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Originally Posted by Mr K
What about programmes like Countryfile or Gardeners World, or natural history programmes. Highly valued by some but they don't have massive viewing figures. They would disappear under this new regime and the BBC would just become.like Sky/Amazon, if it doesn't attract advertisers/subscribers, it doesn't get made. It's funding model means it makes programmes others don't.
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This is why public funding of public service broadcasting isn’t going to go away, even if we move away from the current model. In the long term I think all the PSBs will probably be able to bid for public funds to make programmes that fulfil certain criteria.