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EXPERTS accused MPs of bowing to commercial broadcasters’ lobbying yesterday after they told the BBC it should “reduce” its content and called for the licence fee to be scrapped.
University of Westminster Professor Steve Barnett issued his stark warning following the release of a Commons culture, media and sport committee report on the state broadcaster.
Its Tory chair, John Whittingdale, a former aide of privatisation-obsessed prime minister Margaret Thatcher, said that the licence fee model was “becoming harder and harder to justify and sustain.”
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
JAMES NALTON takes a look at the German league’s move to grow its audience in Britain, and around the future of football on TV in general
The fallout from the Kneecap and Bob Vylan performances at Glastonbury raises questions about the suitability of senior BBC management for their roles, says STEPHEN ARNELL
