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BBC Trust chair, Rona Fairhead, hints at more sports cuts

on Jan 19, 2016 | 0 comments

By Tony Connelly

The BBC has warned that more sport coverage could be cut from its live broadcasting schedule as it continues to plough ahead with more saving strategies.

In a recent interview with the Radio Times, BBC Trust chair, Rona Fairhead, admitted she was “sad” that the BBC had lost the rights to broadcast Formula One and the Olympics, while adding that more cuts could soon follow.

Fairhead said the BBC could relinquish more sport rights over the next five years in order to save more than half a billion pounds to cover the cost of the new licence fee deal which will provide Read full story ›

Source: The Drum