Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Media Mole: Budgets for the BBC's TV channels and radio stations revealed

Story from Media Mole:

The BBC has published its annual report for the 2021-22 year, revealing the amounts spent on content by each of the major TV channels and radio stations.

After content spend dipped in 2020-21 due to the coronavirus pandemic, most services received an increased budget last year as the industry rebounded.

The figures follow in full below:

Television;
  • BBC One: £1.212 billion, up from £924m
  • BBC Two: £327m, up from £261m
  • BBC Three: £22m up to March 31, 2022
  • BBC Four: £22m, down from £29m
  • CBBC channel: £68m, up from £58m
  • CBeebies: £30m, up from £25m
  • BBC News channel: £57m, down from £59m
  • BBC Parliament: £1m, down from £2m
  • BBC Scotland: £37m, up from £34m
  • BBC Alba: £9m, no change 

Radio stations;
  • BBC Radio 1: £36m, no change
  • BBC Radio 1Xtra: £9m, up from £8m
  • BBC Radio 2: £47m, no change
  • BBC Radio 3: £35m, up from £34m
  • BBC Radio 4: £85m, up from £83m
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra: £3m, no change
  • BBC Radio 5 Live: £50m, up from £44m
  • BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra: £3m, no change
  • BBC Radio 6 Music: £12m, no change
  • BBC Radio Asian Network: £7m, no change
  • BBC Radio Scotland: £24m, up from £23m
  • BBC Radio nan Gaidheal: £4m, no change 

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