"If the Broadcasting Minister's answer to a
failing TVNZ is more committees, then it's quite clear she
asked the wrong question," National's Broadcasting
spokesperson Katherine Rich said today.
"Three boards
means three times the bureaucracy imposed on an ailing
company which is facing falling revenues and growing losses.
The new structure will add nothing to the company and will
be a bureaucratic nightmare.
"When the public broadcasting
broth is rapidly spoiling, Marian Hobbs' answer is to make
matters worse by appointing more cooks.
"TVNZ is
struggling to implement the Charter with no new funding and
today's announcement will further compound TVNZ's problems.
"None of these changes mean better programmes which is
what most kiwis are interested in," Katherine Rich
said.
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