BBC

[life on mars]

Wages in the media are simply unreal. When I read that Gary Lineker earns £1.3m a year, for what is basically 90 minutes once a week, it's not that I don't believe it - it's that I can't see how they can justify it. And Zoe Ball is apparently on a similar amount, yet her radio show has been losing listeners since the day she took over. But at least she works five days a week.

It is quite incredible and they pay way above other TV operators

[lardy]

It is quite incredible and they pay way above other TV operators

Might want to check your workings on that. Ant and Dec are on £3.3m just for I'm A Celebrity according to reports - a three year golden handcuffs deal worth £40m.

[life on mars]

Might want to check your workings on that. Ant and Dec are on £3.3m just for I'm A Celebrity according to reports - a three year golden handcuffs deal worth £40m.

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Those two may well be earning very big bucks but I'm guessing that particular wage is a stand out on a private media company and paid by the revenue not the taxpayer , you need to consider all of the BBC labilities , from property , backroom , buildings facility contracts ,new builds , etc etc it dwarfs most private media companies .

£4.0 billion is crazy money, never mind the pension liability its not just about Ant and Dec v 90 minute a week 1.3 million Gary Lineker .

[lardy]

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Those two may well be earning very big bucks but I'm guessing that particular wage is a stand out on a private media company and paid by the revenue not the taxpayer , you need to consider all of the BBC labilities , from property , backroom , buildings facility contracts ,new builds , etc etc it dwarfs most private media companies .

£4.0 billion is crazy money, never mind the pension liability its not just about Ant and Dec v 90 minute a week 1.3 million Gary Lineker .

But your post was about salaries of presenters.

Do you know how ITV get the money to pay their salaries/building expenses/and so on? I'll give you a clue, the same pocket that BBC money comes from.

[Rjk]

It is quite incredible and they pay way above other TV operators

they really don't

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It is quite incredible and they pay way above other TV operators

Just making stuff up as passing it off as fact as usual then

[Rjk]

Just making stuff up as passing it off as fact as usual then

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...b0a03aba868b4f

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https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...b0a03aba868b4f

Exactly, still a good wedge but nowhere near "way above other TV operators"

And it goes down the line, BBC pays crew less than independent companies as well.

Just completely making stuff up

[az city]

It is quite incredible and they pay way above other TV operators

No they don't. You're peddling untruths.

For example, Tony Romo reputedly gets $18M a year from CBS. What Lineker gets is a drop in the bucket in comparison.