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Whittingdale: Let viewers “switch off” BBC
“The BBC will need to think about whether it needs to make so much content"
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Whittingdale: Merging ITV and Channel 4 “an interesting possibility”
Minister in charge of the consultation on the future of Channel 4 was speaking to the DCMS Committee
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Channel 4 could be privatised ‘as soon as next year’
Options are said to include an outright sale, a partial offloading of the government's stake or a mutual ownership model
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Whittingdale: BBC licence fee will remain until everyone has access to high-speed broadband
Culture minister again raised the idea of turning the BBC into a subscription service
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UK minister: Streamers could face regulation
"Whether or not we would want to look at having some kind of basic requirements on the video on demand services is something which...
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Whittingdale: Government is mulling sale of Channel 4
Minister says government is questioning whether there is a need for a second publicly-owned PSB.
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John Whittingdale: Scrapping licence fee is “politically impossible”
Prime Minister reportedly favours "reform rather than revolution"
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Clementi’s BBC restructure leaves “no hiding places”
Following a five-month consultation, a review into the running of the BBC has been made public. Following a five-month consultation period with the BBC...
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BBC sets out new Charter
The UK government receives BBC pledge to become a more open Corporation
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Government announces BBC review
An independent review looking at how the BBC is governed and regulated has been announced by the UK government
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BBC set for ‘root and branch’ review
The UK government to instigate a granular review of the corporation’s activities
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BBC to fund provision of free television licences for over-75s
The UK government has reached an agreement with the BBC that it will take on the cost of providing free television licences for over-75s.
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MPs may support scrapped BBC Trust
MPs on the Conservative-led culture, media and sport select committee are expected to recommend the closure of the BBC Trust.
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