Thread: Funding of the BBC
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Old 31-01-2019, 11:36   #124
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Re: Funding of the BBC
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
In a civilised society, you'd want to have some sort of public broadcasting service, whether funded by general taxation (not preferred) or out of licence fee (which keeps guvmin interference away).

Let's say that the advertisers shift away from ITV and the like, who then have no sustainable business model; what would you be left with? The BBC with its guaranteed income. The BBC merely needs to cut its cloth to suit its resources.
I do believe that advertisers will shift away from the traditional channels, and the main broadcasters like ITV and Channel 4 will team up with the BBC's new 'Netflix-style' app, which will be financed by a mix of advertising and subscriptions. BBC programmes will continue to be free with no advertisements on both the free and subscription versions while the licence fee continues to exist.

The public service broadcast funding should be allocated differently if the licence fee is abolished and instead allocated directly to whichever channels took up the government's requirement to make particular types of programme (such as local news programming and public information programmes). Public broadcasting services do not have to be ditched just because there is a different method of making content available and this does not have to be the sole province of the BBC.
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