All BBC licence fee articles – Page 4
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NewsDCMS begins shortlisting licence fee review chair
Culture minister Julia Lopez anticipates process taking around a year
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NewsTim Davie: digital-first speech in full
BBC director general outlines his vision on the corporation’s future
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NewsBBC to cut 200 hours of programming per year
Tim Davie unveils digital-first BBC plans - with fewer shows and no CBBC and BBC4 linear channels or We Are England strand
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NewsDavie ‘open-minded’ about funding models as BBC shapes future purpose
Director general keen to set out guiding principles before licence fee debate begins
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NewsReview of BBC licence fee to start in July
Culture secretary Nadine Dorries is on the hunt for an independent chair to oversee the six-month process
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NewsBazalgette urges BBC to collaborate with rival PSBs
ITV chair’s calls echoed by predecessor Archie Norman, as Andrew Neil and Greg Dyke propose hybrid funding model
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NewsBBC board discussed licence fee alternatives
Subscription and progressive tax models considered, according to report
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NewsRival PSBs wary of hybrid funding model for BBC
ITV, C5 and C4 all raise fears about practical implications
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NewsGovernment sets out plan to replace BBC licence fee
Will reveal details of review that will consider alternative funding methods
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News80% of ethnic minority licence fee refuseniks convert after BBC abstention
‘Deprivation experiment’ report reveals groups most likely to change their minds
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NewsDorries: new BBC funding model will be ready soon
Culture secretary says plans will start to be finalised after mid-term review
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NewsBBC to produce fewer shows due to licence fee freeze
Director general Tim Davie tackles output, inclusivity and impartiality
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NewsBBC cold turkey experiment converts licence fee sceptics
A ‘deprivation study’ saw nearly three-quarters of households change their opinion on the licence fee
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NewsOfcom chair Michael Grade will leave personal views ‘at the door’
Tory peer grilled by DCMS committee over BBC licence fee and C4 privatisation remarks
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NewsFrance Télévisions chief: licence fee is not a cost
Delphine Ernotte Cunci claims French creativity and soft power will be undermined if public subsidy is removed
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NewsNetflix talks up Scottish prospects
Anne Mensah eyes more on-the-ground discussions with local producers and talent
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FeaturesAnalysis: how the BBC should face the licence fee battle
Should the corporation fight to keep the licence fee and risk being forced to change, or propose alternatives of its own?
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CommentCampaigning for screenwriters
Lisa Holdsworth looks ahead to the second half of her term as WGGB chair
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NewsDamian Collins: ask public what they want to pay for BBC
Former DCMSC chair calls for licence fee holders to help set funding level, as Lords inquiry gets underway
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NewsDavie concerned licence fee deal hampers BBC ability to compete
Director general reveals £1.4bn shortfall as a result of two-year freeze