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![]() "RHF" wrote in message ups.com... Anonymous, . Short-wave is a 'small component' of the "Total" BBC Operation and Budget. . Currently the BBC as an Organization is laying-off thousands of people in TV Broadcasting and Domestic (UK) Programming so that they can have the needed Financial Resources available within their Budget to Invest in New Facilities and Improved Technologies for the Future of the BBC. . the changes at the bbc are much more then just short-wave ~ RHF Correct observations. The re-structuring will affect both the World (external) and Domestic (internal) operations of the BBC. Both the people who watch and/or listen to the BBC are not happy and feel that these actions by Management will dilute their historic coverage of the news and programming as a whole. The 2,050 job cuts - including 424 announced in December - take total job losses at the BBC to 3,780, saving £355m ($682 USD) a year. The combined cuts amount to 19 percent of the BBC work force. Links to the relevant story are below.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...io/4369221.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...io/4366545.stm http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS...c.job.cuts.ap/ ------------------------------------------------------- In an unrelated story, on 26 March (yesterday) BBC has brought back it's long successful SciFi program series DR. WHO. (currently only available in the UK) The opening episode of the first full series since 1989 saw the Time Lord - played by Christopher Eccleston - meet his assistant Rose (Billie Piper). Written by Russell T Davies, it is the first of 13 new episodes of the drama, which was first screened in 1963. "We're pleased so many people sat down as a family to watch the return of the Doctor," a BBC spokesperson said. Unofficial overnight figures show the programme got an average of 9.9 million viewers - 43.2% of all viewers - with a peak of 10.5 million viewers, a 44.3% share of the audience. FULL STORY: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...io/4385801.stm |