Balancing the books at the Ö÷²¥´óÐã
I gave a speech to the conference today at The Geological Society in London. The conference was called 'Risking Quality in Times of Change - what future for Public Service Broadcasting?' Among other matters, I talked about the licence fee settlement and the difficult decisions Ö÷²¥´óÐã News faces as we seek to live within our means, and about the impact on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã World Service from the cut in government funding. You can read the speech in full on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã press office web site.
Helen Boaden is Director of Ö÷²¥´óÐã News
- We'll publish a recording of the speech here on the blog tomorrow.
- The picture shows the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's motto, from an early coat of arms.
- Also speaking at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer's Spring conference are Roger Graef (TV Producer), David Liddiment (Ö÷²¥´óÐã Trustee), David Elstein (former Chief Exec of Channel 5) and Stephen Whittle (former head of Editorial Policy at the Ö÷²¥´óÐã). Details .
- David Liddiment's speech to the conference is on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Trust's web site.
Comment number 1.
At 14th Apr 2011, MarkAJA wrote:Even the Ö÷²¥´óÐã seam not to know the difference between the Ö÷²¥´óÐã World Service and the Ö÷²¥´óÐã overseas service.
There are no cuts to the Ö÷²¥´óÐã World Service radio station as far as I know.
The cuts are from some of the Ö÷²¥´óÐã overseas service stations that are closing or have already closed.
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Comment number 2.
At 22nd Apr 2011, Guy wrote:@MarkAJA - It all depends what you mean by the Ö÷²¥´óÐã World Service radio station. There have been drastic cuts in the programmes and scheduling with programmes scrapped, many others reducded in length and far more repeats.
This I see as cuts to the Ö÷²¥´óÐã World Service radio station. And that is on top of closing service stations and frequencies where I am equally frustrated by there no longer being a broadcast on 648
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