Naman Ramachandran Keir Starmer, the leader of the U.K. opposition and of the Labour Party, has slammed the ruling Conservative government’s “direct attack” on public service broadcasters BBC and Channel 4 and has challenged the creative sector to oppose it.The U.K.
TV license fee, the BBC’s main source of income, has been frozen for two years, while a consultation is ongoing around the privatization of Channel 4.Delivering a keynote at the 2022 Creative Coalition Festival on Wednesday, Starmer said the privatization of Channel Four would risk the £2.1 billion pounds of gross value that’s added to the supply chain over the next 10 years.
It also risks putting 60 U.K. production companies out of business, “showing that the government just isn’t interested in growth,” Starmer said.
Turning his attention to the Beeb, Starmer said “a commercial BBC would rob us and the world not only of superb news services with unparalleled local knowledge, but a valuable cultural export.”“The BBC and Channel 4 are the narrators of our national story — they create jobs and drive productivity,” said Starmer. “The Conservatives threaten the future of these two great institutions.
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