Former ITV & Channel 5 Bosses To Examine Future Funding At The BBC
deadline.comFormer ITV and Channel 5 bosses will examine the future funding model of the BBC. The UK government has just set out the panel that will advise on the future of the license fee, which could be culled within the next three years.
The panel will assess the sustainability of the current model and examine alternative options for funding the national broadcaster, while exploring new ways for the broadcaster to increase commercial income and how it could transition to any potential new funding model.
Panelists include Sir Peter Bazalgatte, a storied former chair of ITV, and David Elstein, the former CEO of Channel 5. Others include Amber de Botton, who worked at Sky News and then was ITV’s Head of UK News, and Lorna Tilbian, the Executive Chairman of investment and wealth management firm Dowgate Capital.
Full list is below. The panels will be chaired by Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, and Media Minister Julia Lopez. “The BBC has a unique role in public life, and fulfils an important service in projecting and promoting our values and culture at home and around the world,” said Frazer. “We want to see it thrive for generations to come.
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