Post by Teddy Bear on Sept 22, 2015 21:17:18 GMT
The same Michael Grade who said that failure to pay the licence fee should be decriminalised, but when it came to the vote decided it should continue, now shows that he as well as the BBC knows it cannot compete in the public arena if it had to earn its money.#
It shows that the BBC knows it lacks anywhere near the quality it would need to survive, and the majority of the public would not support it.
But I've no doubt they will continue to pretend otherwise for as long as the public will put up with their crap while watching their society decline, due in no small part to the propaganda of the BBC.
It shows that the BBC knows it lacks anywhere near the quality it would need to survive, and the majority of the public would not support it.
But I've no doubt they will continue to pretend otherwise for as long as the public will put up with their crap while watching their society decline, due in no small part to the propaganda of the BBC.
Lord Grade: losing the licence fee would be the end of the BBC
Former BBC chairman Michael Grade says forcing the BBC to compete for revenue would be "the end" of the corporation as we know it
By Anita Singh
The BBC would be rendered pointless if it ceased to be funded by the licence fee, according to Lord Grade.
The former BBC and ITV chairman said being forced to compete for revenue with commercial rivals would spell the end of the corporation as we know it.
Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, Lord Grade was asked by John Humphrys if the BBC should keep the licence fee.
“Absolutely. One hundred per cent,” he replied.
“The BBC must have a monopoly of revenue. If you put the BBC into competition for revenue, you don’t need the BBC. It’s the end of the BBC.”
The licence fee will survive until at least 2020, after the BBC cut a deal with the government to provide free TV licences for the over-75s. Currently £145.50 per year, the cost will increase in line with inflation.
The director-general, Lord Hall, has backed a levy that would require every household to pay towards the cost of the corporation. It is one of several options in the Government’s green paper on the future of the BBC.
Lord Grade was chairman of the BBC from 2004-2006, and executive chairman of ITV from 2007-2009.
Asked about the future of ITV, which is marking its 60th anniversary, he said: “I’ve been reading obituaries of ITV for the last 20 years and I think it’s good for another 20 or 30 years.”
Former BBC chairman Michael Grade says forcing the BBC to compete for revenue would be "the end" of the corporation as we know it
By Anita Singh
The BBC would be rendered pointless if it ceased to be funded by the licence fee, according to Lord Grade.
The former BBC and ITV chairman said being forced to compete for revenue with commercial rivals would spell the end of the corporation as we know it.
Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, Lord Grade was asked by John Humphrys if the BBC should keep the licence fee.
“Absolutely. One hundred per cent,” he replied.
“The BBC must have a monopoly of revenue. If you put the BBC into competition for revenue, you don’t need the BBC. It’s the end of the BBC.”
The licence fee will survive until at least 2020, after the BBC cut a deal with the government to provide free TV licences for the over-75s. Currently £145.50 per year, the cost will increase in line with inflation.
The director-general, Lord Hall, has backed a levy that would require every household to pay towards the cost of the corporation. It is one of several options in the Government’s green paper on the future of the BBC.
Lord Grade was chairman of the BBC from 2004-2006, and executive chairman of ITV from 2007-2009.
Asked about the future of ITV, which is marking its 60th anniversary, he said: “I’ve been reading obituaries of ITV for the last 20 years and I think it’s good for another 20 or 30 years.”