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Given the speed of ongoing change, the evolution of the market is particularly uncertain. It may come to meet more of audiences’ needs in future. We therefore need a more flexible model of intervention that focuses public funding on areas in which the market cannot deliver and recognises these may change over time.
Trevor Lockwood on 28 November 2008 at 8:56am
I agree. This is a very important statement. Wide discussion is now required to establish that new framework. The licence fee works well, with 98% paying that tax, but perhaps there are alternatives. It's a complex question, not to be covered in a few bland sentences.