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<blockquote data-quote="dvart" data-source="post: 17763" data-attributes="member: 175734"><p>A member of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has agreed to raise the matter on the committee and it would be very helpful if you could email the clerk of the committee with copies to the Chairman of the BBC and the Minister for Culture Media and Sport.</p><p></p><p>Contact details</p><p></p><p>To</p><p></p><p>Mr Fergus Reid</p><p>Clerk</p><p>Culture, Media and Sport Committee</p><p>7 Millbank</p><p>London SW1P 3JA</p><p>email <a href="mailto:cmscom@parliament.uk">cmscom@parliament.uk</a> </p><p></p><p>cc</p><p></p><p>Gavyn Davies,</p><p></p><p>Chairman of the BBC Governors </p><p></p><p><a href="mailto:gavyn.davies@bbc.co.uk">gavyn.davies@bbc.co.uk</a> </p><p></p><p>Tessa Jowell MP</p><p>Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport</p><p><a href="mailto:tessa.jowell@culture.gov.uk">tessa.jowell@culture.gov.uk</a> </p><p></p><p>Points to Raise (please use your own words)</p><p></p><p>1. Public broadcasters in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland broadcast their public service radio to the whole of Europe. Why shouldn't the richest Public Service Broadcaster in the whole of Europe (the BBC) do the same ?</p><p></p><p>2. Keeping radio on a Europe wide basis will cost very little and probably much less than the BBC paid Angus Deayton for one appearance on "Have I got news for you".</p><p></p><p>3. The Irish Broadcaster RTE uses the same system as the BBC for TV (Astra 2d) but still offers its equivalent to Radio 4 (RTE1) on a Europe wide basis.</p><p></p><p>4. The BBC encouraged people on the Continent to install expensive satellite equipment to receive its Radio broadcasts. Yet for months, Senior BBC management must have known that the BBC was encouraging listeners to waste their money.</p><p></p><p>5. The BBC have suggested that radio via the Internet is an alternative, but this is extremely expensive, the sound quality is </p><p>inadequate and not everyone has access.</p><p></p><p>6. Radio stations such as BBC 7, Radio 4 and Radio 1 have a particular resonance with a growing number of listeners in the ex-communist countries of Eastern Europe. These stations compliment BBC World Service Radio and promote a positive image of Britain at minimal cost.</p><p></p><p>7. Peter Knowles Channel Editor of the BBC Parliament TV channel says that his service will be staying as a pan European TV channel , so why not radio as well ? </p><p></p><p>8. European Consumers will not have confidence in digital TV and Radio technology, if a major player such as the BBC can encourage listeners to make expensive equipment installations, only to make the purchase worthless in just two months time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dvart, post: 17763, member: 175734"] A member of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has agreed to raise the matter on the committee and it would be very helpful if you could email the clerk of the committee with copies to the Chairman of the BBC and the Minister for Culture Media and Sport. Contact details To Mr Fergus Reid Clerk Culture, Media and Sport Committee 7 Millbank London SW1P 3JA email [email]cmscom@parliament.uk[/email] cc Gavyn Davies, Chairman of the BBC Governors [email]gavyn.davies@bbc.co.uk[/email] Tessa Jowell MP Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport [email]tessa.jowell@culture.gov.uk[/email] Points to Raise (please use your own words) 1. Public broadcasters in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland broadcast their public service radio to the whole of Europe. Why shouldn't the richest Public Service Broadcaster in the whole of Europe (the BBC) do the same ? 2. Keeping radio on a Europe wide basis will cost very little and probably much less than the BBC paid Angus Deayton for one appearance on "Have I got news for you". 3. The Irish Broadcaster RTE uses the same system as the BBC for TV (Astra 2d) but still offers its equivalent to Radio 4 (RTE1) on a Europe wide basis. 4. The BBC encouraged people on the Continent to install expensive satellite equipment to receive its Radio broadcasts. Yet for months, Senior BBC management must have known that the BBC was encouraging listeners to waste their money. 5. The BBC have suggested that radio via the Internet is an alternative, but this is extremely expensive, the sound quality is inadequate and not everyone has access. 6. Radio stations such as BBC 7, Radio 4 and Radio 1 have a particular resonance with a growing number of listeners in the ex-communist countries of Eastern Europe. These stations compliment BBC World Service Radio and promote a positive image of Britain at minimal cost. 7. Peter Knowles Channel Editor of the BBC Parliament TV channel says that his service will be staying as a pan European TV channel , so why not radio as well ? 8. European Consumers will not have confidence in digital TV and Radio technology, if a major player such as the BBC can encourage listeners to make expensive equipment installations, only to make the purchase worthless in just two months time. [/QUOTE]
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