Le BBC

It’s no surprise that the socially-minded French want to create a French BBC, but interesting that President Sarkozy would seek to replace the lost advertising revenue (£600m that will transfer to private stations – many of these run by Sarkozy’s mates) partly through a tax on internet access.

It will be interesting to see if this is adopted as there has been a similar argument in the UK for many years covering public service internet content and application provision.

It will no doubt be unpopular with the masses who will be asked to pay extra for something that they are already getting, but if it works it could be an interesting model to track for governments around the world.