![]() ![]() The BBC said the changes would create a “modern, digital-led and streamlined organisation that drives the most value from the licence fee and delivers more for audiences”. “The NUJ is also concerned about moving jobs currently based in London to Washington and Singapore and reminds decision-makers that BBC stands for the British Broadcasting Corporation,” said Siegert. While the corporation is creating a significant number of new roles, existing staff may not get them, and they could be in geographically unsuitable locations. ![]() The NUJ said that ultimately the number of existing staff losing their jobs could be higher than the BBC has indicated, and that the merging of the two channels would mean the 143 journalism roles being officially closed. It will be impossible for the new channel to have the same high standards of journalism that the two current channels are known for around the globe.” We call on the BBC to again rethink this cost-cutting idea. “Plans for a new channel covering both UK and world news simply won’t work,” said Siegert. Paul Siegert, the national broadcasting organiser at the National Union of Journalists, said the plan to service an international audience with substantially fewer staff while maintaining the existing high standards of production and journalism would not be achievable. The BBC’s annual report, published earlier this week, showed that staff numbers in the corporation’s newsrooms are at their lowest level in a decade. ![]() The new channel will remain ad-free in the UK. “Our aim is to create the best live and breaking video news service in the world – on our webpages, our apps, on BBC iPlayer and on our new TV news channel.” “The way audiences consume news is changing,” said Naja Nielsen, digital director at BBC News. The BBC said UK viewers would continue to receive specific content at certain times of the day, and during certain high profile news stories, and there will be production capacity for a domestic-only broadcast stream for major UK-specifc news events. The new channel will be broadcast from London during UK daytime hours, and then from Singapore and Washington. It is understood that 14 chief presenter roles are to be cut overall.Ī spokesperson for the BBC said that the UK operation would see 70 job cuts, while 20 more on- and off-screen roles will be created in Washington DC. The BBC’s annual report lists names including Clive Myrie, Reeta Chakrabarti, Victoria Derbyshire, Ben Brown and Joanna Gosling – who combined are paid more than £1m for work across the BBC – as presenters on the BBC News channel. The plans will see a significant cut in the number of presenters who currently work across the BBC News channel and BBC World News, with fewer higher-profile on-screen staff set to retain the title “chief presenter”, while correspondents are to be given the opportunity for more on-air presenting time. The agreement provides for a directly-elected 21-member assembly, with a five-member executive.UK viewers will no longer be provided with a domestic rolling news service, losing programmes such as Dateline London after 25 years, and the new channel will feature a mix of international content as well as “new flagship programmes built around high-profile journalists”. Pita Aatami, president of the non-profit organization Makivik, expressed the hope for a "better Nunavik" and that the violence, suicides and drug abuse that have blighted the 14 Inuit villages in the region would be alleviated. The region is situated in the north of Quebec, between the 55th and 62nd N parallels and spans a territory of 660,000 sq km (255,000 sq miles) - larger than France. "It aims to build an efficient government institution truly adapted to the needs of Nunavik." The pact "is at the heart of our desire to promote, as never before, the socio-economic development of the Inuit communities," said Quebec Premier Jean Charest. Nunavik, which has 11,000 residents, would still legally be part of Quebec and would remain subordinate to the provincial legislature in Quebec City. It was signed by the governments of Canada and Quebec and by Inuit representatives. The agreement was struck last year and should come into force by 2009. The deal would create a regional assembly and government with responsibility for education, health and transport. The overwhelming majority of Nunavik residents are InuitĬanadian officials have signed an agreement-in-principle which should lead to semi-autonomous status for a mainly-Inuit region of Quebec. ![]()
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