On the road again

Caroline Thomson, down to speak at the Oxford Media Conference later today, is clearly going to major on the BBC-commissioned Deloitte report, which attempts to quantify the indirect financial benefits the Corporation delivers to UK plc. There's no sign of revelation on the strategic review, simply to say that it will bring "a laser focus on quality". (Also no disclaimer about how much Deloitte might be earning from the BBC).

Meanwhile a "senior source" has told the Guardian that BBC3 and BBC4 are safe. There was. they say, discussion about merging BBC2 and BBC4.

BBC3 has probably been saved by the unlikely figure of David Davies, recommending that Ashes tests here should be free-to-air "Crown Jewels". No current controller really fancies it...