BBC bosses are planning to toughen enforcement of the licence fee after a spike in the number of people evading the charge. The ‘evasion rate’ […]
The BBC is preparing the ground for a new licence fee settlement after the director-general warned that current services could not be sustained without an […]
JEREMY Paxman has called on the BBC to scrap the licence fee and charge viewers like Netflix. Mr Paxman, 67, the host of Newsnight for […]
MORE than 100,000 people have signed a petition to abolish the BBC’s controversial licence fee – initiating a debate in Parliament later this year. On […]
BT is in talks towards a deal worth tens of millions of pounds for full ownership of YouView, its set-top box technology joint venture with […]
FURIOUS viewers have demanded licence fee refunds from the BBC after the Are You Being Served? remake fell flat with fans. Many devotees lashed out […]
Television viewers caught dodging the BBC licence fee should face greater fines if they have been watching Sky or other subscription channels, magistrates were told […]
BBC bosses accused of “propaganda” after boasting about how it converted licence fee sceptics after depriving them of radio, television and internet news for nine […]
THE BBC has sparked outrage for using licence fee cash to film its flagship religious show Songs of Praise from a notorious migrant camp in […]
Of course celebrities want the licence fee – they’ve done rather well out of it. But for millions of taxpayers it is an onerous and […]
Ministers have appointed a panel of media experts to advise the Government in its increasingly fraught negotiations with the BBC over the future of the […]
THE BBC’S sacking of Jeremy Clarkson was savaged today after an investigation showed the corporation had killed off a £500 million moneyspinner basically because two […]
Young people spend just half of their viewing time watching live TV, research by Ofcom has found, as the BBC announced it is to cut […]
BBC VIEWERS will have to pay MORE should a subscription model replace the licence fee, BBC director-general was warned. Tony Hall has signalled that with […]
The future of the BBC licence fee is in doubt as ministers contemplate the biggest shake-up of the corporation’s funding since it was founded in […]
BBC bosses have splurged a staggering £45million wining and dining staff and guests in the past five years. Executives have been signing off huge hospitality […]
BBC TV licence fee payers could soon be stumping up millions of pounds for more Scottish-made programmes on the BBC, putting pressure on the £145 […]
The Scottish National Party’s newly launched general election manifesto includes promises to retain the BBC’s licence fee, increase investment through BBC Scotland and devolve responsibility […]