[cma-l] BBC funding for local TV/Not local radio

[mark polden]

Why, why, why not funding for community radio. Unfortunately seemingly our goose is cooked for this settlement as this government has gone off half cocked already.
Mark PoldenFlame CCR

> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:33:31 +0100
> To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> From: sbuckley at gn.apc.org
> Subject: [cma-l] BBC funding for local TV
> 
> Letter from DCMS to the BBC (extract)
> 
> "The BBC will play an active role in supporting 
> new local television services through a 
> partnership fund providing capital costs of up to 
> a total of £25m in 2013/14 for up to 20 local TV 
> services, subject to any necessary regulatory 
> approval. The BBC will also commit to ongoing 
> funding of up to £5m per annum from 2014/15 to 
> acquire content for use on its own services from 
> these new services. Should capital costs be 
> required earlier then this will be facilitated by 
> access to the existing digital switchover underspend by mutual agreement."
> 
> Source (and letter in full):
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/22/bbc-funding-settlement-jeremy-hunt
> 
> 
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