Questions on TV funding

              Questions

1) What is television funding?

The sources a media company uses to get money for producing their shows

2) What is the BBC’s main source of funding and how does it work?

75% of the BBC’s funding comes from the TV licence fee which 

currently costs £147 for a colour TV and £49.50 for a black and white TV.

3) What other methods does BBC use to raise funds?

The remaining income comes from commercial activities such as:

•          Worldwide sales of its programmes
•          Publications such as Radio Times, Top Gear (not anymore), Good Food, etc
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4) What issues are there with the BBC’s funding model?

People feel like they should not be obliged to pay for a TV licence when they may not even watch BBC. Or have other subscriptions and things to pay for - such as Netflix.

5) What other methods are there for funding TV? 

Other methods for funding is advertisements and product placement. Companies will pay for their products to be in a 30 second advert or subtly brought up in a scene.

6) What issues are there with commercial TV funding?

- There are other commercial channels competing for advertisers

- The internet is now a big competition 

-  Streaming and catch up is increasing in popularity

- TV adverts are seen as less effective now