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Davie: ‘I’m excited about re-engineering the BBC’
BBC director general refuses to rule out linear channel closures
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What next for the BBC?
Following the news that the UK government is freezing the licence fee ahead of a possible move to a subscription-based model, TVBEurope looks at...
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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: 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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John Whittingdale: Scrapping licence fee is “politically impossible”
Prime Minister reportedly favours "reform rather than revolution"
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Making the BBC a subscription service would be “hugely positive” for UK media industry
Government said to be planning to push the BBC to a subscription model
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BBC chairman: “A degree of reality” needed in licence fee conversation
Broadcaster "would not be the BBC that the nation knows and values" with a subscription model
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DCMS launches consultation over licence fee evasion
Culture Secretary warns of BBC "ending up like Blockbuster"
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BBC chairman dismisses Netflix-style subscription model
Sir David Clementi criticises "linear regulation in a digital age"
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House of Lords calls for PSB support
"If we fail to support our PSBs, audiences would miss them when they're gone."
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Ireland drops TV licence for new ‘broadcasting charge’
Charge will apply to all households who use tablets, laptops and other devices to watch content
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All S4C funding to come from licence fee by 2022
Independent review looked at sustainability of Welsh-language channel
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“New beginning” as Swiss vote to retain licence fee
Overwhelming 71 per cent of public choose to continue paying annual charge
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Government ups TV licence fee
The annual TV licence fee will increase to £147 from £145.50 on 1 April this year. The increase marks the first rise in the...
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UK public backs licence fee
The UK public back the annual licence fee to fund pubcaster the BBC, although many think the price is too high, according to the...
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BBC Studios to cut 300 jobs
BBC Studios is set to cut 300 jobs in order to ensure it is ‘in the right shape for the future’ according to the...
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BBC salary reveals ‘not in the interests’ of licence fee payers
Revealing the salaries of its highest-paid stars would not be in the interest of licence fee payers, according to BBC content and sport director...
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Non-licence payers to lose 4,000 hours of BBC content
Households not holding a TV licence will lose out on 4,000 hour of BBC iPlayer content when payment for the service becomes mandatory on...
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TV licence desertion could cost BBC £1.4 billion
Research by broadband and TV comparison site Broadband Genie has found more than nine million Brits could drop their TV licence in favour of...
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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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BBC to start charging for iPlayer?
Viewers could soon be charged for watching content on BBC iPlayer, as chancellor George Osborne announced cuts in government funding.
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BBC licence fee “has no long-term future”
A committee of MPs has decided to support the retention of the BBC licence fee for the next decade, however, has stated the license...