What the BBC spent on major sporting and music events - Guardian

What the BBC spent on major sporting and music events: "

Full details of the big events the corporation covered in 2008/09 – from the Beijing Olympics to Wimbledon and the Proms

The BBC's coverage of major sporting and music events – what it spent where in the year to the end of March 2009*

Total spend of £357m on sporting and music events coverage, comprising £246m on rights and £111m on production.

Beijing Olympics

Cost: £15.57m (4% under budget), including £160,000 on purpose-built studio

BBC production staff: 491

Euro 2008 football championship in Austria and Switzerland

Cost: £8.68m (1% under budget), including £250,000 on studios with a view of the Vienna skyline

Staff: 142

Wimbledon

Cost: £4.22m (less than 1% over budget)

Staff: 358

BBC Proms

Cost: £3.71m (1% under budget)

Staff: 145

Glastonbury

£1.74m (1% over budget)

Staff: 277

Staff and talent cost per day: £90,000

Radio 1 Big Weekend in Maidstone

Cost: £888,000 (5% over budget)

Staff: 271

Staff and talent cost per day: £138,000

* Source: NAO report

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John Plunkett

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