From titbits dropped to the papers. it seems the BBC Board meeting last week had a run round of some future financing options from the burgeoning internal team hunting to add some meaning to 'a reformed licence fee'.
I hope that chairman Samir Shah introduced the session with some context. The reality is that, however the money is taken from listeners and viewers, the average total, under Labour, will not be more than at present, perhaps with inflation added, should the economic mood be brighter in 2027. Thus more concessions mean more for the average viewer to pay - and that simply won't run.
And the BBC side is way behind on all this, when they should be rolling the pitch for a new future. If 'a reformed licence fee' is their Everest, they are still somewhere in the North Terminal, Gatwick, never mind a base camp in Nepal.
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