{"id":863817,"date":"2026-09-28T18:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863817\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:36:10","slug":"bbc-tech-teams-hit-with-fresh-round-of-cuts-110-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863817\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Tech Teams Hit With Fresh Round Of Cuts, 110 Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: The cuts keep coming at the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tBBC Media Tech, the division that powers the UK broadcaster\u2019s online services like iPlayer<\/a>, has today announced a fresh \u00a337 million ($50M) round of savings after delivering \u00a342M of cuts earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tAround 110 staff in the unit will face compulsory redundancy, while 35 vacancies will be closed. The BBC expects to make a further 180 Media Tech layoffs through voluntary redundancy, which includes the 150 Deadline reported on last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis will not be the last of the cuts, either. Kelly Kowal, the BBC chief operations and portfolio officer, told staff in an email that Media Tech will need to find an additional \u00a323M of savings in early 2027.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe BBC Media Tech cuts follow similar savings announcements in BBC Sport and local radio. Deadline also revealed last week that channel closures are imminent<\/a>, with insiders expecting BBC Three to be moved online for a second time in a decade.<\/p>\n

\n\tBBC Media Tech will contribute \u00a3102M of savings to the corporation\u2019s overall target of \u00a3500M, which the BBC must deliver because of the growing number of Brits who are refusing to pay for the licence fee.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe BBC tech division will embrace AI to reduce costs, according to Kowal. The unit is also expected to focus on fewer products and push more resource into boosting iPlayer. Matt Brittin, the BBC director general, has been candid about the need to improve iPlayer recommendations and user experience.<\/p>\n

\n\tKowal told employees: \u201cI want to recognise the uncertainty and worry this news will create, particularly those potentially affected by redundancy or worried about their role. There is no easy way to make these choices, but we will be caring, respectful and considered in how we help people work through their options.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: The cuts keep coming at the BBC. BBC Media Tech, the division that powers the UK broadcaster\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[8827,88,155760,92],"class_list":["post-863817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-entertainment","tag-iplayer","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}