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Some respondents to our consultation supported direct public funding; many expressed concern about its impact on the independence of content providers, although there are already successful examples of direct funding with arm’s length oversight to ensure independence is retained.
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Martin Curry on 1 December 2008 at 9:19pm
S4C receives direct funding as far as I'm aware. I don't have an objection to this mechanisim. So does the BBC for its very wonderful, internationally aclaimed, non PSB service BBC World Service.
Arms length funding for a future channel 4, mainly relying on advertising, should pose no major problems.
(Unless they hire Jonathon Ross!!!)