BBC falling short says Select Committee

Wednesday, 4 March 2015 00:00

The BBC is under-spending by £1 million on the Isle of Man.

That's the message from Malew and Santon MHK Graham Cregeen - who was on the Select Committee when the deficiency was discovered.

A report was handed to the Communications Commission to liaise with the media outlet on BBC Ellan Vannin's offering.

Mr Cregeen says he'll be contacting chairman Juan Watterson to ask him what is being done to remedy the situation.

He says it's time it made a more substantial contribution:

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