video news. The plans were unveiled today as the BBC Trust launched a public value test and consultation on the controversial plan to expand the corporation’s local online operation, which faces stiff opposition from rival media organisations including regional newspaper publishers.
The proposals submitted to the BBC Trust by the corporation’s management would expand the corporation’s current network of BBC Local websites and add more depth of content, including video.
The corporation’s latest proposals would take the number of BBC Local websites from 60 to 65.
The expanded BBC Local network would include 47 for England, six for Scotland and two for Northern Ireland. Wales will have five sites, although as each will be in both English and Welsh this equates to 10 overall - taking the total to 65.
BBC management has forecast the expanded BBC Local network’s operating budget to be £23m by 2012-2013, growing incrementally over five years.
This works out at the equivalent of around £350,000 a year for each of the 65 BBC Local sites.
The BBC said its main bbc.co.uk site - which has a budget of £114m - currently has an average of 16.6 million users a month out of a total UK internet population of 33 million.Tags: 6 million, bbc, bbc plans, budgets, consultation, content, controversial plan, current network, internet, internet population, launch, local network, local sites, media, network, networkers, news websites, newspapers, northern ireland, operating budget, plans, proposals, publicity, publishers, regional newspaper publishers, rival media, scotland, stiff opposition, uk internet, users, video, video news, welsh
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