Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 9 April 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the level of funding from the public purse for local television in each year to 2020.
As part of the licence fee settlement in October 2010, the BBC agreed to commit up to £25 million to establish the local TV broadcast network up to March 2017. The BBC also agreed to provide up to £5 million per year for the last three years of the licence fee settlement to March 2017 to acquire content from local TV stations, subject to this being suitable for inclusion in a UK public service. There is no commitment for further public funding after the end of this licence fee period.
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