Thread: The BBC charter renewal process begins
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Old 10-11-2020, 11:47   #9
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
And the commercial broadcasters don't want the BBC to carry advertising as it would suck a lot of ad revenue from them.
Yes, well the commercial broadcasters like to call the shots. They can’t have it all their own way. They don’t want the BBC to have the advantage of the guaranteed income from the licence fee but if that stops and they go commercial, they don’t want that either.

Cake and eat it?

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
The BBC is forbidden by the terms of its charter to advertise anything on any of its public service channels. It has no aversion; it simply acts within the law.

It advertises exactly the same as anyone else where it operates commercially - as you can see if you tune in to Alibi, Dave, Drama, Eden, Gold, Yesterday or W. All of these are operated by UKTV, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Studios.
If the licence fee is abolished, then they will have to amend the charter, won’t they? Why is that so insurmountable?

If that’s what you think, I’m not sure what you were getting at in your last post (#8191).
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