Alternative means

A little late in picking up on this, but clearly pleased the views of a broadcasting luminary chime with mine - extract from a letter to the Financial Times by Sir Peter Bazalgette, asking for radio and tv to be maintained via general broadcasting beyond 2030. 

“We’ve already seen an undersea gas pipeline blown up. International infrastructure has become a credible target. What if the internet were compromised by the destruction of the satellites and the cables it depends upon? In a time of crisis, how would a government get its crucial messages out (think Covid and lockdown)?

"There’s a powerful argument for maintaining alternative means of distribution. Chiefly, DTT for TV and FM for radio. It’s a matter of national resilience and it would be a foolish government or regulator which ignored this.”