Could The BBC Be Funded By Tax On Mobile And Web?

ONLINE Journalism wonders:

“Could the BBC be funded by a tax on web and mobile? In France President Sarkozy has just announced that, from next year:

“prime-time advertising on public television will be phased out, with the lost revenues to be replaced by taxes collected from internet, mobile phone and commercial broadcasting companies

“Internet and mobile operators will have to stump up a tax of 0.9 percent of sales—which could raise up to 380 million euros ($595 million), in support of the state-owned France Televisions, which controls the country’s four public channels. A further 80 million euros ($125 million) will come from taxes on commercial broadcasters.”

So would you pay for useage rather then right?


Anorak

Posted: 2nd, July 2008 | In: Anorak Says, TV & Radio, Twitterings Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink

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