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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Whether or not you can afford it is not the conversation. The issue is related to whether you should be forced to pay for a non-essential service that you don’t use.

The BBC has morphed into an unwieldly entity which has developed services that meet a variety of minority interests as well as its earlier core programming.

Why do I say "partially"? To me, this is the real debating ground. Should catering for various minorities or cultures by adding new channels be a decision that comes at the BBC's whim when it implies an increase in licence fee? SHould the BBC cater for minorities within the BBC1 / BBC2 constraints?