Oct 27 2015
UK Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has confirmed that the level of the BBC licence fee is a matter to be decided by the ongoing BBC Charter Review, with the Government’s agreement in July 2015 for the £145.50 licence fee to increase in line with inflation “not a licence fee settlement”. The deal was in exchange […]
UKTV stays on satellite until the end of the decade
CITV: Children’s TV channel will close in September
That’s TV secures licence for That’s Cinema
BBC Radio 4 begins information campaign to transition listeners from Long Wave
Sky News launches international audio service
ITVX Kids launching in Summer 2023
CNN launches new FAST channel in Europe
More organisations join crusade to protect terrestrial television and radio
Channel launches and updates on Freeview
ITV announces closure of CITV
Feb 17 2020
Save our BBC petition launched
A petition to “save our BBC” has attracted more than 100,000 signatures in less than 24 hours after unnamed government sources threatened to “whack” the British broadcaster by scrapping the license fee and forcing it to radically scale back its services. The 38 Degrees petition is a response to a report on the front page […]
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By Expat • BBC, United Kingdom • Tags: BBC licence fee, Save our BBC petition