Leaving the BBC as the sole provider of public service media could lower media standards and provide less meaningful news, information and other content, the Church of England and the Catholic Conference of Bishops in England and Wales have warned.Responding to Ofcom’s Second Consultation on Public Service Broadcasting they also criticize the BBC. They compare the audience for ‘Friday Night with Jonathan Ross’ and ‘Songs of Praise’, which are similar at around four million.
They say that the inconsistency between judging Jonathan Ross worth £6 million a year and the level of investment in religious programmes in the BBC and other broadcasters is striking.
They also attacked ITV’s ‘surrender’ of some of its public service obligations -- in particular in children’s TV – and say they do not support the option of leaving some public service obligations with ITV and Five unless new licences (which would be granted in 2014) have enforceable provisions in them.
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