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1 online resource |
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Hobart paperback ; 182 |
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Hobart paperback (2015) ; 182
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_GoBack; 16; a2; n3; n13; n5; n6; The authors; Foreword; Acknowledgement; Summary; Tables, figures and boxes; 1 Introduction: broadcasting in the twenty-first century ; Philip Booth and Stephen Davies; The origins of the licence fee; The evolution to a hypothecated television tax; The collapse of the justification for licence fee funding; Television broadcasts are not a public good; The licence fee debate should be dead -- at least among economists; What might replace the licence fee model of funding the BBC?; Public service broadcasting; Bias and the BBC; Privatising the BBC; Conclusion |
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Is the BBC biased to the left?Institutional bias and the BBC; Shared values of BBC staff; The BBC, 'conventional wisdom' and the problem of nuanced views; Conclusion; References; 5 Privatising the BBC; Tim Congdon; Setting the scene; The case for ending the licence fee; The BBC in the digital era; Common defences of state funding of broadcasting; Final remarks on the licence fee; The case for the privatisation of the BBC; A possible alternative approach: a smaller BBC? ; References; About the IEA; Table(1 PSB channels and channels operated by public service broadcasters |
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Table(2 Think-tank citations by politicians and the BBC News websiteTable(3 Think-tank mentions and health warnings on the BBC website in the previous Parliament; Table(4 UK television industry metrics; Figure(1 Viewer shares by channel (aged 4+), 1988-2014; Figure(2 PSB and portfolio share of TV viewing, all individuals, by channel: 2004-14; Figure(3 How PSB channels are delivered to viewers, 2014; Figure(4 Public service broadcasting by non-public-service broadcasters; Figure(5 Total TV revenues by source, 2009-14 |
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Figure(6 Number of citations by Labour politicians as a proportion of citations by Labour and Conservative politiciansFigure(7 EU interview comparisons; Figure(8 The financing of British television today (£ billion revenues); Figure(9 Is the BBC already an underdog?; Figure(10 Global TV industry revenues by source (£ billion); Box(1 Competition policy and the BBC |
| Summary |
"This book makes a persuasive argument that the licence fee is no longer the right way to raise revenue for the BBC. While there was a case for this model when the only way to watch the BBC was through the ownership of a television, and there was no way to prevent anyone who owned a television from watching the BBC, technological developments have demolished this argument. Millennials consume more and more of their broadcast media through a tablet, computer or phone. Yet, non-payment of the licence fee now accounts for 10 per cent of all criminal convictions in the UK, so we may soon be in the invidious position where a majority of young people watch BBC programmes through devices that are not taxed, while older people who own a television but watch only ITV or Sky Sports are taxed and, in the case of non-compliance, subject to arrest. Those who support the continuation of the licence fee often do so using two arguments: that the BBC is vital for producing what has become known as 'public service broadcasting', and that the BBC produces news that is non-partisan together with unbiased coverage of current affairs. The authors of this book challenge both of these arguments and show that there are various ways in which the BBC could be made independent of the state and/or of compulsory funding."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
British Broadcasting Corporation -- Finance
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| SUBJECT |
British Broadcasting Corporation fast |
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Public broadcasting -- Great Britain -- Finance
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Broadcasting -- Great Britain -- Finance
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommunications.
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Broadcasting -- Finance
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Finance
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Public broadcasting -- Finance
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780255367264 |
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0255367260 |
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