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April 26, 2004
The BBC's taxing case
The BBC has "turned its back" on ratings in making its case for continued access to a mandatory licence fee from the British public. Not much of a statement given that UK television viewers are already turning their backs on the Beeb. A new reason for those billions of pounds must be found. The answer...
A BBC source described its submission document - to be published in June - as "a desire to get away from the commercial, ratings-driven assessments that have been applied to the BBC and that feel less and less relevant in today's broadcasting environment.
"We're trying to say that the point about the BBC - like the NHS - is that, however much you use it, it's an asset to our society."
"We're trying to say that the point about the BBC - like the NHS - is that, however much you use it, it's an asset to our society."
Someone get on the line to the CBC! Television nobody watches is a national asset on par with health care nobody can use!
Posted by Ghost of a flea at April 26, 2004 09:34 AM
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