Managing director says it is ‘worth considering’ whether there is still a need for moment public broadcaster now that SBS has evolved into a ‘general interest channel’The ABC’s managing director,Mark Scott, has called into question the need for a moment public broadcaster, and saying SBS provides less distinctive content and foreign language programming than it once did and has evolved into a general interest channel.
Appearing before the Senate estimates communications committee for the last time in his 10 years as ABC chief,Scott seized the opportunity to say he believed it was “worth considering” whether Australia still needed two public broadcasters. But he said it was a matter for the government.
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Source: theguardian.com