great idea Brian
unlikely to happen as Sky and Virgin would scream the house down
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Brian Butterworth
Sent: Thu 01/05/2008 1:37 PM
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer, loved by millions, disliked by a single
US citizen
BTW, I've had a really bright idea to stop needing to 'top slice' the TV
License Fee:
There is a PSB funding option that no-one seems to be considering. It's a
really, really, simple obvious one. It re-distributive, simple to implement,
almost a no brainer, logical, doesn't hurt the BBC, no selling off of Chris
Moyles and Terry Wogan. And here it is:
ADD A 3% TAX TO SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION
Sky subscribers: Q4 2007, 8,297,000 Annual revenue per unit: £421
Total Sky subscription revenues: £3493.037m
Virgin subscribers: Q4 2007, 3,478,100 Annual revenue per unit: £507
Total Sky subscription income: £1763.346m
Total income from television subscriptions: £5256.383m
Revenue required to support Channel 4 or PSB Publisher etc: £150m
Tax on subscriptions would be: 150/5256.383 = 2.85%
What do you think?
On 01/05/2008, Martin Belam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, but it was no surprise that the first Service Licence review was
yet another in-depth look at online, and not BBC One, was it?
2008/4/30 Brendan Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi Tom,
>
>
> You wrote:
> > the public value test is a one way expansion valve, only allowing
for
> new BBC
> > services, never testing existing BBC services to see if they still
> make sense.
>
> That's right, existing services aren't put through a PVT -- that's
what
> the service licence is for, isn't it?
>
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/framework/bbc_service_licences/bbc_co_uk_s
> ervice_licence.html
>
> The Trust are actually reviewing the online service licence right
now...
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/framework/bbc_service_licences/bbc_co_uk.h
> tml
>
> Ready to be published in "Spring 2008", ie any day now, I suppose.
>
> Brendan.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Loosemore
> Sent: 30 April 2008 12:15
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC iPlayer, loved by millions, disliked by
a
> single US citizen
>
>
>
> > New BBC services now have to go through a "market impact assessment"
> > to ensure they are not anti competitive:
> >
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/framework/public_value_test/#part-5
>
> but existing BBC services (ie everything other than iPlayer and BBC
> HD) have not been and will not be subject to such rigour...
>
> the public value test is a one way expansion valve, only allowing for
> new BBC services, never testing existing BBC services to see if they
> still make sense.
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