Saturday, July 18, 2015

What is the future for the BBC? BBC News



Plans to take BBC 3 off-air have been approved,the BBC may lose its Olympics coverage from 2024, it's constantly getting a drubbing in the press and by some politicians, regularly accused of being too left-wing, sometimes of being too right-wing, the licence fee itself is under threat and it's now being reported that the BBC is facing a 150 million pounds a year shortfall in funding. Victoria Deerbyshire was joined by Steve Hewlett, presenter of the media show on Radio 4, Damian Collins a Conservative MP who thinks the license fee is an outdated way of funding the BBC, Kevin Marsh who is a former BBC Editor and Jassa Ahluwalia - the star of BBC 3's Some Girls.



INC News, 18/07/2015 - via BBC News

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