bored: I object to effectively subsidising the activities of pay-TV offshore video providers who avoid most UK business taxes and do not pay the commercial TV levy like UK terrestrial TV providers.
Simple answer, a levy on the UK income (subscription and advertising) on the video content of all commercial providers with an income over say 5 million. They have to register with Ofcom which also covers adherence to UK standards of content, balance (especially during elections) probity etc.
The levy would raise 1.x times the BBC licence fee where the commercial providers could bid for funds to produce UK focused content, entirely produced in the UK, with UK writers and other resources. A programme of protection for UK culture (the French do something similar).
Friday 1 May 2020 7:49PM
bored: I object to effectively subsidising the activities of pay-TV offshore video providers who avoid most UK business taxes and do not pay the commercial TV levy like UK terrestrial TV providers.
Simple answer, a levy on the UK income (subscription and advertising) on the video content of all commercial providers with an income over say 5 million. They have to register with Ofcom which also covers adherence to UK standards of content, balance (especially during elections) probity etc.
The levy would raise 1.x times the BBC licence fee where the commercial providers could bid for funds to produce UK focused content, entirely produced in the UK, with UK writers and other resources. A programme of protection for UK culture (the French do something similar).