Re: [Swprograms] BBC licence fee could be means tested under Government charter renewal plans - Telegraph

["Mark J. Fine" <mark.fine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Even more cynical, yet admittedly off-topic, it would bring FIFA/Sepp
Blatter into the picture. But I agree, the amount of money involved in
world football is absolutely insane enough to fund whole countries back to
solvency (if only Greece had a profitable league such Germany, Italy, or
Spain).

How the BBC uses it as a funder of the PL, passing it along to viewers, or
as billpayer for other services (if they even could) remains to be seen.

On 7/16/15, 8:38 AM, "Swprograms on behalf of John A. Figliozzi"
<swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>I think the answer is two-fold:
>
>1.  The absolutely ridiculous profits and salaries this enterprise
>produces (largely due to its audiences' willingness to pay.)
>
>2.  The excess profits of the corporate world have to go somewhere.
>
>Cynical, yes.  Inaccurate?  I think not.
>
>John Figliozzi
>Halfmoon, NY
>
>> What¹s interesting is that part of the issue here is why broadcasting
>> rights are so high to begin with, something that they also dealt with in
>> Spain recently (all of La Liga was on strike because of a rights
>> disagreement).
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> On 7/16/15, 6:27 AM, "Swprograms on behalf of Richard Cuff"
>> <swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>
>>wrote:
>> 
>>> The BBC Charter is up for renewal, and there are several elements of
>>> the BBC's existence that could be changed.
>>> 
>>> One of them is the Licence Fee funding mechanism - making it
>>> "means-tested", as is the Finnish broadcasting licence fee.
>>> 
>>> Another item for consideration is public service programming, a
>>> decision that has long been part of the discussions on the CBC:
>>> Should CBC (or the BBC) participate in sports programming rights fee
>>> discussions such as the NHL or Wimbledon?
>>> 
>>> Worth keeping an eye on...because the fortunes of the World Service
>>> are directly tied to the Licence Fee, which historically wasn't the
>>> case.
>>> 
>>> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
>>> 
>>> Shared link: 
>>> 
>>>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11742553/BBC-licence-fee-could-be-me
>>>an
>>> s-tested-under-Government-charter-renewal-plans.html
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