The end of the television licence fee? Applying the German household levy model to the United Kingdom

Ramsey, Phil; Herzog, Christian

doi:10.1177/0267323118775300

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“…In Great Britain, the fee is then tied to the specific device (it also applies to tablets or smartphones) and the type of content (e.g., retrospective viewing and downloads are also charged). Ramsay and Herzog also confirm the trend of gradually abandoning the TV fee, stating that Great Britain will probably want to withdraw from this model in the foreseeable future (Ramsey & Herzog, 2018). The regularity of concession fee revisions is also a partial factor.…”

Section: Basic Data On the Financing Of Individual Mediamentioning

confidence: 85%

Funding of Public Service Media and Its Connection with the Operating of Such Media

Chrencik

2023

AJC

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Public service media have reached the point where they need to prove their usefulness and sometimes even justify their existence in commercial-driven markets. One of the main topics for public discourse is how they should be funded, who exactly should pay for them, and consequently, how much people should pay for them. This study offers a comparison of funding models in three different European countries, namely Finland, the Czech Republic, and Serbia and their providers of public service broadcasting-Ylesradio Oy (Finland), Czech Television (the Czech Republic) and Radio Television of Serbia (Serbia). As this paper is mainly concerned about funding, conducted research considers quantitative factors. These countries and providers are compared using several metrics, e.g., viewership, wages, or tax and GDP ratio. Research concluded that, despite they are without any doubts underfunded, public service media in the Czech Republic and Serbia do not necessarily need to increase fee but they need to raise money from the citizens more effectively.

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Section: Basic Data On the Financing Of Individual Mediamentioning

confidence: 85%

Funding of Public Service Media and Its Connection with the Operating of Such Media

Chrencik

2023

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“…30 In 2013, the Germans found collection costs were even lower for a universal levy than for the licence fee and evasion was minimal, so they were able to reduce the price slightly. 31…”

Section: General Taxationmentioning

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BBC Funding: Much Ado about the Cost of a Coffee a Week

Barwise

2024

Political Quarterly

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BBC funding (the licence fee model and the funding level) has been turned into a big issue out of all proportion to the low financial stakes—equivalent to the cost of one takeaway coffee a week for the whole household, excluding those with free TV licences. This article first proposes and explores three possible reasons for all the fuss: that licence payers take the BBC for granted, underestimating the value they get from it; that the attacks on BBC funding are part of a wider ‘war’ against it, driven by commercial or political vested interests; and that at least some of the criticisms of the licence fee reflect genuine, although much exaggerated, disadvantages. The article then evaluates four alternative funding models: advertising, subscriptions, general taxation and a universal household levy. It argues that the best long‐term model would be a flat, universal household levy, with exemptions for those least able to pay, as in Germany, with the funding level set by an independent body organised by Ofcom; and that, because the licence fee is becoming harder to sustain, this new funding model should be introduced at the start of the next BBC Charter in January 2028.

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“…Nevertheless, there is some consensus in defending license fee as a system that favours accountability and is less subject to government changes and political inferences than direct subsidies (Dragomir, 2017). However, the problems it entails have led to significant changes in some countries (Campos-Freire, Rodríguez-Castro and Blasco-Blasco, 2020;Schweizer and Puppis, 2017;Ramsey and Herzog, 2018).…”

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European policy proposals to meet the challenge of public service media

2022

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El nuevo escenario mediático está provocando una crisis de legitimidad de los medios de comunicación de servicio público (PSM). Ahora que varios países se plantean reformas, este trabajo analiza las propuestas sobre PSM de los partidos políticos de Europa Occidental en las últimas elecciones nacionales hasta 2021. Para ello, se basa en un análisis de contenido de los programas electorales y en entrevistas semiestructuradas con expertos. Los resultados confirman que los PSM aparecen en las propuestas electorales, aunque con atención desigual según los contextos políticos. Las principales diferencias se observan en la gobernanza y la financiación, ambas relacionadas con la independencia. También se detectan cambios en el discurso de algunos partidos populistas.

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The end of the television licence fee? Applying the German household levy model to the United Kingdom

Cited by 8 publications

References 23 publications

Funding of Public Service Media and Its Connection with the Operating of Such Media

Funding of Public Service Media and Its Connection with the Operating of Such Media

BBC Funding: Much Ado about the Cost of a Coffee a Week

European policy proposals to meet the challenge of public service media

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