http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2008/09/bbc_plans_power_shift_to_regions.html
BBC Wales getting their own commissioning editor? Sweet.
BBC Regionalising Commissioning
The payload of the article is hidden in this sentence:
"They will be responsible for ensuring that the amount of money the BBC spends on ORIGINAL content from the nations is proportional to the percentage of the UK population that lives there."
So that's £5.50 for new Welsh programmes.
Plus Wales isn't a nation, it's a principality. Do get your facts right BBC.
Quote: SlagA @ September 5 2008, 10:33 AM BSTThe payload of the article is hidden in this sentence:
"They will be responsible for ensuring that the amount of money the BBC spends on original content from the nations is proportional to the percentage of the UK population that lives there."
So that's £5.50 for new Welsh programmes.
enough for some pork scratching and a Pint. Sounds like a good deal to me.
Like any devolvement of power, I'll believe it when I see it. There are already regional commitments and obligations regarding where the money goes as regards independent production companies the Beeb works with. You can appoint all the regional commissioning editors you like, but I doubt they will have indepedence when it comes to actually having the final say on dishing the cash out.