In light of Nadine Dorries' proposals surrounding the future of the BBC licence fee, is the government's decision to scrap the BBC licence fee...
Edited on 18th Jan 2022 15:42pm
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Matt Born
Expert Contributor
That Dorries ''announced'' this via a tweet on a weekend, without even any suggestion of what might replace it, says everything. Simply trying to ape other models - subscription, advertising etc - as was later touted is completely misguided and would be detrimental to the whole TV industry & especially public service content. UK TV production is a world leading industry and exporter (of the sort this government was supposed to champion) largely because its pioneering, mixed ecology.

