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**Chris** · 04-06-2014, 17:59

Look at what she said though. She wants the BBC to be universally available, so that rules out subscription. She wants it to have a measure of independence from government, so that rules out funding out of taxation. By implication, she doesn't find the prospect of making the BBC advert-supported appealing, otherwise she wouldn't have said "we haven't found it in the past" - the State-owned broadcaster, Channel 4, is funded in precisely this way. It is a solution that is well understood.

She wants to keep an open mind but she does not want to come to the table with a radical plan for change. I don't think the TVL is going anywhere quite yet.

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Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,299	Re: TV licence non payment could be made a civil offence Look at what she said though. She wants the BBC to be universally available, so that rules out subscription. She wants it to have a measure of independence from government, so that rules out funding out of taxation. By implication, she doesn't find the prospect of making the BBC advert-supported appealing, otherwise she wouldn't have said "we haven't found it in the past" - the State-owned broadcaster, Channel 4, is funded in precisely this way. It is a solution that is well understood. She wants to keep an open mind but she does not want to come to the table with a radical plan for change. I don't think the TVL is going anywhere quite yet.