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Re: The future of television
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
PSBs can be redefined...or even abolished!
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When it ceases to draw in sufficient advertising revenue. You’re the economist......
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Probably not for the next 17 years, at least...
https://committees.parliament.uk/com...-broadcasting/
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Key recommendations to Government
Prioritise new primary legislation to update the Communications Act 2003 and grant PSBs prominence which extends beyond the Electronic Programme Guide
Unless PSBs do more to attract younger audiences, the core principle of universality that underpins their existence will be threatened. Recommend that changes be made to the regulatory structure to enable PSBs to innovate more rapidly and easily, and to be able to better compete online
Come out with a strong alternative to the BBC licence fee that it can put to Parliament, or strongly support the current model for at least the next Charter period (2028 - 2038) and actively aid the BBC in driving down evasion
Provide assurances that the issue of decriminalisation will not be used as a bargaining tool during the ongoing licence fee settlement negotiations with the BBC and S4C
If budgets are going to continue to decline in real terms, the Government should review the expectations set for PSBs
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https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...and-Speed-DCMS
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Government proposals to scrap the BBC TV Licence fee and replace it with a Netflix-style monthly subscription from 2027 onwards have been rubbished in a new report from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee. According to the report, the UK Government has "left itself with no option on the licence fee" because it has "failed to put in place the necessary broadband infrastructure that would facilitate other funding mechanisms".
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Given the huge popularity of streaming services and the contract-free monthly subscription service that pays for them, the TV Licence is likely living on borrowed time. However, these issues will need to be solved – as the DCMS report highlights – before the current funding model can be replaced wholesale. Given the amount of time left before the next Charter period begins, it seems unlikely that Boris Johnson and his teams will be able to solve in the next six years.
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