Re: [Swprograms] BBC cuts (BBC story)

[atlsvo@xxxxxxxxx (maryanne kehoe)]

Costs probably lower in Manchester....but how will moving Sport and Five
Live out of London keep there employees "close to the action." I venture
outside of Manchester United, there isn't a lot of sport action in the
NW. 

(There certainly isn't in Blackpool!) Bless Channel 5 for showing the
ESPN Sunday Night Game of the Week to this baseball-deprived fan for the
several months I was over there.) 


 
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(And from the horse's mouth... -- Ricky) 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4073571.stm 
"BBC director general Mark Thompson has announced savings of £320m a
year and thousands of job losses as part of a "transformation" of the
corporation. 
About 2,900 jobs are expected to go, mainly from administration
departments. 
    Mr Thompson said the savings were needed so that more of the
licence fee can be put into programmes. 
    Almost 2,000 workers are expected to move from London to
Manchester by 2008, to make the corporation more reflective of UK
audiences. 
    The departments hardest hit by the cutbacks are professional
services, including human resources, training, finances and legal
services, although programme legal advice is to remain as it is. 
With a target of savings of £57m, they are expected to lose about 47%
of the 6,500-strong workforce over the next three years, through jobs
lost outright or outsourced over the next three years. 
Another 400 jobs are set to be cut at the corporation's factual and
learning departments. 
The BBC currently employs about 27,000 people. 
Mr Thompson told staff that the BBC should "spend less on process and
more on content". 
The cuts will include a 15% reduction in costs across all content
departments. 
    BBC departments including Children's TV and radio, Sport and
Radio Five Live are set to face the move to Manchester, although it
could take up to five years to complete." 
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