27-03-2024, 02:16 PM
The area people seem to be ignoring is the international market, and it is this which gives the BBC most potential to raise funds via partnership deals, advertising and subscription. This needs to be generating a larger proportion of the BBC's income overall.
This should then be backed up by a free, no barrier to entry domestic offering funded by general taxation similar to the European models mentioned. No this doesn't mean charging everyone £159 via tax, but a smaller 'cultural' charge which also has the added benefit of not being payable by those on lower incomes. Some of this pot could also be shared among other cultural institutions across the nation.
I'm not seeing many downsides to this model and it seems to fit the idea of a more 'progressive' charge Tim Davie was describing.
This should then be backed up by a free, no barrier to entry domestic offering funded by general taxation similar to the European models mentioned. No this doesn't mean charging everyone £159 via tax, but a smaller 'cultural' charge which also has the added benefit of not being payable by those on lower incomes. Some of this pot could also be shared among other cultural institutions across the nation.
I'm not seeing many downsides to this model and it seems to fit the idea of a more 'progressive' charge Tim Davie was describing.