Anybody See This Evenings Bbc News Broadcast From Their 'Fantastic' New Studios In Cardiff?

[dave50]

Seems as usual money is no object for the BBC . How much did it cost and why was it necessary?

[jno]

because the government is leaning on them to diversify out of London.

[Mamyalynne]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Cymru_Wales_New_Broadcasting_House

[Buenchico]

The BBC's Cardiff site, which houses the headquarters of BBC Wales and S4C, as well as facilities for BBC News, is leased from Rightacres Property at somewhere between £3m and £4m per annum. (I can't seem to find an exact figure for what is probably seen as 'commercially sensitive' information). That's roughly 0.1% of their annual licence income which is being used to house 1200 BBC staff and provide production facilities for much of the BBC's output across both radio and television.

However
(a) the BBC negotiated a deal which gives them the first three years of their 20-year lease period free ; and
(b) the BBC will have benefited from the sale of the previous HQ of BBC Wales, which was in Llandaff.

That doesn't seem to be too bad an arrangement, for one of the world's 'top three' broadcasters, to me.

[bednobs]

They was robbed. It looks like a warehouse

[emmie]

they were in a studio in Glasgow the other day, not sure why... another colossal waste of money by the BBC.

[Hopkirk]

Don't forget they moved out of Television Centre at White City, and I think sold it.

[emmie]

my money is being wasted on these vanity projects. time for the wretched licence fee to be scrapped altogether.

[douglas9401]

A hundred million sovs and hardly a vowel anywhere.

[jno]

it's mostly expensive apartments now, Hopkirk, with handy access to Westfield. I think they still have a few studios round there somewhere. But if they had their own way they'd just stay at Oxford Circus, it's politicians glaring at them that forces them to open up new branches.

[Tyrion44]

The main bus station in the city was closed to clear the site for building it

[Canary42]

Another attack on the BBC's spending of the public's money - from a budget which is far tighter than the commercial channels whose funds also come from Joe Public.

What annoys the Righties is that the BBC is the only large media outlet not yet in the pocket of the Rich (but the Tories are working on it).

[bobbinwales]

//from a budget which is far tighter than the commercial channels whose funds also come from Joe Public.//

Maybe you dont really understand advertising canary and how it helps buisness and the economy, and it also helps charities and goverment (eg public information ads)

[jno]

the Beeb do their bit for charity too though.