Committee on Financing the BBC - Revision history

Tom Mills at 13:12, 27 November 2009

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Tom Mills at 13:11, 27 November 2009

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Tom Mills at 13:10, 27 November 2009

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Tom Mills at 13:10, 27 November 2009

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David at 12:10, 9 November 2009

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David: New page: The Committee on Financing the BBC, better known as the Peacock Committee was set up by government of Thatcher. Alan Peacock was appointed to head it. =...

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New page: The Committee on Financing the BBC, better known as the Peacock Committee was set up by government of Thatcher. Alan Peacock was appointed to head it. =...

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The [[Committee on Financing the BBC]], better known as the [[Peacock Committee]] was set up by government of [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]]. [[Alan Peacock]] was appointed to head it.

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 It was widely expected that the Committee would abolish the licence fee and recommend that the BBC take advertising. However, the final report in fact rejected this option stating:
-The main defects of a system based on advertising finance is that channel owners do not sell programmes to audiences, but audiences to advertisers… So long as the present duopoly remains in being and competition is limited to a fringe of satellite and cable services, the introduction of advertising on television is likely to reduce consumer choice and welfare. <ref>cited in [[Damian Green]], ‘[http://www.cps.org.uk/cps_catalog/CPS_assets/497_ProductPreviewFile.pdf A Better BBC: public service broadcasting in the 1990s]’, [[Centre for Policy Studies]], 10 November 1991; p.27</ref>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">The main defects of a system based on advertising finance is that channel owners do not sell programmes to audiences, but audiences to advertisers… So long as the present duopoly remains in being and competition is limited to a fringe of satellite and cable services, the introduction of advertising on television is likely to reduce consumer choice and welfare. <ref>cited in [[Damian Green]], ‘[http://www.cps.org.uk/cps_catalog/CPS_assets/497_ProductPreviewFile.pdf A Better BBC: public service broadcasting in the 1990s]’, [[Centre for Policy Studies]], 10 November 1991; p.27</ref></blockquote>
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 It was widely expected that the Committee would abolish the licence fee and recommend that the BBC take advertising. However, the final report in fact rejected this option stating:
-The main defects of a system based on advertising finance is that channel owners do not sell programmes to audiences, but audiences to advertisers… So long as the present duopoly remains in being and competition is limited to a fringe of satellite and cable services, the introduction of advertising on television is likely to reduce consumer choice and welfare. <ref>cited in [[Damian Green]], ‘[http://www.cps.org.uk/cps_catalog/CPS_assets/497_ProductPreviewFile.pdf A Better BBC: public service broadcasting in the 1990s]’, 10 November 1991; p.27</ref>
+The main defects of a system based on advertising finance is that channel owners do not sell programmes to audiences, but audiences to advertisers… So long as the present duopoly remains in being and competition is limited to a fringe of satellite and cable services, the introduction of advertising on television is likely to reduce consumer choice and welfare. <ref>cited in [[Damian Green]], ‘[http://www.cps.org.uk/cps_catalog/CPS_assets/497_ProductPreviewFile.pdf A Better BBC: public service broadcasting in the 1990s]’, [[Centre for Policy Studies]], 10 November 1991; p.27</ref>
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 It was widely expected that the Committee would abolish the licence fee and recommend that the BBC take advertising. However, the final report in fact rejected this option stating:
-The main defects of a system based on advertising finance is that channel owners do not sell programmes to audiences, but audiences to advertisers… So long as the present duopoly remains in being and competition is limited to a fringe of satellite and cable services, the introduction of advertising on television is likely to reduce consumer choice and welfare. <ref>cited in [[Damien Green]], ‘[http://www.cps.org.uk/cps_catalog/CPS_assets/497_ProductPreviewFile.pdf A Better BBC: public service broadcasting in the 1990s]’, 10 November 1991; p.27</ref>
+The main defects of a system based on advertising finance is that channel owners do not sell programmes to audiences, but audiences to advertisers… So long as the present duopoly remains in being and competition is limited to a fringe of satellite and cable services, the introduction of advertising on television is likely to reduce consumer choice and welfare. <ref>cited in [[Damian Green]], ‘[http://www.cps.org.uk/cps_catalog/CPS_assets/497_ProductPreviewFile.pdf A Better BBC: public service broadcasting in the 1990s]’, 10 November 1991; p.27</ref>
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-The [[Committee on Financing the BBC]], better known as the [[Peacock Committee]] was set up by government of [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]].  [[Alan Peacock]] was appointed to head it.
+The [[Committee on Financing the BBC]], better known as the [[Peacock Committee]] was set up by the [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] government.  [[Alan Peacock]] was appointed to head it.
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