Voicing money concerns

Are we beginning to see cash considerations in the actions of BBC1 Controller, Danny Cohen ?   The autumn will tell.  

He already has Strictly Come Dancing 2011 to schedule; normally that provides a highlight for 13 or 14 Saturday shows from October. Last year there was a form of concordat with ITV, which meant you could see most of Strictly and most of The XFactor - which tied up ITV Saturday and Sundays for 10 weeks from October 14.  

Now, if we add The Voice into the Saturday mix before Christmas, clashes are much more likely. The Dutch version ran to 17 shows; in America they managed to knock out a winner in just 8.   Danny has paid £22m just for two years' rights - I presume production costs are on top of that; doubtless the Daily Mail will raise the issue.   Does this explain the current "harvesting" of Dr Who episodes ?  Cohen said there won't be many Timelord appearances this year, because Stephen Moffatt is also lead writer for Sherlock; Moffatt has twittered that this isn't so - and Private Eye is convinced there's an attack on the costs of special effects and new monsters for episodes coming into production.