{"id":7418,"date":"2017-02-22T10:22:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/bbc-to-invest-additional-8-5-million-in-wales-tv-programming\/"},"modified":"2017-02-22T13:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T18:30:25","slug":"bbc-to-invest-additional-8-5-million-in-wales-tv-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/02\/22\/bbc-to-invest-additional-8-5-million-in-wales-tv-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC to Invest Additional \u00a38.5 Million in Wales TV Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: The BBC has pledged a 50-percent increase for its investment in English-language programming for Wales.<\/p>\n<p>An additional \u00a38.5 million ($10.6 million) of new funding will go to comedy, entertainment, drama, factual and culture-related programming. The money will also be used to help BBC Wales to reach out to younger audiences and develop its online and mobile news services. The total investment in English-language TV services is expected to reach nearly \u00a330 million ($37.4 million) by 2019-20. A new BBC Wales iPlayer channel will also be launched to increase the visibility and prominence of content for audiences in Wales.<\/p>\n<p>BBC&#8217;s director-general, Tony Hall, said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to announce this major increase in television funding for Wales. BBC Wales has a remarkable creative track record and I know they\u2019ll seize this new opportunity with real relish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe this investment will be transformational. In areas such as drama, comedy and entertainment, we expect to more than double investment. In news and current affairs, it will help us move faster online and reach out to younger audiences, and provide greater specialist reporting across our output.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so important that the BBC captures the real diversity of life and experience in Wales, and this investment is a real statement of intent about our ambition to serve all audiences in Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: The BBC has pledged a 50-percent increase for its investment in English-language programming for Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":7419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[831],"class_list":["post-7418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC to Invest Additional \u00a38.5 Million in Wales TV Programming - 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