ITC Issues Response To Green Paper

The Independent Television Commission today issued its response to the Green Paper on the Future of the BBC. The report advises;

• Advertising, sponsorship and subscription on the BBC would have serious adverse consequences for the development of commercially-funded television
• The BBC’s commercial activities should be limited to turning its broadcasting assets to account
• A “Public Service Broadcasting Council” would reduce rather than protect choice
• The BBC should aim to provide television services which achieve a wide reach, as a measure of its performance

Chairman of the ITC, Sir George Russell, comments; “For the foreseeable future, we will need the contribution made by the BBC, based on the reach of its programmes to complement the range provided by commercial television”.

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