Even if cutting the salaries recouped enough money to justify doing it, you then run the risk of the big stars going to other broadcasters. Then we have the whole "why are we paying x for the BBC when they've lost all this talent and all these shows?"
As I said earlier that is something many people want - because it makes it easier to abolish the BBC if it's programs are unpopular.
Even if cutting the salaries recouped enough money to justify doing it, you then run the risk of the big stars going to other broadcasters. Then we have the whole "why are we paying x for the BBC when they've lost all this talent and all these shows?"
As I said earlier that is something many people want - because it makes it easier to abolish the BBC if it's programs are unpopular.
Even if cutting the salaries recouped enough money to justify doing it, you then run the risk of the big stars going to other broadcasters. Then we have the whole "why are we paying x for the BBC when they've lost all this talent and all these shows?"
As I said earlier that is something many people want - because it makes it easier to abolish the BBC if it's programs are unpopular.
Yep, yet again you're telling us the BBC are going to be imminently shut down. Change the record.
For the benefit of the enraged.
The BBC operates under a Royal Charter. Despite its name, it is upto the Government, and therefore Parliament to change or amended or delete Royal Charters.
I think you'll find, even though it can't get one certain 'deal' through the commons, any attempt the 'abolish' the BBC would almost certainly hit cross party resistance and be voted down.
And even if the monarch had the powers to recede Royal Charters, its quite well known that HM Her Maj likes and watches BBC output, so wouldn't do anything to alter its royal status.
Reality Check - whether you love it or loathe it - the BBC is here to stay, at least until December 31st 2027 when its current chart expires.
There are many things wrong with the BBC - but instead of focusing on what is wrong, we need to look at what the BBC does best and how to make it better.
Star salaries are a drop in the ocean of their overall annual budget. Take note, that most BBC stars now get paid at least part by the commercial arm BBC Studios, thus no licence fee money is used there, and maybe this could be a way of decreasing the reliance on the licence fee to pay big star salaries, via the commercial arm as part of their new contracts with the BBC.
Also, I hope the BBC will not take serious being lectured to them about wasting public money from MPs and peers.
650 MPs are paid a basic salary of £79,468 per year and for what?
In the words of the great Jim Hacker from Yes Prime Minister when asked about back bench MPs being under paid he said:
"Underpaid? Backbench MPs ... Being an MP is a vast subsidised ego trip. It's a job for which you need no qualifications, no compulsory hours of work, no performance standards. A warm room and subsidised meals for a bunch of self-opinionated windbags and busybodies who suddenly find people taking them seriously because they got letters "MP" after their names. How can they be underpaid when there're about two hundred applicants for every vacancy? You could fill every seat twenty times over even if they have to pay to do the job"
Was true in 1986 when it aired and it is true now in 2019.
Also any member of the House of Lords who bangs on about the BBC and how much star salaries they pay out should look at their own financial books, where any peer can claim £300 a day, yes a day for just turning up and signing in their name. Then they don't have to do one bit of work, have a great meal in one of their many subsidised dining rooms, and go home, with no set working hours at all. Is that fair? Four day week, £1,200 and for what? Nothing.
Similarly, with regards to arguments that say the BBC should lose the current Television Licence funding and become commercially funded 100% either by advertising between shows, and/or as voluntary subscription, there are good counter-arguments as to why these are also unrealistic and and highly unlikely to happen.
<=> The BBC starts showing commercial advertising in-between and/or during shows:
The major commercial broadcasters would, I think, very likely be against this, since some of them in quite recent history have struggled with advertising revenue, and this would seriously harm smaller FTA digital channels that heavily rely on advertising revenue.
<=> The BBC becomes a subscription based broadcaster:
I believe this has been briefly mentioned, in that this would render a lot of DTT equipment, especially basic Freeview boxes effectively obsolete. Anyone that wishes to sign up to an encrypted subscription based BBC, would either require new set-top decoder boxes, or use a Conditional Access Module if their TV or STB has a CAM slot. Of course, the BBC would need an encryption system, so where would they go for that? Use an already existing encryption system, or create their own? Even if the BBC were to go for the subscription paywall option, that might not be enough, and might still need to also broadcast adverts, which existing commercial broadcasters would be against as per the previous (much shorter) paragraph.
While I do think TV Licensing is an outdated system that will go away at some point in the future, I believe it is still the only viable option.
Last time I looked, I could see no expansion slots on my FM and DAB radio, for a module to register and log each time I selected a BBC national or local radio station, for a metered pay per listen charging system.
So, until some form of that comes along..
