All BBC licence fee articles – Page 21
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Sponsored
The contenders: Barclays Best Independent Production Company
The producers vying for the Broadcast Awards 2019 Best Independent Production Company, sponsored by Barclays, reveal the secrets of their success
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News
Age UK: licence fee return will plunge pensioners into poverty
Charity urges government to shoulder the £150.50 burden for over-75s
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2019 - the year ahead
Broadcast looks ahead to the key decisions, challenges and opportunities facing the biggest broadcasters in the coming year
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Rivals take aim at BBC Studios
ITV, Sky and Pact challenge corporation’s commercial activities as part of Ofcom consultation
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Kirkham: BBC will help broker co-pros
Factual controller vows to aid indies to ‘bring extra money into the pot’
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BBC launches over-75 consultation
Report recommends reducing cost, increasing age threshold or means-testing
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Public accounts chief: BBC has 'made mess' of PSCs
Freelancers left in ‘desperate circumstances’, says Meg Hillier
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Thinktank: BBC should halve licence fee for over-75s
Frontier Economic’s floated cut would save the BBC £4bn over a decade
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BBC tackles over-75s timebomb
Corporation set to outline potential solutions to £800m problem of providing free licences
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BBC mulls licence fee options
Means-testing emerges as one of three possible ways corporation could ease £800m burden
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Wright: BBC should continue to pay for over-75s
Culture secretary says he will reinforce expectation of free licences for older viewers beyond 2020
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Radio and indigenous-language indies handed £6m boost
Government expands scope of £60m contestable fund
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BBC gets ball rolling on pensioner licence fee scrap
Wealthier older generation might be able to weather the costs, suggests Frontier Economics report
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BBC savings: where the axe might fall
Industry sources highlight the services and channels that could be under threat as the corporation tries to find £800m in savings
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Kosminsky calls for SVoD drama tax
Writer-director floats idea to help PSBs compete in inflated market
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Hall shifts BBC focus to growth
Director general uses RTS speech to call for new investment and flag threat from FAANGs
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European broadcasters slam Danish government
Scrapping licence fee has forced Danmarks Radio to close half of its channels
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Comment
Shoppable content is the future
Rollover ads are a potentially lucrative new revenue stream for producers, says Alex Connock