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In the world of salary benchmarking, BBC Television staff will have clocked that C4's Chief Creative Officer, Jay Hunt's package is down £45k this year, to a measly £497k.

This compares with BBC Director of Television Danny Cohen's £327,800 - and there's no obvious sign of a return to management bonuses at the Corporation (which Danny would like; not for himself, of course, but for staff who come up with 'global hits')

Of more concern is the commercial idea that the pay packet drops when targets are missed. That would change mindsets at Broadcasting House.