Things get tetchy between ABC and SBS
The boss of SBS has accused his counterparts at the ABC of plotting a takeover of his organisation.
The accusation from SBS managing director Shaun Brown came in a comment to the Weekend Australian over an ABC-commissioned report looking at options to bring the two public broadcasters closer together. Brown told the newspaper:
“The ABC’s clandestine report simply confirms what we long suspected: that ABC management has long harboured a desire to take over SBS.”
The report was carried out by the Boston Consulting Group and looks at savings that could be made if the two organsiations were brought closer together.