OFCOM Reports Huge Cuts in Kids TV Spend
Submitted by frank grimshaw on Tue, 2009-07-28 08:43. Industry 
The latest report by the independent regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in the UK (OFCOM) highlights a fall in spending on UK-made children's programmes between 2004 and 2008.
Investment by ITV, Channel 4 and Five on UK-produced children's programmes fell 70% from £42m in 2004 to just £11m in 2008. The BBC's spend on children's programmes fell by almost 21% from £97m in 2004 to £77m by 2008.
The number of hours of new UK-produced children's programmes broadcast by UK PSBs has more than halved from 1,887 hours in 2004 to 919 in 2008, according to OFCOM.
The latest report by the independent regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in the UK (OFCOM) highlights a fall in spending on UK-made children's programmes between 2004 and 2008.
Investment by ITV, Channel 4 and Five on UK-produced children's programmes fell 70% from £42m in 2004 to just £11m in 2008. The BBC's spend on children's programmes fell by almost 21% from £97m in 2004 to £77m by 2008.
The number of hours of new UK-produced children's programmes broadcast by UK PSBs has more than halved from 1,887 hours in 2004 to 919 in 2008, according to OFCOM.
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