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Originally Posted by martyh
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because the BBC ,channel 4,5 and itv have a public service broardcasting commitment they have to cover programs such as ,news ,childrens tv and religious programs these types of program are deemed to be educational and used as a medium to pass information on to the general public .
This is under review at the moment ,hence this thread ,and what is proposed is that channel 5 and itv be allowed to opt out and keep the PSB status of the BBC and channel 4
other options are for the government to sell channel 4 or allow a merger with 4 and 5 while releasing all terestrial channels incuding the BBC to be released from their psb obligations
so you see that having a payg system for all channels will limit peoples access to the news and education programs .I think that their should be at least one channel that has to have this psb commitment for everyone in the country
full details of the proposal here http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...olicy-exchange |
I did actually consider the importance of education and news as I was posting. I agree that news and children's educational programmes should be freely available, although these do not necessarily need to be a separate channel but could be free to view during those periods.
I would not pretend to have the answer, but I feel the current system is not fair for all viewers. I'm not sure if I want to look at a Guardian link.
