Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Billions of pounds of cash each year extorted from anyone who owns a TV licence under threat of prosecution along with being around for considerably longer in the television space and being 'Auntie Beeb' allows for certain benefits over other companies and news organisations indeed.

Purely a question of opinion of course.

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Indeed. Murdoch has always been a great polariser, few things cause a good Cable Forum gloat session like his misfortune.

Sky make more money than the newspapers do, I have little doubt he's playing a cynical long game.

Ofcom need to consider what they are doing carefully, they aren't supposed to be a political organisation. I say 'aren't supposed' because their politicism is well known.