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Bill: Media Privatisation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Liberal Alliance
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2386
Description[?]:
| Whilst we recognise that the Telamonian Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) is an important part of this nation, with its state subsidised TV and Radio channels, we fail to see why private companies cannot also compete in this area. This bill would therefore permit the establishment of private broadcasting organisations, not reliant on government subsidy, whilat maintaining the independence of TBC |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:48:52, April 05, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Media Privatisation Act |
| Message | "Again the CPA opposes privatization bent only on devaluing our Commonwealth's media. Privately owned, commercialized stations are of no use to our Commonwealth." -Paul Flight CPA Director for Media Policy |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 301 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 133 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 167 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "Society comprises two classes: those who have more food than appetite, and those who have more appetite than food." - Nicolas Chamfort |