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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I don't think it's new money, though, Richard. Isn't this funded from the licence fee? The BBC were already wasting that, so it's a question of the pot being made to go further.
The fact that the channel is run by a rich family makes no difference. If anything, it could be better, because they may decide to put some of their own money into this if there is a likelihood of a return on investment.
I am not sure how the local channels are expecting to survive, but they could all put something into a pot for programming that would be available on all the local channels, which they would then supplement with local programming. That might be a cost effective way of growing an audience.
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Whatever ones views on how efficiently the BBC is run, the fact remains that public money is being used to subsidise a TV channel opened by a rich family at a time of austerity.
They were free to open a TV channel previous to this, subject to securing capacity, like anyone else.