Sentence examples for contestable funds from inspiring English sources

"Let me also state very clearly that, in our view, the funding settlement rules out any future top-slicing of the licence fee, or any ideas for setting up contestable funds.

What level of public subsidy might a subscription-funded BBC seek from a contestable fund?

There is a lot to be said for contestable funding on competition grounds..

Full subscription (when technology allows it) and contestable funding are Peacock ideas.

Which is contestable funding, or the merits and demerits of a more systematic, evidence-based top-slicing of the licence fee than we have at present.

The new buzz term is a "contestable fund" handling bids from broadcasters and producers seeking support for strands such as arts, current affairs and educational programmes.

Dame Colette Bowe Chair of broadcasting regulator Ofcom until last year, Bowe has said there is "a lot to be said for contestable funding on competition grounds".

"Our experience of contestable funding for news provision is one in which cost is considered above everything else when selecting a provider," he added.

The consortiums are also seen as a back-door way of turning part of the licence fee into a contestable fund for public-service projects.

In the past this "contestable funding" was proposed for arts programmes, but strongly opposed by the arts council and the creative industries.

As well as being aimed at regional news provision, the £130m contestable funding pot – which will be controlled by an "independent and transparent body" – is also being aimed at boosting homegrown children's programming.