22-12-2022, 11:19 PM
Well the Peacock Report was expected to recommend the scrapping of the licence fee, which was the whole point of Thatcher's government commissioning it in the first place. However it went the other way and suggested that keeping it was the "least worst" option.
However some of the other recommendations it made eventually found their way into the 1990 Broadcasting Act, the two keys ones being ITV franchises should be put out to competitive tender (which they were), Channel 4 should be able to sell its own advertising (which it ultimately did) and Not less than 40% of the BBC's and ITV’s output should be sourced from independent producers (this was revised IIRC to 25%).
However some of the other recommendations it made eventually found their way into the 1990 Broadcasting Act, the two keys ones being ITV franchises should be put out to competitive tender (which they were), Channel 4 should be able to sell its own advertising (which it ultimately did) and Not less than 40% of the BBC's and ITV’s output should be sourced from independent producers (this was revised IIRC to 25%).