Examination of Witnesses (Questions 437
- 439)
TUESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2004
ARTSWORLD, THE
HISTORY CHANNEL
UK
Q437 Alan Keen: Could I ask John
Hambley first of all: you seem to be not too keen on the BBC continuing
in the way it is going. Is that right?
Mr Hambley: Certain aspects of
it, yes, that would be right.
Q438 Alan Keen: Which aspects?
Mr Hambley: I think the BBC's
appetite for continuing expansion and its current regulatory mechanism
are two areas where we would say we would not like to see the
BBC going on as it goes now.
Q439 Alan Keen: You say that it distorts
the market; that is one of your accusations, is it not?
Mr Hambley: I have said it must
distort the market, and that distortion should be commensurate
with consumer demand and with social and economic policy. We think
the distortion is too great at the moment.
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