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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The BBC is not needed by everybody, that is the point. You may need it, and you can pay for it but leave those who don’t watch it out of the bubble.
I agree that advertising is not the appropriate option for BBC TV but a voluntary subscription is perfectly acceptable. It would ensure that the Beeb paid more attention to what people actually want from them, such as less wokery.
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It’s not an essential service like education or defence, Mr K, so that is not a strong argument at all.
ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are also public service broadcasters, but we don’t even pay for them.
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News, weather, local radio are essential in times of emergency. Commercial channels won't provide anything that doesnt make a profit. They also won't make any high quality niche programmes, or take risks with new content, for the same reason.
100s channels of the same repeated crap, or a few channels of quality programming no one else will do. Be careful what you wish for.