The BBC has been pulled into the controversy following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, after one of its news presenters used a controversial term on air.
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EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s digital-first transformation/slimdown is gathering pace and the latest team to be affected is the Children’s & Education department’s digital unit, coming a few weeks after the shock announcement that CBBC linear channel will move online.
In an email seen by Deadline, the plainly-named Digital Media, Platforms & Planning (DMP&P) team were delivered a set of proposals yesterday by BBC Children’s boss Patricia Hidalgo, who fired the starting gun on a “formal consultation process,” with the final structure to be set out in December.
The DMP&P team is responsible for delivering short-form content and operating the websites of beloved British linear children’s channels CBBC and CBeebies, which air the likes of Blue Peter, Danger Mouse and Horrible Histories.
A number of roles are proposed to be closed, including an Executive Editor post, several working on CBBC and CBeebies’ websites and the closure of the Labs team, with the exception of one Senior Content Producer role focussing on VoD service BBC iPlayer, according to Hidalgo’s email.
Headcount won’t decrease, Deadline understands, as new roles will be created including a Senior Content Producer in the games team to support education games and, in a possible sign of things to come, “metaverse interactivity,” along with a Graphics and Video Editor.
The move comes a few weeks after the BBC said it will move CBBC online within the next three years, along with older-skewing channel BBC Four, as the corporation grapples with savings of around £1.5BN ($2BN) over five years. Director General Tim Davie plans to axe up to 1,000 employees during this timeframe, with around 1,200 having left since he started 18 months ago.
Since joining in 2020, Hidalgo has been
The BBC has been pulled into the controversy following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, after one of its news presenters used a controversial term on air.
The BBC must reform its operating license to focus on online services or “become out of step with audience behavior and technology developments,” according to British media regulator Ofcom.
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BBC to be “digital-first”.The corporation has confirmed that the two channels will stop airing in no less than three years’ time, with content continuing to be produced for its streaming service BBC iPlayer.As part of the shake-up, the BBC’s news channels will be merged into one, while Radio 4 Extra will move off the airwaves and exclusively to BBC Sounds.The BBC said the changes are aimed at “creating a modern, digital-led and streamlined organisation that drives the most value from the licence fee and delivers more for audiences”.The changes will lead to cuts of £200million per year, with job losses of up to 1,000 expected over the next few years.“This is our moment to build a digital-first BBC. Something genuinely new, a Reithian organisation for the digital age, a positive force for the UK and the world,” said director-general Tim Davie.“Independent, impartial, constantly innovating and serving all.
Love Island's latest recruits have been revealed as the stars all posed together for a sizzling group photo ahead of the new series.The launch takes place on Monday 6 June as fans gear up for a summer of love on their screens, and while the best couples and most likeable characters are yet to be revealed, producers have picked a truly stunning bunch. Posing in front of a pink background in an array of pastel coloured swimwear, the cheeky chappies, tattooed hunks and beautiful bombshells revealed themselves.The ladies waved various flags embroidered with the word love in different shades, and the lads and lasses gave glimpses at their personalities ahead of the new show.
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