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BBC licence fee 'will be gone in a decade'
Benedict Moore-Bridger, Evening Standard04.07.08
The BBC licence fee will be scrapped within 10 years and the corporation "dismantled" to become just one TV channel and one radio station, a damning new report claims today.
It claims feepayers' cash is being wasted with resources spread too thinly, resulting in a lack of quality.
The Centre For Policy Studies report states that the BBC no longer represents its viewers and is seen as a propaganda machine for the liberal elite.
It was written by former BBC producer and Yes, Minister script writer Antony Jay who says viewers will refuse to pay the fee once they start watching programmes online.
The report said: "There is no longer a case for taking £4 billion a year from the public to produce programmes they do not want or can obtain free elsewhere.
"There is a strong case for dismantling the BBC. It spends over £4 billion every year, most of it on undistinguished programmes. It seems likely that within 10, or at most 20, years, the licence fee will be indefensible in theory and unenforceable in practice.
"Once viewers receive all their programmes on their PCs, the licence fee will be gone."
The report says the BBC should fund itself by selling popular shows like Dad's Army and Life On Earth and not waste money on bureaucracy.
It continued: "The BBC's resources are too thinly spread over too many channels. A smaller, selffunding public service broadcaster on the other hand would have a unique role in our national life."
Jay added: "People have got two views of the BBC - they like a lot of the programmes but they do not love the institution."
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The BBC is hanging on by the older generation who remember how great it was and helped them through the war. This is not a bad thing. The BBC was once the only thing to watch but the times have changed and the BBC Television programmes have just been dragged out and dumbed down too much to return from, programmes like Eastenders, comedy repeats etc etc.
The BBC online services News & Sport are great services for when you want to see any thing news or sports related wise, you can just look online at your old convenience. This leaves individuals wondering why the NEWS 24 channel is still here. The BBC should still be around in the future but without the waste BBC3, 4 etc. People believe the Beeb has changed for the worsted, equalling to serious editorial lapses and lots of dumbing down of services and programmes that people outside the world of the BBC, people just don't wish to watch. The majority of people believe the BBC should stick to the future Media delivery and keep a certain amount of old media delivery for the older generation.
- Gamb, Kent
As there is no BBC England and the BBC has followed the government line and deemed England unmentionable, I'll be glad to see the back of the beeb.
- Tally, England
Why do we have to wait 10 years? It could be scrapped tomorrow.
- Josh, London
