Cost cuts clip BBC anchors’ wings

IN Media Watch Briefs | 19/10/2016

The BBC’s star presenters will no longer be parachuted into distant lands to report on news unfolding there. The BBC reportsthat in a move to cut costs, they will be confined to conducting two-way interviews from the studio with reporters on the ground, who, the Corporation’s bosses feel, have a better understanding of local events. It remains to be seen if Indian television channels, accustomed to flying out their high profile anchors to all corners of the world, will take a leaf out of the Beeb’s book. And just in case you forgot, Times Now’s studio warrior-in-chief Arnab does it the BBC's way already!

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