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Tim Devi, General Manager of the BBC, has revealed plans to expand the service of reporting local democracy outside its current focus on the local authorities.
In a speech in Salford on Wednesday, Divi said that BBC wants to expand the scope of the plan to include “health authorities, police commissioners, crime and deep analysis of regional municipalities’ work” with the continued coverage of the two partners.
“But we can be more extreme in supporting others. Can we” open the source “for all video content, news and local audio content to enable local media partners to reach them as well?
“Can we use a BBC scale and communicate to provide more connection between commercial service providers?
“Of course, we will consult with the partners before we confirm the plans but we need a local news market in the plural.”
the Media partners for the next LDR contractJuly 1 was announced for two and a half years until the end of 2027 and the current BBC charter, last week.
The plan is funded by the BBC for local newsrooms throughout the United Kingdom to employ 165 journalists to focus on the meetings of the Council and other democratic institutions in their fields.
Under the new contracts, Reach (83 correspondents), newsquest (36) and the national world (24) are the largest partners in the scheme, but four media organizations will start managing LDRS for the first time: Baylis Media, Tindle NewsPars and Highland News & Media Radio Station Nlive in Northampton.
Davi announced this in a speech Put a vision for the BBC to be “a catalyst for confidence.”
He said that the expansion of the LDR scheme would do so through “help[ing] To support our democracy from the roots. “
Davi also said: “Our ambition is to strengthen our local press with the construction of support for the broader local news environment that faces great pressure,” Davi also said.
“We want to write a new chapter in our partnership with the broader local news sector.”
In recent years, commercial publishers have criticized the expansion of local news on the Internet from the BBC, saying it was a crushing competition. They have repeatedly warned that they are struggling to compete with the BBC, to capture the same stories on its website, which is often classified in Google.
“Increasing local news on the Internet in the BBC is part of the opposite winds facing local publishers, and there may be some local fields as BBC displays commercial viewing,” OFcom said at the end of last year.
However, he also said that she “did not find important evidence that the views of the BBC page download the pages of the commercial publisher’s pages.”
In response to Divi’s speech, the CEO of Media News Company, Owen Meridith, said that he welcomed the “recognition of BBC” and aims to strengthen the local news market. As Officom said, increasing production of local news on the Internet is one of the winds inherent in the success of the local media, and therefore the BBC’s desire to reformulate the relationship between them and suggest a really useful partner.
“We will work with the BBC and the government in the period before the renewal of the charter to obtain the correct framework for the BBC, which is a right supplement to commercial service providers. This work will include looking at ways to enhance the service of reporting successful local democracy and improving the link to commercial news providers.”
BBC to “Greatly” Increase the output news on YouTube and Tiktok
Davi said in his speech that the BBC could help “make the UK a world leader in reliable information” by doubling information control.
To do this, NBC said, “You will significantly increase the extraction of news on YouTube (where she currently has 18 million subscribers) And tiktok (where he is He has eight million).
Davi said this will ensure that we have a stronger location in noise. We are already making progress. We are the largest news account in the world on Instagram, but we want to spread new technology and skills to create more content that works on these platforms while stimulating links to our services. “
He added that the BBC will be based on the verification, which was launched in 2023 with a team of more than 60 journalists and the aim of building the public confidence by showing how its journalists know what to report.
The company has already said in March that it will move from most of it by spreading the facts of response and allocated to “always” display “with the daily digital output and the commitment allocated to American coverage.
“… we need to build verification through more services worldwide.
Also, we want to enable the masses while searching for answers-combining Agency AI with a reliable BBC press to create a new tool to examine the golden facts.
“We want to open our press operations so that people can see how we work; the radical transparency that drives confidence.”
The global service is to be “super shipping”, but funding is required
Derevi added that the BBC has a plan to “form a supernatural charging” for global service through “regional in our content in English -language markets and enhance our offer in the four big languages.”
But he pointed out the need for political support to serve the world: “With the appropriate government funding, we believe that we can push great advantages to the United Kingdom.”
“When it comes to financing, we do not ask for the current situation. We want to update and reform. But in doing this, we must protect global,” Davi said about the BBC as a whole because he faces uncertainty about the future of licensing fees.
“All the financing models that were floating in the discussion have their advantages and disadvantages. But some such as advertising or subscription do not pass a trusted public service building test.
“Moreover, we remain on an open mind. We continue to explore all options that can make the financing model more fair, more modern, and more sustainable.
“When it comes to Global service financing, we need help. There was no more important time to invest in this invaluable national assets. We believe that the UK should be ambitious for its future – and the government must invest for great growth, not to survive. “
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