in any way: the cuts have evenly, roughly-speaking, affected all departments and types of content. I personally wouldn’t expect different, but wonder what it might have looked like if they had calculated things differently.
People watching the various services don’t take an accounting view that the BBC have done well with a 40% cut to xyz budget or whatever, they simply miss the programmes they might have enjoyed but which are now gone.
The NC should be able to output more and better quality content for the cost, although they are finding their feet more lately and we’ve been through an adjustment period with costs such as redundancy pay to factor in.
That’s all I will say on the matter.
I can agree to disagree on the “logic” of the cuts, as you will of course upset somebody whatever happens.
People watching the various services don’t take an accounting view that the BBC have done well with a 40% cut to xyz budget or whatever, they simply miss the programmes they might have enjoyed but which are now gone.
The NC should be able to output more and better quality content for the cost, although they are finding their feet more lately and we’ve been through an adjustment period with costs such as redundancy pay to factor in.
That’s all I will say on the matter.
I can agree to disagree on the “logic” of the cuts, as you will of course upset somebody whatever happens.