Britain is well placed to profit as a result, thanks to our unique model of public service broadcasting, existing alongside strong commercial broadcasters, with both fuelling our world-beating indies.
Because of the difficulties being faced by the commercially financed public service broadcasters - ITV, Channel 4 and Five, the idea that the public broadcasting system could only be preserved by offering them direct public subsidies started to catch on.
"He is the outstanding football presenter of his generation, combining great authority from his very distinguished playing career with wonderful broadcasting instincts and sharpness – making him a true star performer".
The idea being that it would receive the licence fee and could in time become a kind of public body funding public broadcasting (or possibly specific programmes) other than on the BBC.
"I can't believe we have been gone so long," a broadcasting bureau employee said.
Erin Klein works at the broadcasting board of governors.
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"Ultimately it will depend on the view parliament takes about public service broadcasting.
If it wishes to sustain public service broadcasting there needs to be certain things that help sustain it, that you trade for those [PSB] obligations and one of those things historically has been EPG prominence," he added.
The proposed changes were opposed by commercial rivals including Channel 4 and Channel 5, who argued it would set an "unwelcome precedent" that would "devalue" public service broadcasting.
As predatory commercial and political enemies sense blood, we should be deeply alarmed by the inadequacy of the institutions that are there to protect our public interest in broadcasting.
