BBC director general Tony Hall has announced major plans for investment in a number of 海角视频 cities as it aims to have a majority of its activities in the regions.
In a speech at BBC鈥檚 Central Square base in Cardiff, Lord Hall said that he wanted to have at least two-thirds of the BBC鈥檚 activities outside London by the time of its next charter renewal in 2027.
As part of that strategy, he announced plans to open a new tech hub in Newcastle, increase the work done by the BBC at Salford鈥檚 Media City and expand BBC Studios in Bristol.
Lord Hall also highlighted the BBC鈥檚 global role and said that all of the recent British winners at the Golden Globes had worked with the BBC at some point in their career.
His speech comes at a time when the BBC is under increasing attack from some politicians after a bruising election campaign, and over its plans to drop free TV licences for over 75s.
The move towards more regional centres comes as Channel 4 is working on a second base in Leeds, plus bases in Bristol and Glasgow.
Lord Hall said: 鈥淭his is the beginning of what I think should be a renewed push - getting the BBC up to at least two thirds around the country (if not more) by the time our charter comes to an end in 2027.
鈥淚 know all the risks. It will take time. It would cost money. It could be hugely disruptive. But it is an enormous creative opportunity; for audiences, for talent, for the 海角视频.
鈥淚t鈥檒l make us more relevant; more in touch with audiences; more alive to creative opportunities. That鈥檚 a really exciting prospect.鈥
In his speech, Lord Hall said Salford would become 鈥渢he heart鈥 of BBC Sounds and would be home to more digital posts and 鈥渕uch more journalism鈥.
Newcastle would get a tech hub that would 鈥渄eliver a new generation of software engineers; designers; product developers and data scientists鈥 while there would be 150 new jobs in Bristol, the home of the BBC鈥檚 acclaimed natural history unit.
Lord Hall鈥檚 speech praised the 鈥渁mazing鈥 BBC centre in Wales, which he said would put almost 拢1bn of economic benefit into the south Wales economy over the next 10 years.
He said the BBC鈥檚 news output would focus on analysis of some of the big issues facing society, and that it would also be investing in its iPlayer and Sounds services.
But - a week after BBC presenter Samira Ahmed won a high-profile equal pay tribunal against the corporation - he also admitted that 鈥渨e haven鈥檛 always got it right鈥 and said the BBC had to think about its internal culture.
