The report into News 24 by the former Financial Times editor Richard Lambert is expected to say that the structure of News 24 needs to be tightened, editorial content needs to be examined and there should be improvements in areas such as regional reporting.
The report is also expected to say that News 24 must be less reliant on news from other BBC services and should be the first to air with stories. It is thought that Lambert is critical of claims that the five-year-old service is substantially different to the service offered by other BBC news programmes.
Funding must also be more transparent at the service, after claims from rival broadcasters that it is subsidised by other parts of the BBC. The service has an annual budget of £50m, and has an audience of 0.6% of UK households. Sky News's total audience share is 1.01%.
However, the BBC claims the figure is higher, citing the fact that News 24 runs through the night on its terrestrial TV channels and during events such as 9/11 when BBC One and BBC Two took a live News 24 feed.
Tessa Jowell, minister for culture, media and sport, delayed publishing Lambert's report, which has been ready since July, reportedly so that the BBC could prepare to defend itself against criticism.
According to reports, there could be redundancies at BBC news departments as part of a wider evaluation of staffing levels.
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