Broadcasting facts and figures 1 Average 15-minute weekly reach: BBC and competitors 2 Average audience share: BBC and competitors 3 Subtitling output on BBC Television 4 Audio description on BBC Television 5 Signing on BBC Television 6 BBC Network Television hours of output by genre 7 BBC Television hours of output by origin 108 BBC Network Television hours of repeats 9 BBC Network Radio hours of output by genre BBC Network Radio hours of output by origin 13 12 11 Average weekly bbc.co.uk page impressions Average weekly reach of BBC New Media (millions of users) Weekly audio visual (AV) requests from bbc.co.uk 16 15 14 Comparative cost per hour of viewing/listening Cost per hour of BBC-originated programmes by service Cost per hour of BBC-originated programmes by genre 19 18 17 BBC News 24 costs BBC distribution costs BBC spend outside London 24 23 22 21 20 Creative spend outside the BBC TV programming produced by independent producers as a percentage of eligible hours Top ten external producers for BBC Television by spend Radio programming produced by independent producers as a percentage of eligible hours Top five external producers for BBC Radio by spend 25 New Media content produced outside the BBC as a percentage of eligible spend 140 BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 Table 1: Average 15-minute weekly reach: BBC and competitors The table shows the percentage of people who watch or listen to television or radio for at least 15 minutes in an average week. Analogue All homes All multichannel homes terrestrial homes 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 (55.8m1) (55.4m1) (42.5m1) (37.5m1) (13.2m1) (17.9m1) % % % % % % Total BBC Television and Radio reach2 92.7 92.9 – – – – BBC Television 85.3 86.6 83.6 84.5 89.7 90.2 BBC One 79.7 81.9 77.1 78.7 86.7 87.2 BBC Two 59.1 61.4 52.9 53.3 74.7 75.3 BBC Three 11.8 9.4 16.1 14.8 – – BBC Four 4.5 3.0 6.1 4.8 – – The CBBC Channel 4.2 3.5 6.0 5.6 – – CBeebies 6.4 5.8 8.8 9.0 – – BBC News 24 5.4 4.2 7.4 6.7 – – BBC Parliament 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 – – Other channels (total)3 58.6 52.0 81.2 81.4 – – All ITV 75.9 77.5 74.4 75.1 – – ITV1 73.0 76.0 70.5 72.7 79.6 81.3 ITV2 16.9 13.9 23.0 21.4 – – ITV34 8.6 3.3 11.7 5.0 – – ITV45 4.85 – 6.35 – – – CITV6 0.16 – 0.26 – – – All Channel 4 65.5 64.6 62.2 59.7 – – Channel 4 62.3 62.6 57.9 55.8 72.6 71.4 E47 13.6 8.4 18.4 13.0 – – More 47,8 7.08 – 9.18 – – – five 43.4 43.9 43.0 42.9 43.1 44.5 All Sky channels 31.7 30.7 45.1 48.4 – – Sky One 14.2 14.8 19.6 22.8 – – Sky News 4.1 4.0 6.0 6.3 – – Discovery7 5.2 5.1 7.0 8.0 – – Nickelodeon7 3.9 4.4 5.7 7.0 – – Nick Jr. 2.9 2.6 4.1 4.1 – – UK Gold7 11.2 11.0 15.8 17.2 – – UKTV 22.5 20.4 31.5 32.0 – – BBC Radio 66.5 66.6 BBC Radio 1 20.6 20.4 BBC Radio 2 26.5 27.2 BBC Radio 3 4.1 4.2 BBC Radio 4 19.2 19.3 BBC Radio Five Live 12.0 12.7 BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra 1.0 0.8 1Xtra 0.7 0.6 BBC 6 Music 0.6 0.5 BBC 7 1.2 0.9 BBC Asian Network 0.9 1.0 BBC Local Radio (including Nations) 20.5 20.8 BBC World Service9 2.6 2.6 All commercial radio 62.2 63.8 Virgin AM/FM 5.1 5.1 Classic FM 12.1 12.6 talkSPORT 4.4 4.6 All local commercial radio 50.6 52.5 Source:Television: BARB TNS/Infosys, age 4+; Radio: RAJAR, age 15+, both 4ITV3 launched in November 2004 average for the year 5ITV4 data covers the period November 2005 to March 2006 1People aged 4+ as at March, source: BARB 6CITV data covers the period March 2006 2Combined weekly reach to BBC Television and Radio, age 4+, 7Includes the first transmission and +1 hour time-shifted channels source: BARB/RAJAR 8More 4 data covers the period October 2005 to March 2006 3Excludes BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 and five 9UK only BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 141 Broadcasting facts and figures Table 2: Average audience share: BBC and competitors The table shows the percentage of hours of viewing or listening in an average week. Analogue All homes All multichannel homes terrestrial homes 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 (55.8m1) (55.4m1) (42.5m1) (37.5m1) (13.2m1) (17.9m1) % % % % % % Total BBC Television and Radio share2 42.7 43.1 – – – – BBC Television 34.9 36.2 29.8 29.7 48.0 47.9 BBC One 22.9 24.4 19.2 19.7 32.5 32.9 BBC Two 9.4 9.6 7.0 6.7 15.5 15.0 BBC Three 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.8 – – BBC Four 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 – – The CBBC Channel 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.5 – – CBeebies 0.9 0.8 1.3 1.3 – – BBC News 24 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 – – BBC Parliament 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 – – Other channels (total)3 30.5 27.3 42.4 42.5 – – All ITV 23.6 23.9 21.6 20.9 – – ITV1 21.1 22.3 18.2 18.5 28.7 29.2 ITV2 1.5 1.2 2.0 1.8 – – ITV34 0.9 0.3 1.2 0.5 – – ITV45 0.35 – 0.45 – – – CITV6 1.66 – 2.06 – – – All Channel 4 11.4 10.6 10.2 8.8 – – Channel 4 9.8 9.8 8.1 7.6 14.2 13.8 E47 1.4 0.8 1.8 1.0 – – More 47,8 0.48 – 0.68 – – – five 6.3 6.5 5.2 5.2 8.8 8.8 All Sky channels 6.3 6.5 9.2 10.2 – – Sky One 1.4 1.5 1.9 2.2 – – Sky News 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 – – Discovery7 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 – – Nickelodeon7 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 – – Nick Jr. 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 – – UK Gold7 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.8 – – UKTV 2.9 2.6 4.0 4.0 – – BBC Radio 54.9 54.0 BBC Radio 1 9.3 8.5 BBC Radio 2 15.9 16.3 BBC Radio 3 1.2 1.2 BBC Radio 4 11.7 11.3 BBC Radio Five Live 4.4 4.6 BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra 0.1 0.1 1Xtra 0.2 0.1 BBC 6 Music 0.2 0.1 BBC 7 0.3 0.2 BBC Asian Network 0.3 0.3 BBC Local Radio (including Nations) 10.9 10.9 BBC World Service9 0.6 0.6 All commercial radio 43.1 44.1 Virgin AM/FM 1.6 1.5 Classic FM 4.2 4.2 talkSPORT 1.8 1.7 All local commercial radio 32.8 34.3 Source:Television:BARB TNS/Infosys,age 4+;Radio:RAJAR,age 15+,both 4ITV3 launched in November 2004 average for the year 5ITV4 data covers the period November 2005 to March 2006 1People aged 4+ as at March, source: BARB 6CITV data covers the period March 2006 2Combined share of viewing/listening to BBC Television and Radio age 4+, 7Includes the first transmission and +1 hour time-shifted channels source: BARB/RAJAR 8More 4 data covers the period October 2005 to March 2006 3Excludes BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 and five 9UK only 142 BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 Table 3: Subtitling output on BBC Television Subtitled hours Actual for year Target for year 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 % % % % BBC One 13,144 12,643 91.6 87.4 90.0 85.0 BBC Two 9,516 9,355 91.7 88.5 90.0 85.0 BBC Three 2,542 2,293 78.3 69.0 70.0 60.0 BBC Four 2,534 2,162 77.0 65.4 70.0 60.0 The CBBC Channel 3,286 2,912 75.7 65.8 70.0 60.0 CBeebies 3,866 3,768 82.3 78.6 70.0 60.0 BBC News 24 6,149 5,382 70.4 60.4 70.0 60.0 Note: BBC Parliament is not subject to Ofcom subtitling targets on the basis of audience size Table 4: Audio description on BBC Television Audio described hours Actual for year Target for year 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 % % % % BBC One 719 599 8.2 6.7 6.9 6.0 BBC Two 628 540 7.4 6.1 6.9 6.0 BBC Three 615 452 18.9 13.6 6.9 6.0 BBC Four 332 251 10.1 7.6 6.9 6.0 The CBBC Channel 552 271 12.7 6.1 6.9 6.0 CBeebies 431 384 9.2 8.0 6.9 6.0 Note:Targets have been set for 10% of programming output to be audio described by 2008/2009 Note: BBC News 24 is not subject to audio description targets due to the narrative nature of the output Note: BBC Parliament is not subject to Ofcom audio description targets on the basis of audience size Table 5: Signing on BBC Television Sign interpreted hours Actual for year Target for year 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 % % % % BBC One 308 269 3.5 3.0 3.4 3.0 BBC Two 312 269 3.7 3.0 3.4 3.0 BBC Three 117 104 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.0 BBC Four 129 112 3.9 3.4 3.4 3.0 The CBBC Channel 172 146 4.0 3.3 3.4 3.0 CBeebies 176 200 3.8 4.2 3.4 3.0 BBC News 24 336 276 3.8 3.1 3.4 3.0 Note:Targets have been set for 5% of programming output to be signed by 2008/2009 Note: BBC Parliament is not subject to Ofcom signing targets on the basis of audience size BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 143 Broadcasting facts and figures Table 6: BBC Network Television hours of output by genre The table shows the number of hours of each genre broadcast on each channel. It includes orginations, acquired programmes and repeats. BBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 Factual and learning 1,880 1,748 1,438 1,343 1,419 1,321 1,100 997 Education (formal)1 – – 1,579 1,567 – 2 – 1 News and weather 2,508 2,446 673 620 114 143 8 92 Current affairs 159 160 259 267 62 87 234 2452 Entertainment 433 559 810 781 903 882 234 187 Sport 670 787 1,028 946 36 4 – – Children’s 672 675 1,168 1,353 – – – – Drama 1,036 880 166 173 258 368 295 190 Film 654 839 735 964 200 191 199 258 Music and arts 82 53 350 297 145 145 1,136 1,261 Religion 92 86 47 33 1 10 16 26 Continuity 259 234 322 320 119 118 82 80 Total network hours (excluding opt-outs) 8,445 8,467 8,575 8,664 3,257 3,271 3,304 3,254 Included in total network hours are acquired programmes of 1,476 1,471 1,597 1,919 287 299 522 542 Included in total network hours are parliamentary programmes of 64 51 131 145 – – – – The CBBC Channel CBeebies BBC News 24 BBC Parliament 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 Education (formal)1 583 562 88 77 – – – – News and weather – – – – 8,468 8,468 8,760 8,760 Children’s 3,458 3,468 4,107 4,110 – – – – Continuity 313 320 516 530 292 292 – – Total network hours 4,354 4,350 4,711 4,717 8,760 8,760 8,760 8,760 Included in total network hours are acquired programmes of Included in total network hours are parliamentary programmes of 646 – 762 – 866 – 700 – 178 – 178 – 135 8,760 327 8,760 1Education (formal) includes Education for children, Open University and BBC Learning Zone 2Hours restated from 2004/2005 due to reclassification 144 BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 Table 7: BBC Television hours of output by origin The table shows where programmes were made and broadcast. Hours of programmes made in: EnglandLondon (excluding London) Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Total 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 First Transmission: Originated programmes Network BBC One and BBC Two Factual and learning 852 859 678 688 4 2 67 71 37 23 1,638 1,643 Education (formal)1 36 23 16 7 1 1 4 7 1 2 58 40 News and weather 3,176 3,062 – – – – – – – – 3,176 3,062 Current affairs 339 343 62 55 2 1 2 2 – – 405 401 Entertainment 575 630 135 112 10 1 6 6 – 2 726 751 Sport 1,437 1,496 – – – – – – – – 1,437 1,496 Children’s 278 332 8 22 – – 48 47 – – 334 401 Drama 281 255 174 157 9 9 21 23 25 9 510 453 Film – 2 – – – – – – – – – 2 Music and arts 190 157 14 5 – – 34 32 15 10 253 204 Religion 13 7 103 101 1 1 3 3 1 1 121 113 Subtotal 7,177 7,166 1,190 1,147 27 15 185 191 79 47 8,658 8,566 First Transmission: Originated programmes Digital channels Factual and learning 235 149 80 60 – 1 23 14 11 5 349 229 Education (formal)1 – 11 – – – – – 1 – – – 12 News and weather 11,191 11,8222 – – – – 162 112 159 109 11,512 12,0432 Current affairs 148 1572 4 12 2 5 – – – – 154 1742 Entertainment 109 140 21 30 – – – 5 – – 130 175 Sport 36 2 – – – – – – – – 36 2 Children’s 575 766 64 23 – – 34 33 5 5 678 827 Drama 12 2 1 23 – 1 – – 12 10 25 36 Film 1 – – – – – – – – – 1 – Music and arts 177 214 29 18 – – 44 68 23 23 273 323 Religion – 3 1 5 – – – – 1 – 2 8 Subtotal 12,484 13,266 200 171 2 7 263 233 211 152 13,160 13,829 First Transmission: Originated programmes Nations and Regions Factual and learning 1 3 14 21 103 70 85 64 89 88 292 246 Education (formal)1 – – – – 2 2 12 9 7 4 21 15 News and weather 303 297 3,640 3,365 350 336 452 438 470 461 5,215 4,897 Current affairs 9 9 90 96 36 36 64 66 39 40 238 247 Entertainment – – – 2 50 70 23 17 15 17 88 106 Sport – – 29 38 93 108 141 154 190 215 453 515 Children’s – – – – – – 19 15 – – 19 15 Drama – – – – – 5 53 53 7 6 60 64 Film – – – – – – – – – – – – Music and arts 1 – 6 2 1 6 42 31 24 33 74 72 Religion – – – – – – – – – – – – Subtotal 314 309 3,779 3,524 635 633 891 847 841 864 6,460 6,177 Acquired programmes 1,148 1,188 11 5 – 4 – – 4 11 1,163 1,208 Total first transmissions* 21,123 21,929 5,180 4,847 664 659 1,339 1,271 1,135 1,074 29,441 29,780 Repeats Network 20,287 19,689 2,974 3,118 24 33 737 859 333 184 24,355 23,883 Nations and Regions – – 2 2 221 146 237 199 281 278 741 625 Continuity 1,907 1,897 32 31 170 255 182 188 163 169 2,454 2,540 Open University 352 360 – – – – – – – – 352 360 BBC Learning Zone 565 515 – – – – – – – – 565 515 Total hours of broadcasting 44,234 44,390 8,188 7,998 1,079 1,093 2,495 2,517 1,912 1,705 57,908 57,703 *Of which independents Network 1,880 1,716 401 342 18 12 98 112 54 26 2,451 2,208 Nations and Regions 13 – 60 57 97 84 164 148 129 124 463 413 *Of which parliamentary programming 3,751 4,317 111 – 28 – 251 112 255 109 4,396 4,538 1Education (formal) includes Education for children, Open University and BBC Learning Zone 2News and current affairs hours on BBC Four restated from 2004/2005 due to reclassification BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 145 Broadcasting facts and figures Table 8: BBC Network Television hours of repeats The table shows the number of hours of repeats shown on BBC One and BBC Two. BBC One BBC Two 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 Hours of programmes in peak 1,643 1,643 1,643 1,643 Repeats in peak 146 159 450 533 Of which narrative repeats 4 2 47 38 Of which digital transfers 12 5 70 99 % repeats in peak time 8.9% 9.7% 27.4% 32.5% Total hours of network programmes 8,445 8,467 8,575 8,664 Repeats 2,602 2,683 4,567 4,771 Of which narrative repeats 337 457 187 175 Of which digital transfers 176 175 453 379 % repeats in all hours 30.8% 32.0% 53.3% 54.0% Repeats include transfers from BBC’s digital channels (but not digital premieres) Table 9: BBC Network Radio hours of output by genre The table shows the number of hours of each genre broadcast on each radio station. BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio Five Live 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 Music 8,219 83371 7,328 7,375 8,073 8,068 – – – – News and weather 304 307 476 455 75 80 2,374 2,380 6,549 6,423 Sport 35 30 – – – – 655 502 2,009 2,138 Factual 89 63 21 10 – – 1,305 1,283 – – Current affairs – – 353 340 – – 1,194 1,210 56 53 Drama – – 12 13 89 93 1,081 1,074 – – Arts 115 841 112 105 309 315 430 448 – – Entertainment 73 441 69 78 – – 509 486 – – Religion – – 192 187 59 67 298 289 – – Schools – – – – – – 209 208 – – Children’s – – – – 99 86 26 26 – – Presentation 148 148 197 197 56 51 54 54 146 146 Total hours 8,9832 9,0132 8,760 8,760 8,760 8,760 8,135 7,960 8,760 8,760 BBC Five Live Sports Extra 1Xtra BBC 6 Music BBC 7 BBC Asian Network Total network radio 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 Music – – 7,718 7,726 8,238 8,203 – – 2,844 2,746 42,420 42,455 News and weather – – 306 306 325 326 – – 1,240 1,246 11,649 11,523 Sport 1,209 1,001 80 77 – – – – 390 390 4,378 4,138 Factual – – – – – 5 – – 6 6 1,421 1,367 Current affairs – – 510 505 – – – – 1,690 1,704 3,803 3,812 Drama – – – – – – 3,495 3,184 120 122 4,797 4,486 Arts – – – – – – – – – – 966 952 Entertainment – – – – – – 3,158 3,466 – – 3,809 4,074 Religion – – – – – – – – 572 643 1,121 1,186 Schools – – – – – – – – – – 209 208 Children’s – – – – – – 1,457 1,460 – – 1,582 1,572 Presentation – – 146 146 197 226 650 6501 234 235 1,828 1,853 Total hours 1,209 1,001 8,760 8,760 8,760 8,760 8,760 8,760 7,096 7,092 77,983 77,626 1Hours restated from 2004/2005 due to reclassification 2BBC Radio 1 operates nations’ opt-outs 146 BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 Table 10: BBC Network Radio hours of output by origin The table shows where in the UK programmes were made and broadcast. Programmes produced in: England London (excluding London) Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Total 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 2005/2006 2004/2005 BBC Radio 1 8,763 8,755 2 3 72 81 73 91 73 83 8,983 9,013 BBC Radio 2 5,529 5,561 3,150 3,115 13 2 64 80 4 2 8,760 8,760 BBC Radio 3 6,496 6,572 1,064 1,050 78 70 361 327 761 741 8,760 8,760 BBC Radio 4 6,339 6,080 1,553 1,602 41 47 133 161 69 70 8,135 7,960 BBC Radio Five Live 8,505 8,529 252 228 3 3 – – – – 8,760 8,760 BBC Five Live Sports Extra 1,209 1,001 – – – – – – – – 1,209 1,001 1Xtra 8,758 8,758 2 2 – – – – – – 8,760 8,760 BBC 6 Music 8,500 8,500 260 260 – – – – – – 8,760 8,760 BBC 7 8,737 8,730 10 3 13 17 – 10 – – 8,760 8,760 BBC Asian Network 780 780 6,316 6,312 – – – – – – 7,096 7,092 Total network radio hours 63,616 63,266 12,609 12,575 220 220 631 669 907 896 77,983 77,626 Nations and regions hours 8,760 8,760 227,619 222,772 8,809 8,740 11,961 11,617 15,375 15,367 272,524 267,256 Total radio hours 72,376 72,026 240,228 235,347 9,029 8,960 12,592 12,286 16,282 16,263 350,507 344,882 Table 11: Average weekly bbc.co.uk page impressions The table shows page impressions viewed in an average week and includes pages accessed from the UK and abroad. 2005/2006 2004/2005 UK and international page impressions1 Millions Millions News and sport 268.1 187.0 Education2 27.5 15.5 Other bbc.co.uk 343.2 228.1 Total bbc.co.uk 638.8 430.6 BBC World Service, accessed via bbc.co.uk sites 29.0 19.2 BBC World Service, accessed via key partners3 3.1 1.2 Total BBC World Service 32.1 20.4 Source:BBC server logs,BBC World Service 1Includes page impressions from international-facing site (average weekly figure for 2005/2006 was 55.4 million), funded by Grant-in-Aid, also includes page impressions for the Global News Division home pages from December 2005 (weekly average was 35.2 million) 2Education comprises all schools and lifeskills sites (excluding BBC jam) 3Key partner websites host BBC World Service text and audio Table 12: Average weekly reach of BBC New Media (millions of users) 2005/2006 2004/2005 Unique users (server log based)1 Millions Millions bbc.co.uk unique users (UK only) bbc.co.uk unique users (UK + international) 12.3 24.3 8.7 17.3 Claimed usage (survey based) 2005/2006 2004/2005 Millions Millions bbc.co.uk2 BBCi (interactive television – 24/7)3 13.7 10.74 10.6 n/a5 Average monthly reach 2005/2006 2004/2005 Millions Millions BBCi (interactive television – enhanced TV programmes)6 3.2 3.5 1Source: BBC server logs, based on cookie data 2Source: BMRB Access, Monthly Omnibus Survey, GB adults age 15+ 3Digital satellite performance only of BBCi 24/7 ‘always on’ digital text services available on Digital Satellite, Freeview and Digital Cable Source:TNS News Media Tracker GB 16+ 4Cross platform (Digital Satellite, Freeview and Digital Cable) measure only available from October 2005 5Comparable data not available. New methodology from October 2005 6Digital satellite performance only of BBCi interactive TV programmes (eg Olympics, Little Britain).The number and size of services available each month fluctuates and therefore so does the number of viewers interacting Source: BARB, viewers aged 4+ in digital satellite homes BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 147 Broadcasting facts and figures Table 13: Weekly audio visual (AV) requests from bbc.co.uk The table shows the number of hours of streaming and downloads of BBC programming per week. 2005/2006 2004/2005 millions millions UK and International AV consumption hours in million Radio – live streams 2.3 1.4 Audio on-demand downloads 1.3 0.9 Other broadband and narrowband video and audio streams 1.0 0.6 Total AV from bbc.co.uk 4.6 2.9 Source: BBC server logs Table 14: Comparative cost per hour of viewing/listening The table shows the cost per hour to a viewer/listener of watching/listening. 2005/2006 2004/2005 pence pence BBC1 5.4 5.0 Sky multichannels2 50.6 44.0 Video/DVD hire3 81.8 81.5 Source: BARB, RAJAR, BBC Strategy estimates 1Based on the cost of the licence fee to a household (£126.50 per year in 2005/2006), total hours of viewing/listening to BBC output and average 2.32 people in household 2Based on the cost of basic multichannels (family package), total hours of viewing to Sky channels and average 2.73 people in household 3Based on the average cost per video/DVD hire(£2.94) Table 15: Cost per hour of BBC-originated programmes by service 2005/2006 2004/2005 £000 £000 Television channels BBC One 162.9 174.4 BBC Two 99.3 97.7 BBC Three 146.4 157.5 BBC Four 73.6 62.6 The CBBC Channel 75.3 42.2 CBeebies 59.1 63.3 BBC News 24 5.0 5.3 BBC Parliament 0.5 0.5 Radio stations BBC Radio 1 3.3 3.1 BBC Radio 2 4.0 3.9 BBC Radio 3 4.1 4.3 BBC Radio 4 11.5 11.4 BBC Radio Five Live 6.6 7.3 BBC Five Live Sports Extra 1.3 1.6 1Xtra 0.7 0.7 BBC 6 Music 0.5 0.5 BBC 7 3.7 3.8 BBC Asian Network 1.1 0.8 Nations and Regions Television (BBC One/BBC Two/BBC Three/BBC Four) 31.7 31.2 Radio (Local radio/Nations radio) 0.6 0.6 148 BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 Table 16: Cost per hour of BBC-originated programmes by genre 2005/2006 2004/2005 £000 £000 Analogue television programmes Factual and learning 108.5 110.6 Education (formal)1 107.1 93.0 News and weather 43.3 42.8 Current affairs 130.6 116.8 Entertainment 199.3 196.1 Sport 158.4 199.8 Children’s 80.2 93.3 Drama 526.3 505.4 Film – 280.3 Music and arts 133.6 151.0 Religion 105.3 108.3 Digital television programmes Factual and learning 143.1 132.8 Education (formal)1 116.0 – News and weather 4.1 4.0 Current affairs 117.5 123.6 Entertainment 226.3 190.8 Sport 27.6 73.9 Children’s 72.7 44.3 Drama 500.3 582.8 Film 104.3 – Music and arts 65.4 74.6 Religion 124.1 102.1 1Education (formal) includes education for children, Open University and BBC Learning Zone Table 17: BBC News 24 costs Note 2b (page 107) sets out the cost of BBC services and channels. Certain categories of expenditure, including newsgathering, are not allocated to individual services and channels. Had part of this expenditure been allocated to BBC News 24, its costs would have been as follows: 2005/2006 2004/2005 £m £m Total production costs 23.1 23.0 Newsgathering1 19.1 18.4 Central costs 6.6 6.7 1Included in newsgathering allocation is £3.3million of regional spend (2004/2005 £3.2million) Note: 1,049 hours of BBC News 24 programming were shown on BBC One and 268 hours on BBC Two (2004/2005: 928 hours on BBC One and 225 hours on BBC Two) Table 18: BBC distribution costs 2005/2006 2004/2005 £m £m Analogue 76 77 Digital 89 80 Total distribution costs 165 157 Table 19: BBC spend outside London The table shows the cost of BBC programmes made in the nations and regions. 2005/2006 2004/2005 £m £m Television England 286 2661 Northern Ireland 45 41 Scotland 106 1121 Wales 68 571 505 476 Radio England – local radio 128 129 Northern Ireland 13 16 Scotland 26 27 Wales 23 23 190 195 Other programme costs incurred outside London 48 51 Other costs, including transmission 122 125 Total spend in the nations and regions 865 8471 Included within television originations is network spend of 300 2831 Included within radio originations is network spend of 47 49 1TV figures restated on transmission rather than delivery basis, consistent with Ofcom reporting Table 20: Creative spend outside the BBC 2005/2006 2004/2005 £m £m Independent programme productions transmitted 353 328 External programme facilities and resources 241 245 Acquired programmes transmitted 80 84 Artists, contributors and copyright 276 2831 Performing groups 29 28 979 968 1Figure restated from 2004/2005 Table 21:TV programming produced by independent producers as a percentage of eligible hours 2005 2004 % % Target 25 25 Actual 31 30 There is a statutory requirement for 25% of eligible hours of TV programming to be produced by independent producers.It is Ofcom’s responsibility to report BBC’s performance against this requirement: the 31% in 2005 is the BBC’s self assessment figure (see Compliance, page 91). BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 149 Broadcasting facts and figures Table 22:Top ten external producers for BBC Television by spend 1 Hat Trick Productions 2 Kudos Film and Television 3 Talkback Thames 4 Tiger Aspect Productions 5 Endemol 6 Lion Television 7 Wall to Wall 8 Zenith Entertainment 9 Open Mike Productions 10 Mentorn The BBC spent £335million on external programme production in the financial year 2005/2006 (£311million in 2004/2005). Table 23: Radio programming produced by independent producers as a percentage of eligible hours 2005/2006 2004/2005 % % Target 10.0 10.0 Actual 14.2 13.4 The BBC has made a voluntary commitment to 10% of eligible hours of radio programming being produced by independent producers. Data based on financial year. Table 24:Top five external producers for BBC Radio by spend 1 Unique 2 Somethin’ Else 3 Smooth Operations 4 Pier Productions 5 Classic Arts Productions The BBC spent £16.0million on external programme production in the financial year 2005/2006 (£15.3million in 2004/2005). Table 25: New Media content produced outside the BBC as a percentage of eligible spend 2005/2006 2004/2005 % % Target – n/a Actual 17.2 – The BBC has made a voluntary commitment to 25% (by value) of eligible online content being sourced from outside the BBC from 2006/2007. BBC New Media had an external spend of £8.3milion in 2005/2006. General notes – new Ofcom genres will be introduced in the BBC’s next Annual Report and Accounts (2006/2007) Terms Peak time (television) 18:00–22:30 BBC One and BBC Two Repeat A re-broadcast of a programme previously shown on the same or another BBC television channel Narrative repeat Re-broadcast of a programme within seven days of first transmission Digital transfers Re-broadcast of a programme on BBC One or BBC Two previously shown on one of the BBC’s digital channels (eg BBC Three or BBC Four) Digital premiere A programme commissioned for BBC One or BBC Two but first shown (premiered) on one of the BBC’s digital television channels (eg Spooks) Originations Programmes produced for transmission on the BBC Acquisitions Programmes originally produced for transmission by a different broadcaster, either in the UK or overseas Weekly reach The percentage of adults in the UK aged 15+ who tune to a radio station within at least one 15-minute period (radio) in an average week (as measured by RAJAR) Weekly reach The percentage of individuals in the UK aged 4+ who watch at least 15 consecutive minutes of television (television) in an average week (as measured by BARB) Share (radio) The percentage of total hours of listening in an average week Share (television) The percentage of the total viewing audience 150 BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 Getting in touch with the BBC BBC Information If you have a question or comment about BBC programmes or services, you can contact BBC Information. 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