Ratings are the number one fear of the entire industry. If a ratings weighting system is not introduced, we'll be heading toward a stifling of local creation. Yes, ratings are essential, the industry has to operate and reach the public, and it does so very well. However, certain genres, such as children's television, documentaries and certain arts and culture programs, can't fall within the ratings evaluation model. It's impossible. Those genres can't compete with general public programming, which is also of high quality. We need a weighting system that compares apples with apples.
On May 6th, 2009. See this statement in context.