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End the distortion in TV funding.

Submitted on Friday 5th August 2011

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

End the distortion in TV funding.

Additional Information

Television channels that broadcast to those who have paid a subscription, should ONLY have the income from that subscription and not be allowed to carry advertising. The fact that they do so at present, has had a harmful effect on non-subscription television channels.

We should have three separate forms of television funding.

1. Channels - such as the BBC - funded by public licence. Not allowed to carry any advertising.

2. Subscription channels - such as Sky Television - funded by the amounts paid by subscribers. Not allowed to carry an advertising.

3. Advertising-funded channels - such as ITV, C4 and C5. Funded only by advertising.

Television channels - such as Sky - should not be allowed to have two bites of the cherry, by charging viewers a subscription AND carrying advertising.


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