TV industry contexts: blog tasks
Complete the following questions on the BBC and industry contexts: 1) What is the BBC's mission statement? The BBC want to provide information, to support learning of all ages, produce creative output, have diverse content and to reflect the United Kingdom, it's culture and values to the world. 2) How is the BBC funded? The BBC is funded by the TV licence fee. The licence fee is currently £159 a year and must be payed by an household that wants to watch live broadcast TV or IPlayer. This pays for the BBC TV, radio, website, and IPlayer. 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points above) The BBC must encourage diversity and put needs of audience before making the profit, (put community first), must appeal to smaller audiences with variety of programming. they should not be biased or in favour of political values just because it is funded by the government. they should not make money and doesn't need