You, me, the BBC and the license fee

Abstract

This article lays out some of the critical issues about the future of the BBC and public service broadcasting that will be discussed in the mid-term Charter Review starting April 2022. A theme that will be central is the future funding arrangements, with the intention to abolish the license fee already announced by the government minister responsible for the review. The challenge is to ensure that any alternative to license fee funding supports a richer and more relevant public service broadcasting sector.

Keywords

• BBC
• license fee
• mid-term Charter Review
• public service broadcasting
• UK