Public Service Broadcasting Funding - an answer
There is a PSB funding option that no-one seems to be considering. It's a really, really, simple obvious one. It re-distributive, simple to implement, almost a no brainer, logical, doesn't hurt the BBC, no selling off of Chris Moyles and Terry Wogan. And here it is:
ADD A 3% TAX TO SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION
Sky subscribers: Q4 2007, 8,297,000
Annual revenue per unit: 421
Total Sky subscription revenues: 3493.037m
Virgin subscribers: Q4 2007, 3,478,100
Annual revenue per unit: 507
Total Sky subscription income: 1763.346m
Total income from television subscriptions: 5256.383m
Revenue required to support Channel 4 or PSB Publisher etc: 150m
Tax on subscriptions would be: 150/5256.383 = 2.85%
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