Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Formulaic

The BBC's Annual Plan would never pass Soviet scrutiny. It has become a well-rehearsed litany of the previous year's triumphs, spiced up by a peppering of commissions for the year ahead.

Strategically, BBC3 features in a section called "Our Linear Portfolio", whereas we are told that BBC4 will have 'an increased focus on archive'.

Amongst the few numbers on offer: Licence-fee income is forecast at £3,474,000 - that's £216m down on the actual income in the last Annual Report.

On diversity in general, Lord Hall has missed some of his own targets: shy of 50% women in leadership by 5.4%, and shy of a 15% BAME target in leadership by 3.1%.


2 comments:

  1. "Our Linear Portfolio"... what language is this, Mr Spock?

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  2. "an increased focus on archive"... erm, you mean repeats?

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