Thread: The BBC charter renewal process begins
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Old 10-11-2020, 14:23   #11
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
You're getting things backwards.

The BBC's Royal Charter is what enables the licence fee. You can't abolish the fee and then amend the charter to reflect that. You amend or abolish the charter, in order to abolish the fee.

In fact, the primary purpose of the charter is to enable the licence fee system. Otherwise the BBC could simply operate under exactly the same regulatory framework that governs ITV etc. So in practice if you intended to abolish the licence fee the royal charter would probably go at the same time.
I am sure you are right. So they amend the charter and abolish the licence fee. It is not an insurmountable problem. To wit, you have resolved it yourself.
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