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Wonderful and hopefully sobering interjection from our Lobby and
Support leader Jaqui there.<br>
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With respect to her and CTV people I would suggest that the £6m figure
needs to be a bit more than a bit more though, in the long run, if it
is to support CTV too.<br>
<br>
It <b>is </b>a Community Media Fund in scope (I have been guilty of
referring to it as C<b>R</b>F, hands up there) but the costs of
production for TV are undeniably higher than for radio, especially at
start-up, and with a 'long head' on this, we need to recognise that
when clarifying our positions so as to not create a future situation
where CTV and CR are fighting one another as and when we have adequate
provision of the former platform.<br>
<br>
This is an area where I believe we have self-sustaining power: if we
can consolidate our approaches, methodology and systems to 'commercial'
income, levies can be placed on that to generate funding income for all.<br>
<br>
Can I hear horror at the C word? Don't be scared of it kids...we have
airtime others want (nay <b>need</b>), they can and will pay for it
within the correct context...we define that context to a large
extent...make that help pay for our Social Gain delivery.<br>
<br>
K<br>
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Jaqui Devereux wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Dear all
I write to remind you that things like petitions are only one element in
any campaign. The CMA notes the "letting off steam" of some of the
recent posts on this subject - we would suggest that rather than the
sector tearing
itself apart, it would be better just to sign, or not sign, the
petition. Then to come up with positive suggestions for increasing the
pressure on the government to commit to the kind of funding levels
envisaged in 2003 in the Anthony Everitt report (current calculations
would make the fund around £6 million - of course we would want a bit
more than that and we want it to cover community TV as well as radio).
Some of you have produced jingles for the campaign and profile raising -
if you want to use these on air please feel free to download them.
Please feel free also to upload any you have made. The jingles can be
found at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://allthevoices.commedia.org.uk/">http://allthevoices.commedia.org.uk/</a>
To upload your jingles please follow this link:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://allthevoices.commedia.org.uk/admin/">http://allthevoices.commedia.org.uk/admin/</a>
And upload your audio file using these details:
Username: upload
Password: publicpassword
Then send an email to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tech@commedia.org.uk">tech@commedia.org.uk</a> to let us know that you've
uploaded your jingle, we will publish it to share.
Also just to let you know we are seeking a meeting with Stephen Timms MP
who has taken over the job of steering the Digital Britain agenda, also
the Secretary of State Ben Bradshaw. I have to say that they would
regard the sector as a bit of a laughing stock if they ever saw some of
the recent posts to the list.
All positive suggestions welcome!
Best wishes
Jaqui
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