Selection box

Here's a personal selection of highlights from the BBC Annual Report 2011/12.

• Spending on Marketing, Communication and Audiences up to £72m, from the previous year's £70.5m. 

• Spending on Orchestras and Singers up to £29m, from the previous year's £24m. 

• Profits from disposals of buildings: £4.8m (I think they only sold Oxford Road in Manchester). 

• 450 posts closed in BBC World Service over the year. 

• One staff member not on the Executive earned between £370k and £399,999 - presumably Peter Salmon. 

• Technology costs up from £86m to £128m  - next time you ask how much new Broadcasting House has cost, don't forget to ask about the bells and whistles. 

• Here's an odd one - BBC Alba is claimed to reach 11.9% of the population (up from 4.3%) and thus it's calculated to cost 10.8p per viewer hour, down from 21.8p. I think a steward's inquiry may be called for.....