All BBC licence fee articles – Page 16
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CommentBen de Pear: social media must support PSB news
Platforms that benefit from our investment in journalism must differentiate real news from fake - and pay for it, says the C4 news editor
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NewsDamazer, Mosey, Currie: BBC news budget must be ringfenced
Trio of grandees call for axe to fall on areas beyond corporation’s core remit
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CommentHow long will the BBC bang the drum for BBC4?
Cassian Harrison’s puzzling move to BBC Studios could signal that it’s time up for BBC2’s brainy sister
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CommentEurope’s PSBs need help to excel during the crisis
Covid-19 is bringing out the BBC and its public service cousins but they need support to continue that work, says Noel Curran
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NewsExplainer: BBC and Pact bury the hatchet
As Tony Hall declares ‘everybody wins’, Max Goldbart charts the troubled path to the landmark rights deal
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NewsBBC strikes historic deal with Pact
Terms of trade overhauled with extensive iPlayer window and reduction in broadcaster’s back-end revenue share
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NewsBBC closes 15 satellite offices
Services and staff numbers unaffected as tech bases shuttered to save money
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NewsHall: BBC must save additional £125m
Pay and recruitment freeze among raft of measures outlined by DG
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NewsBBC considers quarantining drama casts and crew
Piers Wenger floats radical solution to restart production
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NewsCulture secretary cools on licence fee reform
Oliver Dowden plays down ‘not very compelling’ argument as he focuses on threat of SVoD rivals
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NewsMajority of public against decriminalisation
80% of a public would not back move if it incurs costs for BBC
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NewsBBC: decriminalisation will cost £1bn
Calls for second consultation with more detailed modelling
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NewsDCMS Committee opens PSB review
Inquiry to look at regulation, funding and content in a digital age
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CommentBBC has chance to silence political naysayers
Our national broadcaster has played a blinder in a time of crisis. Is it enough to convince the sceptics, asks Max Goldbart
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NewsTracy Brabin: use licence fee review to bat for BBC
Shadow culture secretary launches campaign for public to say what they love about under-pressure broadcaster
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CommentUncertain times call for solidarity
Industry must pull together as coronavirus threatens to reshape TV
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CommentIn times of crisis, the BBC can shine
Corporation can “rise to the challenge” to unify the country in troubled times, says Oliver Dowden
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NewsOliver Dowden: BBC can rise to coronavirus challenge
Culture secretary softens tone as he hails corporation’s unmatched ability to ’frame our British sense of self’
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NewsOver-75 licence fee charges postponed until August
With older people likely to enter forced isolation, ‘now is not the right time’ for the rollout, says BBC chair