London – The BBC will begin funding local multimedia
start-up companies, beginning in 2013-14 with an initial fund of about $39
million.
The fund will invest in up to twenty local TV and online services.
The
BBC will also commit up to $8 million per year in 2014-15 to acquire content
for use on its own services from these new services.
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