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Patten backs more funding for BBC World News

October 11, 2012 11.35 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The chairman of the BBC Trust has said additional funding will be made available to BBC World News as the 24-hour news channel is brought closer to BBC World Service radio.

Lord Patten told the Broadcasting Press Guild that one of his obsessions was an improvement in the quality of BBC World News. “Through no fault of the present or recent management, or the performers, we’ve under-resourced even though it is the service that is watched more than any other and I hope that before long we’re going to see some improvement there.”

Under the 2010 licence fee settlement the BBC is taking on the funding of BBC World Service radio from the Foreign Office. Lord Patten said that from 2014 when the [commercially funded] BBC World News goes directly onto the BBC’s books it will be seen as part of the corporation’s offering to the world.

Cuts in the World Service have already been made by the Foreign Office, Lord Patten is committed to maintaining the current £250 million budget, but with the likelihood of some of that being transferred to TV. “If you find yourself in some part of the world channel surfing, it’s the television that you are far more likely to be watching,” he said.

In the next few weeks BBC World News will move into the refurbished Broadcasting House in Central London from its present location within television centre.

One area for improvement will be the back half hours that currently broadcast a range of feature programmes when rival broadcasters are continuing with rolling news.

Lord Patten also announced the launch of a ‘Breadth of Opinion Survey’ under the former ITV executive Stuart Prebble. The study will cover Europe, immigration and religion, three areas of editorial policy where the BBC as a while often comes in for criticism.

In addition to a qualative survey, comparisons will also be made with the BBC’s coverage of the areas in 2007.

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Filed Under: Regulation, Top Story, TV Tagged With: BBC Trust, BBC World News, BBC World Service Edited: 11 October 2012 11:50

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About Julian Clover

Julian Clover is a Media and Technology journalist based in Cambridge, UK. He works in online and printed media. Julian is also a voice on local radio. You can talk to Julian on X @julianclover, or by email at jclover@broadbandtvnews.com.

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