What is the BBC for?

Hello. I'm the editor of the new BBC TV blog. I'll be writing here from time to time though as you can see, it's mostly controllers of the channels, commissioners and executive producers who post on this blog.

I'll also be asking scriptwriters and occasionally, actors and presenters to tell their stories on the blog.

Today though, the big goings on inside the BBC are to do with the proposals to, amongst other things, slim down the BBC website by closing and consolidating half its pages and close two digital radio stations - 6Music and the Asian Network.

The Director General, Mark Thompson gave a talk to all BBC staff this morning where he showed this film which explains some of what he wants to do. He's calling these strategic proposals Putting Quality First.

You may have read some of the speculation in The Times last week. The full report has now been made public by the BBC - have a look at the About The BBC website for all the ins and outs.

It's worth pointing out that these are only proposals at the moment. The BBC Trust has opened them up for the public to comment on before they decide. So if you want to have your say on the proposals, you can do so on the BBC Trust's online consultation page.

We'll be back to posting about telly programmes again tomorrow.

Fiona Wickham is editor of the BBC TV blog