BBC (Public Service Broadcasting)
Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport
2:30 pm
Andy Burnham (Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Leigh, Labour)
On ITV, as we move towards a full digital television world, the basis on which we have regulated ITV hitherto changes. It is important to understand that the financial case changes for the regional programming that we have received for many years. However, I agree with my hon. Friend that we want public service broadcasting to build on the best of what we have got—strong programming, with a regional identity and regional news, which people value greatly, provided by not only the BBC.
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anthony field
Posted on 13 Nov 2008 2:39 pm (Report this annotation)
Ido wish that all MPs would beclear about the fact that there is in such thing as a BBc TV Licence,,,it is purely a television licence. like a car licence it permits you to operate a televion set.. Thousands of hours are spent in courts while Clerks explain this to thousands of non licence payers who plead mitigation on the grounds that they dont watch bbc tv. the Clerk has to point out that even if the BBc was abolished tomorrow, tv licences would continue...Because Treasury officials do not wish to assess the costs of BBC radio, overseas and tv services they use a meaningless formula relating the Treasury grant to the BBc to what they estimate is collected from the sale of tv licences...it could just as well be related to the number of oranges imported through Liverpool docks each year. Anthony Field.