The BSA costs ten times more than the Media Council, per complaint

I saw a story about how the BSA only had 90 complaints in the last year, so less than two a week.

That got me interested in how this compares to the NZ Media Council who consider company’s about non-broadcasters. The data is stunning.

The BSA spent $1.67 million dealing with 90 complaints. That is an average cost per complaint of $18,500.

The Media Council spent $325k dealing with 256 complaints. That is an average cost per complaint of $1,270.

If you work it out per decision, the numbers are $19,800 vs $2,300.

So it is a no brainer to abolish the BSA, and hand over broadcaster complaints to the Media Council. Taxpayers and broadcasters would save around $1.5 million between them.