BBC Asian Network’s annual cost remains at £7 million for fourth year
The BBC Asian Network spend for 2023-2024 remained at £7 million for the third year in a row.
In the BBC Annual Report published today, the BBC Asian Network spend remained the same as 2022/2023.
Other BBC radio stations including BBC Radio 1 and BBC 5 Live saw their spends increase to £41m (from £39m in 2022/2023) and 58m (from 50m in 2022/2023) respectively.
While the BBC Asian Network’s spend was among the least from the whole group, its ‘cost per user hour’ was among the highest out of all BBC radio brands. It cost 5p to deliver the service for each hour used. BBC Asian Network, BBC 1Xtra, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 5 Live were the highest.
▪ BBC Radio 1 spend 2023/24 £41m compared to 2022/23: £39m
▪ BBC Radio 1Xtra spend 2023/24 £10m compared to 2022/23: £10m
▪ BBC Radio 2 spend 2023/24 £49m compared to 2022/23: £50m
▪ BBC Radio 3 spend 2023/24 £38m compared to 2022/23: £34m
▪ BBC Radio 4 spend 2023/24 £87m compared to 2022/23: £88m
▪ BBC Radio 4 Extra spend 2023/24 £3m compared to 2022/23: £3m
▪ BBC Radio 5 Live spend 2023/24 £58m compared to 2022/23: £50m
▪ BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra spend 2023/24 £4mcompared to 2022/23: £3m
▪ BBC Radio 6 Music spend 2023/24 £14m compared to 2022/23: £14m
▪ BBC Asian Network spend 2023/24 £7m compared to 2022/23: £7m
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Samir Shah, BBC Chair, said: “The BBC matters deeply to the UK, and continues to play an important role on the global stage.
“With the Board, I look forward to overseeing progress with the solid plans in place to preserve the benefits of public service broadcasting for all, and to ensure the BBC can deliver for audiences well into the future.”
Tim Davie, BBC Director-General, said: “This year’s Annual Report shows how we are transforming at pace to deliver for all audiences in the digital age.
“We remain firmly focussed on prioritising our resources into building a BBC for the future that can deliver crucial benefits for the UK at a critical time – and help support a healthy democracy, a thriving creative economy, and a strong society.”
