The BBC has been forced to cut 1,000 jobs following the realisation it is facing a 150 million shortfall in licence fee payments.
IT will be one of the hardest hit divisions, where various roles will be merged across the entire organisation.
Director-general of the BBC, Tony Hall said in a letter to employees: "These changes will save 50m a year. And, you know as well as I do, that many of those savings will be roles that we close. We estimate over a thousand jobs will go."
The problem lies in the number of people with televisions decreasing as online services and streaming media consumption takes over. By the end of 2016, the BBC will have 150 million less than it has now to pay staff, making redundancies an unfortunate solution.
"As a first step, I've asked Ralph Rivera, Matthew Postgate and David Gibbons to bring together our teams in Technology, Engineering and Digital. And, that's not just in the public service, but across Worldwide too. It's just a start - and, over the next few months, I'll be working with our Directors to see what more we can do," he wrote.
However, the IT department has also previously experienced big losses. Last year, a big digital initiative led by former CTO John Linwood was scrapped, costing taxpayers 98.4 million.
Hall added: "When I came back into this organisation I said I wanted a simpler, more effective, more efficient BBC and that's why today I've said we're going to lose 1,000 jobs out of management and support services, and so on.
"I want to ensure as much money as possible is going in the places that licence fee payers pay us for i.e. programmes and services. That's important."
