BBC Puts 84 Jobs At Risk Across Teams Behind Iplayer & Other Services

EXCLUSIVE : The BBC has put more than 80 employees at risk of redundancy across the product teams that help power online services, including iPlayer .

The British broadcaster is planning to make delivery managers redundant in its “production group” as it embraces a model that managers said mirrors processes in Silicon Valley.

The BBC is effectively doing away with a group of project managers who help engineering teams with workload forecasting and delivery. One insider said it was a “major” change.

In an internal email setting out the plans, the BBC said: “We must transform how we build and ship products, and to do so, we’re moving from a traditional delivery model to empowered, discovery-led teams that are outcome-focused.”

The email, seen by Deadline, continued: “The BBC needs t