Questions on TV Funding

♡ Questions on TV Funding ♡

What is Television Funding?

The sources where television companies get their money from

What is the BBC's main source of funding and how does it work?

• 75% of the BBC’s funding comes from the licence fee (currently costs £147 for a colour and £49.50 for a black and white TV Licence.  )
• The remaining income comes from commercial activities such as:
• Worldwide sales of its programmes
• Publications such as Radio Times, Top Gear (not anymore!), Good Food, etc

What other methods does the BBC use to raise funds?

By selling its programmes to other broadcasting companies

What issues are there with the BBC's funding model?

• They do not advertise - part of the remit
• People have other platforms to watch programs on (subscription channels) - e.g: Netflix, amazon prime

What other methods are there for funding TV?

• Product placement (e.g: Coronation Street has put a Co-Op in the street
• Advertising 

What problems are there with Commercial TV Funding?

• People might want to stop watching the channel as it's boring to wait through the adverts
• Television advertising is less effective than other forms of advertising so it is not 100% reliable that the channel will get adverts