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How the BBC licence fee could be overhauled

Adam Sherwin (editedFeb 26, 2015 The Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee has recommended radical reforms of the way the BBC is funded and its size and scope reined in. A broadcasting levy on all households should replace the licence fee, with additional “subscription” payments a possibility, according to the influential committee of MPs. In the short-term there is currently no better alternative to the licence fee but as a minimum the licence fee must be amended to cover catch-up television as soon as possible”.Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee report A loophole currently means people who only watch programmes through catch-up and on-demand services like the iPlayer do not have to pay the £145.50 licence fee.

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Reduce provision in areas where other broadcasters are better placed to produce excellent results.Do more in partnership with others and support local media by extending the indie quota to include local news.Show transparency to remove suspicions of cross-subsidy of its commercial work if it is to produce content for others.Abolish the BBC Trust and make new arrangements for the governance, regulation and oversight of the BBC.Set up a unitary board with a non-executive chair, to be known as the BBC chairman.Establish a new rigorous and independent Public Service Broadcasting Commission.Keep reading...Show less

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