BBC plans to cut website development

The BBC is expected to announce plans to slash development of its flagship website and cull a number of youth music and ethnic radio stations in a bid to refocus as a public broadcaster.

Download this free guide

Computer Weekly's Buyer's Guide to GDPR Part 2

In this 12-page buyer’s guide, we look at the tools that could be used for compliance, the incentive to create a smarter, leaner business, and the myths surrounding the new rules.

Start Download

• Corporate E-mail Address:

  You forgot to provide an Email Address.

  This email address doesn’t appear to be valid.

  This email address is already registered. Please login.

  You have exceeded the maximum character limit.

  Please provide a Corporate E-mail Address.

By submitting my Email address I confirm that I have read and accepted the Terms of Use and Declaration of Consent.

By submitting your personal information, you agree that TechTarget and its partners may contact you regarding relevant content, products and special offers.

You also agree that your personal information may be transferred and processed in the United States, and that you have read and agree to the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy.

In an article in today's Guardian, Mark Thompson, director general of the BBC wrote, "[The BBC] much be clearer about its own limits within public space. Given the convergence of technologies, the BBC's limits need to be demonstrably based on its public purposes and to be spelled out. Clearly the BBC needs the space to evolve as audiences and technologies develop, but it must be far more explicit than in the past about what it will not do."

He said the plan would not be " a blueprint for a small BBC, or a BBC that is in retreat from digital".