The BBC spent £199.3 million on its BBC Online service in 2009/10, according to its annual report – 12 percent more than the previous year.
The outlay is six percent of the £142.50 annual licence fee, or the equivalent of £0.67 per month…
BBC Online spend breaks down as: £126.7 million content budget, £22.3 million on distribution and £50.3 million on infrastructure and support.
Future media and technology director Erik Huggers’ salary totaled £407,000 – that’s £330,000 base pay, £15,000 in taxable benefits and £62,000 in cash-based pension supplements.
More stats…
— BBC Online reaches 37 percent of the population each week and therefore costs 8.9 pence per user hour.
— On a per user user basis, that makes it amongst the most costly of the BBC’s main services, with only BBC Alba costing more.
— More than 18 million iPlayer requests per week.
— Monthly mobile users up from 4.4 million to 7.8 million.
— External suppliers received 26 percent of BBC Online spend – slightly more than its 25 percent quota.
Coinciding with the annual report, the BBC Trust has published its response to the BBC’s Putting Quality First strategic review proposals. Regarding online, it says: “The Trust endorses the Executive