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BBC services face cuts

March 2, 2010

The BBC is plan­ning dra­matic cuts to its web and radio ser­vices, with sta­tions such as 6 Music and the Asian Net­work fac­ing the axe, and a 25% reduc­tion in spend­ing on online ser­vices planned for 2013. There is more infor­ma­tion avail­able at bbc.co.uk. In the mean­time, sev­eral peti­tions are spring­ing up in an attempt to […]

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Top-slicing: legislation won’t be passed?

September 1, 2009

John Whit­ting­dale MP, chair of the cul­ture, media and sport select com­mit­tee, has said that even a rel­a­tively mod­est pro­posal to siphon off the BBC Licence Fee is too con­tro­ver­sial to pass through par­lia­ment.
The Finan­cial Times has more details.