Direct funding from the government could provide a secure future for public service broadcasting.
Mr Burnham also examined the role Channel 4 would play in the future of public service broadcasting.
"He exemplifies the finest values of public service broadcasting, " said Lord Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust.
Ultimately the government had to decide how to fund public service broadcasting in the future, the watchdog said.
Ofcom suggested three "realistic" ways to fund the new public service channel, as well as public service broadcasting in general.
Ofcom also suggested ways to help fund Channel 4 as a vital part of public service broadcasting in the digital age.
As a Scotsman, it was a proud moment for Reith, whose legacy of public service broadcasting remains with the BBC to this day.
Ofcom said opting for one of these three funding routes was needed "to maintain plurality of public service broadcasting in the digital age".
The call for proposals came within the framework of UNESCO's Project "Harnessing ICTs for the audiovisual industry and public service broadcasting in developing countries".
He has said he is building a management team to "deliver a creative vision that will define the BBC and public service broadcasting for the next decade".
Beyond the changing trends in public service broadcasting, there are further ironies in the embrace of Beckett by Irish culture, given the history of their mutual suspicions.
Since January 2012, previous State owned broadcasting media (Radio Gabon, RTG1 and RTG2) became media of public service broadcasting under the name Radio Gabon and Gabon Television.
The green paper announced on Wednesday saw the BBC as the cornerstone of public service broadcasting, but the proposed cuts would undermine its work, said the unions.
The main objective was to assess the editorial independence of public service broadcasting (PSB) television in these countries and to sensitize media and advocacy groups on media freedom.
But few expect this to happen and observers say the idea is unrealistic and risks hastening the demise of public service broadcasting on the third and fifth channels.
Public service broadcasting was not the same as government broadcasting.
The Conference also discussed the role of public service broadcasting in relation to both freedom of the press and the use of media to promote human development and poverty alleviation.
The Conference recommended that regional governments consider harmonising policies and the legal and regulatory framework for the development of public service broadcasting which should be independent of direct political control.
Public Service Media (PSM) is media which fulfils the same public purposes as public service broadcasting, but uses digital media and platforms, including the Internet, instead of broadcast television or radio.
It was the first time broadcast television archivists from the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Mongolia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam gathered to discuss archiving issues and guiding principles in digital archiving of materials in public service broadcasting.
UNESCO, in collaboration with the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT), created a series of instructional how to videos to provide basic, conceptual and technical understanding of the audio-visual film production, with the special focus on the independent documentary.
UNESCO's project "Harnessing ICTs for the audiovisual industry and public service broadcasting in developing countries" aims at putting ICTs, particularly brand new formats, to the use of content development on major societal and development issues such as human rights, peace, tolerance and the fight against discrimination.
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television network founded in 1969.
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In exchange it would renew its commitment to public-service broadcasting, which has slipped somewhat in recent years.
But Ofcom's boss, Ed Richards, argues that if you believe in public-service broadcasting you have to believe in making it free for everyone.
Andy Duncan, its new chief executive, says the situation needs addressing now, not in five years' time as the media regulator, Ofcom, said in a review of public-service broadcasting in September.
The same holds for another meat-eater in a region of vegetarians: the Public Broadcasting Service.
Romney said he would end federal subsidies to the Public Broadcasting Service, which broadcasts the show.
The Public Broadcasting Service and its Washington flagship station, WETA, refused to air this film.
The Public Broadcasting Service got geek this week, debuting NerdTV, a downloadable, Web-only TV series that features interviews with a wide array of technology inventors and executives.
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