Sentence examples for programming budgets from inspiring English sources

As a result, programming budgets are under pressure.

The DQF cuts will also see fewer entertainment shows, more repeats and reduced programming budgets for BBC3 and BBC4.

His fortunes were hit by staggering annual losses at ITV of close to £3bn, job cuts, the cancellation of shows and the slashing of programming budgets.

Faced with the fragmentation of audiences and a decline in advertising revenue, broadcasters are trimming programming budgets, and unscripted shows are generally less expensive than fictional dramas, movies or other fare.

Under Greg Dyke, a former commercial broadcaster who is now director general of the BBC, the public broadcaster has pursued radical cost-cutting measures while increasing programming budgets to attract new audiences.

But because all 40 stations are stuck with the fixed costs of separate premises and transmission technology, the savings must be found purely from staff and programming budgets, which must take hits of around 20% to compensate.

A standard approach to program budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) was taken with a priority setting working committee and a broader advisory panel.

However, Sky's sports programming budget alone now exceeds the entire programme budget for BBC1.

Yet last year, when C4 cut its programming budget by 8.5% two things happened.

The worsening economic climate has already led Channel 4 to trim its programming budget.

ITV1's annual programming budget will fall from £867m last year to £805m this year.