EXCLUSIVE : The BBC has confirmed plans to save at least £100M ($132M) by radically reimagining its workforce to compete with tech giants.

BBC chief operating officer Leigh Tavaziva wrote to employees on Tuesday (full memo below) to address Deadline’s report over the weekend about secret internal work, known as Project Ada.

The transformation project, which is being pursued vigorously by outgoing director general Tim Davie , will shrink the BBC’s workforce so that the corporation can invest in digital resources and content.

Named after Ada Lovelace, the pioneering 19th-century British mathematician, the project could result in thousands of non-content jobs — including HR, finance, legal, and operations — being outsourced to private sector companies.

The BBC is also exploring spi

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