Mar 14th 2006
By: Luke
By: Luke
BBC will ‘not get’ desired licence fee settlement
Today’s Financial Times reports that the BBC has been told it will “not get” its desired licence fee settlement of 2.3% a year above inflation over the next 10 years.
The BBC claims that it needs an additional �5.5bn to fund the extra responsibilities put on it by the white paper, such as overseeing digital switchover.
The BBC says it will be able to make �3.9bn of savings but that will leave a funding gap of �1.6bn.
Discussions over the level of the licence fee will begin after the publication of today’s white paper, with a final decision expected in the summer.
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