{"id":4708,"date":"2012-10-18T15:42:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T19:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4708"},"modified":"2012-10-18T16:17:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T20:17:05","slug":"bbc-world-service-to-make-further-cuts-in-third-phase-of-cost-cutting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/bbc-world-service-to-make-further-cuts-in-third-phase-of-cost-cutting\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC World Service to make further cuts in third phase of “savings”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Note that these cuts are a continuation of the overall\u00a0\u00a342m the BBC announced in January of 2011.<\/p>\n

Follow World Service cuts on the SWLing Post with the tag BBC World Service Cuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Source: The Guardian<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A further 73 posts will be lost at the\u00a0BBC<\/a>\u00a0World Service following its cut in funding by the government with a number of programmes on its English-language service axed.<\/p>\n

The cuts, which were announced to staff on Thursday lunchtime, are the third phase of \u00a342m of savings at the global broadcaster after its\u00a0budget was cut in the government’s comprehensive spending review<\/a>\u00a0in 2010.<\/p>\n

A total of 25 jobs will go on the English-language service with arts show The Strand to be axed and World Briefing replaced by a new programme, The Newsroom.<\/p>\n

News coverage will shrink from 18 to 14 hours a day during the week, with a “simplified” schedule and “fewer regional variations”.<\/p>\n

The number of documentaries will also shrink, from four weekly strands to three, with Your World axed, and Evan Davis’s The Bottom Line no longer aired on the World Service.<\/p>\n

None of the 27 foreign-language services will be dropped in the latest round of cutbacks, saving about \u00a312m, which will come into effect by April next year. Some \u00a330m of cost savings have already been made.<\/p>\n

[…]A total of 44 posts will be closed in foreign-language services including BBC Afghan, BBC Burmese, BBC Bengali and in Africa.<\/p>\n

The director of BBC Global News, Peter Horrocks, said: “By making these changes, we are achieving the savings required whilst crucially, ensuring our audiences continue to receive the best programming.<\/p>\n

“As we prepare to move to licence fee funding, by focussing on key strategic objectives, we will be able to demonstrate that we have clear direction and purpose and are as efficient as possible.”…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article on the\u00a0The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note that these cuts are a continuation of the overall\u00a0\u00a342m the BBC announced in January of 2011. Follow World Service cuts on the SWLing Post with the tag BBC World Service Cuts. (Source: The Guardian) A further 73 posts will be lost at the\u00a0BBC\u00a0World Service following its cut in funding by the government with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3],"tags":[1434,352,1435,420,789],"class_list":["post-4708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-bb-world-service","tag-bbc-world-service-cuts","tag-bbc-world-service-english","tag-bbc-ws","tag-bbcws"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1dW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4799,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/guardian-bbc-world-service-asking-for-voluntary-redundancies\/","url_meta":{"origin":4708,"position":0},"title":"Guardian: BBC World Service asking for voluntary redundancies","author":"Thomas","date":"November 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: The Guardian) Corporation's global arm to close 73 editorial posts, but hopes to avoid compulsory layoffs as part of \u00a342m budget cuts The\u00a0BBC\u00a0World Service has urged all its network news journalists to consider voluntary redundancy as it aims to avoid compulsory layoffs as part of \u00a342m budget cuts. 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Here is the memo in its entirety--it concludes with further comments from internal sources: Dear colleagues\u00a0 Today we are announcing Year\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BBC-World-Service-007-300x180.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6061,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/bbc-world-service-to-simplify-and-reduce-global-english-schedule\/","url_meta":{"origin":4708,"position":3},"title":"BBC World Service to “simplify” English and cut Arabic on shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"March 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Sadly, the BBC World Service is going forward with cuts that had been announced in 2012. Global English service is being reduced, but Arabic services are being cut\u00a0altogether. The BBC expect to lose 1.5 million listeners to Global English cuts, 800,000 listeners to Arabic cuts. Fortunately, they will maintain all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"BBC-WorldService","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BBC-WorldService.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6645,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/after-listener-feedback-bbc-world-service-restores-mw-service-to-israel-and-middle-east\/","url_meta":{"origin":4708,"position":4},"title":"After listener feedback, BBC World Service restores MW service to Israel and Middle East","author":"Thomas","date":"June 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader David\u00a0commented on June 8 that he heard the return of the BBC World Service on\u00a01,323 khz BBC Zygi, Cyprus relay. The BBC Media Centre confirms: The BBC World Service has confirmed that MW transmissions to Israel and other parts of the Middle East will resume for 10hrs\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Antennas-001","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Antennas-001-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8821,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/bbc-world-service-to-further-reduce-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":4708,"position":5},"title":"BBC World Service to further reduce shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"February 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I appears the BBC World Service is cutting shortwave broadcasts even further in an attempt to meet tighter budget numbers. Not many details, at the moment, in terms of what language programs will suffer the most. 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