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BACS head voices BBC charter fears: Ferguson warns of possible "devastating effect" on artists if charter renewal is mishandled.(Broadcasting)
British Academy of Composers & Songwriters chairman David Ferguson last week voiced fears that the renewal of the BBC charter could have a "devastating effect" on the UK's creative community if it is not handled properly.
Ferguson issued the warning during a conference focusing on the future of the BBC last Tuesday as he urged the Government "to listen very carefully" to creators when deciding how the corporation should be run or funded beyond 2006.
"The BBC is absolutely vitally important to the creative community in the UK," he told the event at London's Royal Society of Arts. "As far as music writers are concerned, it generates 42.5m [pounds sterling] in royalties to the music community. It's the biggest player in town."
Classical composer Sally Beamish told the event, which was organised by British Music Rights with the Creators' Rights Alliance, that the BBC had a unique role, which was "the lifeblood of classical music" in the UK.
Her views reflected overwhelming support for the BBC's backing of the arts from conference speakers, although there was criticism over some aspects of how the BBC was run. Several called for a creative representative to be allowed onto the BBC board.
Meanwhile, the BBC's current principal funding method, the licence fee, came in for both support and criticism in a conference debate on how the organisation should be funded in the future. The University of Westminster's professor of communications Steven Barnett concluded that the licence fee remained the best form of funding compared to the alternatives of receiving direct government financing, taking advertising or sponsorship or having subscriptions.
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