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Drew Peacock

(28 posts) Mon May 11, 2015, 08:12 AM May 2015

BBC licence fee to go?

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/11/john-whittingdale-culture-secretary-bbc-charter-renewal

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BBC licence fee to go? (Original Post) Drew Peacock May 2015 OP

Won't that mean massive amounts of commercials in the US? I would rather pay a fee NOT to see them Hestia May 2015 #1

No. Because there's no clear alternative... mwooldri May 2015 #2

Hestia

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1. Won't that mean massive amounts of commercials in the US? I would rather pay a fee NOT to see them

Reply to Drew Peacock (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2015, 04:47 PM

May 2015

mwooldri

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2. No. Because there's no clear alternative...

Reply to Drew Peacock (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2015, 10:17 PM

May 2015

... and if there's too much of a threat to Auntie, the general public will rise up and say a thing or two about it.

Certainly the BBC Trust is doomed. The licence fee will not increase much, and non-payment will be decriminalized.

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