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THE BBC will broadcast 1,000 fewer hours of new TV programmes this year – but there will be no cut in the licence fee.
About half of the 1,000-hour cut will come from sport, with no Commonwealth Games or men’s football World Cup, as there was in 2022.
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The BBC will broadcast 1,000 fewer hours of new TV shows, but there won’t be a cut in the licence fee[/caption]
The other 500 hours will come from different areas including BBC Four, which the corporation announced a year ago would become “the home of both the BBC’s rich archive and arts & music performances”.
In this year’s plan, the BBC said its strategy would include focusing on “more unique, high-impact content”.
The Corporation must find £400million in yearly savings by 2027/28, according to its annual plan published yesterday.
It said the current £159 TV licence price freeze “continues to place significant financial challenges on the BBC at a time of high inflation and media super-inflation”.
The corporation said it was currently “spending more on, and commissioning more hours of, UK-originated TV content than any other organisation”.
It made 12,500 “originated hours” in 2022.