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Source: AFP
The BBC launched a UK-wide canvass connected Thursday asking audiences for their views connected its future, arsenic the cash-strapped British nationalist broadcaster braces for a backing review.
The questionnaire titled "Our BBC, Our Future" volition signifier portion of what the organisation said was the "biggest ever nationalist engagement exercise" successful its 102-year history.
It "kicks disconnected a speech with the nationalist astir the aboriginal of the BBC, up of the forthcoming reappraisal of the Corporation's Royal Charter," the BBC said successful a statement.
BBC relationship holders volition person an email astir the questionnaire, and the broadcaster hopes to get up to a cardinal responses earlier mounting retired what the results could mean for the organisation aboriginal this year.
Those receiving the survey volition beryllium asked "What benignant of organisation you privation the BBC to beryllium successful the future?" and "What the BBC should basal for successful the future?" among different questions.
The BBC says it is the UK's starring media marque – reaching 85 percent of the country's adults connected mean per week, and 95 percent per month.
It relies heavy connected an yearly £169.50 ($219) licence interest paid by each UK household that watches unrecorded television programmes -- whether connected a tv acceptable oregon done net streaming -- oregon immoderate shows utilizing the BBC iPlayer, nary substance the instrumentality used.
But the broadcaster has struggled financially pursuing years erstwhile the licence interest was frozen oregon accrued much dilatory than expected amid rising inflation.
The caller Labour authorities has vowed to summation the interest successful enactment with ostentation until 2027, starting with a emergence to £174.50 adjacent month.
But the BBC's existent royal charter -- which sets retired its nationalist purposes and backing -- ends successful 2027, and civilization caput Lisa Nandy has said the authorities volition usage a scheduled reappraisal to see however the organisation is funded.
She has ruled retired utilizing wide taxation, but insisted the nationalist should beryllium progressive successful decisions connected the licence fee.
The BBC is besides grappling with wider changes successful media depletion and the fallout from respective high-profile scandals successful caller years.
BBC manager wide Tim Davie said: "The BBC belongs to each of america and we each person a accidental successful its future.
"By taking portion successful this abbreviated questionnaire, radical volition beryllium capable to archer america what they privation the BBC to offer, what we bash well, what we could bash amended and what they privation america to absorption connected successful years to come."
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Source: AFP
