BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen
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BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen
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Re: BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen
#2>> Time now to discuss and debate new ways of funding, supporting and selling great British content.
Perhaps it's time for the BBC to "beg for money" from the government every 4 years and do something in exchange for that(i.e. less critical to gov actions, more propaganda etc).
Re: BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen
#3This is long Long long overdue. Fantastic news.
Re: BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen
#4The following pretty much lays out the mentality behind the cuts:
"The source added that 'the days of state-run TV are over' and praised the growth of US-run companies such as Netflix and YouTube."
Yes, let's run to our algorithmically run and siloed future.
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#6BBC Tech salaries are awful, even by UK standards. Good luck for getting more efficient when you're not paying anyone to disrupt workflows.
Re: BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen
#7Good. Currently I'm forced to pay for content I dont consume.
Re: BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen
#8The following pretty much lays out the mentality behind the cuts: "The source added that 'the days of state-run TV are over' and praised the growth of US-run companies such as Netflix and YouTube." Yes, let's run to our algorithmically run and siloed future.
Nothing to do with stuff like this:
Michael Fabricant, the Conservative MP for Lichfield, has said that the BBC has launched a “coup attempt” against Boris Johnson after hearing a news bulletin which criticised the PM over lockdown parties held at No. 10.
Speaking yesterday, Mr Fabricant said: “BBC Radio 4 Bulletin leads this morning with a manufactured story of what some MPs have said to the BBC. This is not news reporting an event. This relentless news creation is a coup attempt against the prime minister”.
It would be like CNN quoting a democrat senator saying that the democrat president is terrible. Yes, that's news.
Re: BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen
#9I like much of what the BBC do and produce, especially BBC news, but the licence fee has always felt like a relic from the past with a bad strategy of enforcement (With their threatening letters and misguiding terminology as to when a license is required). Their actual broadcast service is lacking in some areas too. On BBC One HD I still get a blank place-holder screen for local news, advising to switch to the non-HD channel, which is just bizarre at this point, 10 years after support for HD viewing.
I hope the BBC continues to survive, just with a more modern funding approach.
Re: BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen
#10Getting rid of the licence fee is long overdue, but strangling the BBC as part of cutbacks is just sad.