Thursday 16 September 2010

THE BEEB TO FREEZE LICENCE FEE UNTIL 2013

[11.15 - French Time] The BBC Trust, the Corporation's governance and regulatory body, has today announced that the Beeb will freeze its £142.50 licence fee until 2013.

The BBC is giving up a planned 2% increase in March next year and the chance of a smaller rise in 2012. The BBC Trust warned that it is likely to mean cuts in TV and radio programming budgets, as the freeze will take £144m out of the BBC budget and "will require some on-air changes", reports The Guardian this morning.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/16/bbc-licence-fee-frozen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/news/press_releases/september/licence_fee.shtml
http://www.deadline.com/2010/09/bbc-freezes-licence-fee-for-2-years/

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