BBC 'should lose the licence fee'

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Auntie's Dying: Long Live Public Service Broadcasting said the BBC spent most of its money on entertainment shows that failed to fulfil its public service remit.

The paper, written by Frank Field MP and David Rees, argued that the licence fee should be put in the hands of a new independent commissioning body.

Broadcasters, including the BBC, would then pitch ideas for public service programmes to the body and be awarded funding accordingly.

Under plans outlined in the paper, BBC One and BBC Three would be put up for sale along with Radio 1 and Radio 2.

"The BBC would then return to a more focussed and enhanced Reithian conception," the report said. "BBC Two and Four, Radio Three and Four and the World Service would gain probably all their funding from public service broadcasting awards.

"The BBC's worldwide operations would similarly be judged as to whether they promoted public service broadcasting and would gain revenue and retain the right to trade thereby under the BBC name.

"All other broadcasters across a range of outlets could bid for public broadcasting money to finance programmes that meet those criteria."