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since this got downvoted, what forces their hand?
by logicallee 9y ago
since this got downvoted, what forces their hand?
- DanBC 9y agoThe BBC charter and the various laws that the BBC have to operate under. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/bbc-commercial-activities https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/catego... > The BBC may carry out commercial activities but only through subsidiary companies. There is a risk that without appropriate safeguards the BBC’s public funding could be used to subsidise or benefit these subsidiaries by offering services on favourable terms. This could distort competition by giving its commercial subsidiaries an unfair competitive advantage.
- logicallee 9y agoThank you for finding that, that is interesting. You will have to spell out the connection (as they might see it) with a UK audience being able to consume the content their subsidiary companies produce, though, as I can't quite make the connection.