Maybe the answer is open some bidding for an independent Scottish PSB? Although I'm not sure who would be interested in that, and as far as Gaelic is concerned BBC Alba is staying put.

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago*

20 years of below-inflation licence fee
Transfer of S4C to licence fee funding
Transfer of BBC World Service funding from the FCO to the licence fee.
Upgrade of 12 BBC One english regions to HD, at around £20m each.
Very expensive failed IT project
£100m hole in pensions fund
Increased cost of television, particularly drama.
Top-slicing of the licence fee for whatever whim the government of the day leans to, e.g. rural fibre roll-out
Exchange rate
Brexit

The BBC currently makes around £2bn from its commercial activities, but that wouldn’t replace the licence fee. The goal has been to increase BBC Studios performance to contribute half the BBC budget but the market is not strong enough at present. The major international streamers are in consolidation mode, the great boom of spending is over. British productions no longer qualify for EU content origin quotas.

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