ABC boss Hugh Marks flags TV cuts as broadcaster pivots to new platforms

The ABC's managing director, Hugh Marks, has warned audiences to brace for some decades-old shows to be axed over the next year or so, as the public broadcaster struggles to pivot to modern formats with a stagnant budget.

ABC boss Hugh Marks flags TV cuts as broadcaster pivots to new platforms. The ABC's managing director, Hugh Marks, has warned audiences to brace for some decades-old shows to be axed over the next year or so, as the public broadcaster struggles to pivot to modern formats with a stagnant budget. Mr Marks, who took over the top job from David Anderson in March last year, said staff were becoming stretched as the ABC expanded from servicing two main platforms — radio and television — to five, with online news, social media and podcasting added to the mix without extra staff overall. "Often we just build extra platforms on top of what we already do and we don't actually transition, we just add," he told Alan Kohler on the ABC's That's Business podcast. "And that creates an environment where our teams are stretched to do more because there are...