Some form of marketfailure must lie at the heart of any concept of public service broadcasting. If public broadcasting would be the same as commercial broadcasting he would say that there is no right of existence for public broadcasters.
Some form of marketfailure must lie at the heart of any concept of public service broadcasting. If public broadcasting would be the same as commercial broadcasting he would say that there is no right of existence for public broadcasters.
If you won’t achieve to create high quality programs we will
Most scientists are extremely positive about the Dutch model of public broadcasting. The say that it provides high quality programs for a wide audience. They praise the system of dual accountability, which from one hand gives power to the audience with the public accountability. The public broadcasters will show programs that the public wants. The external accountability is maybe more important for the pluralistic content. A independent commission is periodically testing all broadcasters and give their advice about how to create a pluralistic program that fulfils the aim of the public broadcaster.