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Post by Administrator on Sep 7^th, 2015, 9:58am

This is from The BBC Media Centre:-

The main proposals set out by the BBC today are -

A commitment to original, high-quality British drama to enrich content for UK viewers and boost the creative industries. This will be the backbone of a more distinctive approach across all of the BBC’s services, from BBC One to online.

A partnership to create an Ideas Service providing the public with the best of British ideas and culture.

A new children’s service – iPlay – creating a single front-door for children to the wealth of the whole BBC and our trusted partners beyond – giving more content to children that matures with them, across more platforms, in a safe and trusted way.

Finding digital ways to support music discovery to help audiences find new music and the best from the archive. This is backed by the UK music industry and focused on promoting the best of new British talent.

Responsive radio to give audiences a personalised schedule of programmes.

Significant investment in the World Service to parts of the world where there is a democratic deficit in impartial news. This is about upholding Britain’s place in the world and the promotion of British values.

The offering of a new partnership with local newspapers on local reporting, shaped in discussion with the industry. This content would be shared, jointly created, and backed by licence fee funding, thereby helping to secure the future of local newspapers and democratic reporting.

Opening up BBC iPlayer to showcase content from others.

A review of the BBC’s website to ensure that it is distinctive with a stronger focus on online broadcast content.

A transition from rolling news to streaming news, with BBC Newstream, bringing the expertise of our journalism into the palm of your hand.

New versions of our education, news and entertainment services in the Nations, as the start of our consultation about how to reflect deepening devolution.

The BBC will also set out its ambition to find close to 20 per cent of its cost base in savings. As much of that as possible will come from efficiency and commercial growth, but it will also require service reductions or closures. The BBC will seek to go further than required by the recent Budget agreement in order to invest in the above proposals

The Media Centre Post may be found here.