Moving money

Increased spending on television arts programmes seems to be the key line from BBC DG Tony Hall's speech-to-come on Tuesday; it'll rise by 20%, but from what - and more importantly, from where ?

Inside the organisation, there are still two more years of cuts to make, under Delivering Quality First. In news, the unions have been warned that the next two years will bring bigger cuts, way tougher than the current target, which requires 75 jobs to go.

According to Ofcom, spending on BBC1 first-run originated programmes rose last year, up by £55m to £797m, whilst BBC2 moved the other way, down £46m to £286m. Spending on nations and regions' first-run stuff fell by 4% to £183m.

Tone moonlighting at the wheels of steel...

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