Such a debate, broadcast online, would be free of the rules on balance which broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV and Sky have to follow, This would mean there would be more freedom over which leaders took part.
The licensing arrangement is Netflix's biggest challenge yet to pay-TV broadcasters such as HBO.
It is that dedication to professionalism and consistency that Douglas sees in broadcasters such as Wogan.
That is why commissioners, especially in broadcasters such as Sky, stick to tried and tested formats.
Broadcasters, such as Keith Olbermann, can also deliver admirably well-constructed, edifying and moving speeches.
However, The X Factor still scores the kind of audiences other broadcasters, such as Sky, would love to have.
P17 Sony Pictures brings in international broadcasters such as Channel 4 and ITV for new crop of TV dramas.
One possibly under-discussed possibility is that broadcasters such as LBC will set up debates irrespective of national agreements.
The act allows US media companies to own broadcasters such as ITV, though European companies cannot own US networks.
Ofcom said it was of "paramount importance" that broadcasters such as Channel 4 explored controversial subject matter, with inevitable complaints.
This plainly hits broadcasters, such as Britain's Carlton and Granada, and France's TF1, and consumer-publishers, such as Primedia and EMAP.
