BBC TV licence fee ‘evaders’ will no longer face prison
Failure to buy a BBC TV licence will be decriminalised and replaced with fines enforced in the civil courts and by bailiffs under government plans. […]
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Conservatives move to decriminalise BBC licence fee evasion
Ministers start process of shaking up broadcaster’s funding Boris Johnson’s government will launch its first strike on BBC funding next week, opening a formal process […]
ITV Threatens Ministers Over forcing them to go under a BBC paywall
ITV has engaged a leading QC to challenge ministers’ plans to overhaul broadcasters’ digital catch-up services. ITV is threatening ministers with legal action over plans […]
Future of the licence fee: BBC’s rivals get key role in deciding its future
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 […]