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Title: BBC Finance
Post by Administrator on Mar 5^th, 2014, 3:43pm

So, the usual question.... how to pay for the BBC?

In the present financial climate, BBC Three (TV) is to be cut.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26447089

What do you think the BBC should do?

If you vote for option "8" "Other" then please add your suggestions....

You may vote for more than one option, but please post your thoughts!

Is there enough in the 'adverts' bucket to pay for everything?

Where else can supply the necessary funds?

If the BBC were to take adverts, what would the effect be on the UK broadcasting environment? Would ITV or Channel Four survive in their present state?

Should SKY TV actually PAY for the BBC to be available on its platform rather than charge the BBC nothing 'just to be there'?

Could the BBC require SKY to inhibit ALL UK PSB TV from the SKY platform unless the fees and or TV Licence is paid?

Is it true that the BBC is no longer the main UK broadcaster?

Members of this site may well like to follow twitter

#SaveBBC3

and other locations!

(Admin)

Title: Re: BBC Finance
Post by Dickie Mint on Mar 5^th, 2014, 8:05pm

I voted cut some websites, which won't of course save anything like £100M.
Better would be to cut the marketing budget - too many excruciating ~~adverts~~ trails.
Or maybe to NOT pay any sky charges - they make more money out of having BBC services on their platform.

Title: Re: BBC Finance
Post by Roundabout on Mar 5^th, 2014, 10:50pm

I have voted 'other' because I feel the BBC needs to do something courageous, dramatic and meaningful...I say.....Sell off BBC 1....it no longer is a viable alternative to ITV, it looks like ITV, it sounds like ITV and it has as much, if not more similar programming. The saving would more than cover recent losses and would enable enhanced programming on BBC 2 taking away the shameful and costly daytime repeats. Now digital coverage is practically universal there is no need for the existence of a National 'Holy Grail', 'lead' or 'protected' channel any longer.
Before you blow a fuse, just sit quietly and think on it for a while.

Title: Re: BBC Finance
Post by Director_General on Mar 7^th, 2014, 10:22am

Stop superserving fringe minorities. What on earth is BBC Alba about? Are so many Welsh radio progammes necessary? How much per head is spent in Northern Ireland compared with England? Please vote 'other'!

Title: Re: BBC Finance
Post by Administrator on Mar 23^rd, 2014, 7:07pm

Probably as a result of pressure from many places, there is going to be
"a formal review of decriminalising licence fee evasion",

Steve Hewlett (of Radio Four's "Media Show") in "The Guardian" reports that:-

"The increasingly high-profile campaign started by the Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen to add a clause to the deregulation bill currently on its way through parliament to decriminalise evasion immediately had really begun to rattle the BBC. Hence the evident relief at news of a government review that will last at least a year, involve full public consultation and effectively roll the issue into the forthcoming BBC charter review process between now and the end of 2016."

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There are some very interesting views!

Steve Hewlett's article is here.

Title: Re: BBC Finance
Post by Administrator on Apr 2^nd, 2014, 4:41pm

Lord Grade of Yarmouth warns Parliament to 'tread exceptionally carefully' over BBC funding.

According to "The Press Gazette":-
The Tory peer urged ministers at question time to "tread exceptionally carefully" when examining the issue.

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