TY - CHAP

T1 - Should the TV license fee fund other Public Service Broadcasters?

AU - Jones, Dyfrig

PY - 2024/1/15

Y1 - 2024/1/15

N2 - The announcement in December 2023 of Samir Shah as the UK government’s preferred candidate for Chair of the BBC has revived a recently neglected question about the funding of the corporation, and of Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) in general. If we are to continue to fund PSB through a flat-rate levy on television users, then is it fair that almost all of this money is spent on sustaining a single public broadcaster? Or could a more competitive model of sharing out the licence fee help create a more dynamic and plural PSB landscape?

AB - The announcement in December 2023 of Samir Shah as the UK government’s preferred candidate for Chair of the BBC has revived a recently neglected question about the funding of the corporation, and of Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) in general. If we are to continue to fund PSB through a flat-rate levy on television users, then is it fair that almost all of this money is spent on sustaining a single public broadcaster? Or could a more competitive model of sharing out the licence fee help create a more dynamic and plural PSB landscape?

KW - BBC

KW - Public Service Broadcasting

KW - S4C

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9798875587702

SP - 113

EP - 116

BT - How do we pay for the BBC after 2027?

A2 - Mair, John

PB - MGM Books

ER -