What The Papers Say - English Broadcasting Channel (BBC) Would Lose Automatic Broadcasting Rights In Scotland - News

The English Broadcasting Channel - BBC - would lose its broadcasting rights in Scotland, a European broadcaster has said.

Udo Seiwert-Fauti said the English broadcaster would have to renegotiate its rights. All licence fees collected in Scotland following the reassertion of Scotland's statehood would be spent in Scotland. If Scotland were to rejoin the EU the BBC would have to declare Glasgow as an internal EU hub to get around this and it could be possible. The current Royal Charter on funding for the English broadcaster is very clear: All licence fees collected in Scotland go to London HQ. There they decide what will be spent in Scotland. 

England's broadcasting director-general, for BBC, Tim Davie, said the last time the Scottish Government tried to widen the charter for more funding and decision-making, it was rejected by the English government.

Udo Seiwert-Fauti went on to say, "I have long called for a task force to discuss the future of Scottish media. Everything has changed since 1999 but editors still think Scotland is somehow a wee bit of England.”

The English broadcaster, BBC, declined to comment.

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