The Radio Industry – Bbc TrustPublic service broadcasting was first put into the public eye in the 1920’s. John Reith, the founding father of the BBC, developed the idea of public service broadcasting with the concepts to inform, educate and entertain. These points are still what mould the programming of the BBC and other public servicer broadcasters today. Unlike other forms of radio, the BBC is regulated by its own body, the BBC Trust. The BBC Trust was put in place through the royal charter in 2007. The Trust is independent from the BBC and operates with the best interests of the licence fee payer. The licence fee is what funds the BBC, Everybody who owns a television has to pay the fee which covers them for the year. So even if you don’t listen or watch the BBC you still have to pay the licence fee, which has been the subject to a lot of criticisms in the past. Due to the fact that the BBC is funded by the licence fee, they have to have a high standard and provide a public service.
During a speech that was given in January 2002, at the broadcast conference, Richard Hooper defines public service broadcasting as;addressing audiences (over 55 yr olds for example) that advertisers are not interested increating programming that will only ever have small audiencesinnovating with programme forms and talent which may failproducing a quality of output that the market cannot afford to invest in but which raises the bar for commercial competitorsOffering the Reithian, what audiences need not just what audiences want.Analysing these points you can see that the BBC does have some of these guidelines on board. The first point that is made, addressing audiences (over 55 yr olds for example) that advertisers are not interested in. This is due to the BBC
The BBC is the largest commercial service provider of news, broadcasting-related services in the worldThe UK broadcasting industry has made a significant investment in the area of TV news and has provided over 3 million television programmes to the BBC. Many of the programs were picked up by The New York Times while others were picked up by BBC News, which also has a major TV network.This year in particular, and particularly following the sale of W1I to Cable TV , has given the BBC some serious credibility, thanks in part to the huge increase in programming shown in its flagship programmes. However, while the BBC has successfully covered a number of important issues for decades but has been unable to keep costs down with the addition of higher quality programming, now it looks as if the BBC and cable are both being squeezed. This is not a story of cable. At least, not in the most detailed way. Rather, the BBC appears to be losing some of the support it once had with viewers coming to view and listening to the news via radio, TV and on demand television. But what is not the case is that this is all being pushed right by the BBC – as the Financial Times put it, the “broadcasting world’s most important consumer’s agency”.On the other hand, the BBC faces tough competition from satellite television and internet. According to one estimate, almost half of the total UK commercial radio broadcasting business, as well as the rest of that of television, is now based on satellite. What happens if the BBC ceases to operate? The same BBC also has the power of broadcasting on demand in a way that no other system could, and no other authority has this right. In other words, the BBC is having serious difficulty winning re-election as a regional body. Even after an election in October, it is unlikely that the BBC will have more than 200,000 UK loyalists watching its programmes every week. If it are able to gain the trust and favour of a few, especially those who are interested in the programme, they’ll be able to watch it on satellite.This has the potential to lead to the creation of a digital currency to facilitate access on television to programmes hosted on other sources. In short, the BBC is being squeezed by the same government that controls the internet, says Paul Baudock, who is currently writing a book on US policy towards digital rights.If the BBC were to continue broadcasting in the UK it would have to find itself under the same legal regime a long way less susceptible to the changes the tech sector is already experiencing. And even that could be challenging because some of the programmes are also offered in private.In October, the Guardian reported that the Telegraph was under pressure to publish its financial results as part of Guardian UK’s effort to fight the company over the sale of the paper to Rupert Murdoch. The Telegraph has spent the summer investigating the Telegraph’s actions.The Times is the second newspaper to be affected. In February an investigation published by the Financial Times identified the identity of the newspaper’s owner as one of the owners. The money was paid to fund independent journalism and