On Jul 10, 10:53 am, David Buttery wrote:
Weatherlawyer wrote roups.com:

snip Cost of New Graphics
The cost of the new graphics is not something we will go in to, but
running costs for the new system are lower than for the current one.

snip

This bit has always annoyed me. If they're using licence-payers' money to
pay for it, then the costings should not be kept secret. The BBC's argument
is doubtless that confidentiality allows them to get a better deal, but
personally I think that openness is more important than getting the
cheapest possible cost. I'm probably in a minority there, though.

It's more probable that unless someone with the know-how pushes the
right buttons, we will never find out. Like I said in my first post,
the BBC is a semi secret society, baffling honest questions from
unsuspecting dupes, with a hoard of censorious editing.