The BBC’s media coverage of the Isle of Man will come under the spotlight in the final sitting of Tynwald [the island's parliament] tomorrow in Douglas, including a suggestion that control of editorial content should not be handled from outside the Island.
A series of recommendations will be placed before the court following a lengthy period of consultation by a Select Committee under the chairmanship of Graham Cregeen MHK. The committee was originally created to look into the value for money the Isle of Man is receiving from the television licence fee.
Other ideas amongst the recommendations includes the suggestion that the BBC provides a daily audio-visual news service dedicated to Manx affairs which should be broadcast across the BBC’s British network and not just the north west of England.
The report also recommends to Tynwald that the Isle of Man should not consider withdrawing from the historic licence fee arrangement with the UK at this time. However, it suggests that Tynwald should instead concentrate its efforts on obtaining “value for money” from the BBC.
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