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jfman · 01-09-2020, 08:47

While I certainly don’t see the point in this thread discussing the merits or otherwise of the licence fee - it’s a tedious subject exhausted plenty of times for over 20 years now - I do think it’s abolition is key to Old Boy’s dreams being realised by critically undermining the UK television industry.

If there’s a way to ensure any North American tat dominates the airwaves (or the fibre) it’s the terminal decline of the UK television industry.

While there’s a licence fee there’s going to be plenty of low cost, affordable, British repeat content (from BBC and ITV) for linear channels to feast upon for decades to come.

01-09-2020, 08:47	#1437
jfman Architect of Ideas Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,468	Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future While I certainly don’t see the point in this thread discussing the merits or otherwise of the licence fee - it’s a tedious subject exhausted plenty of times for over 20 years now - I do think it’s abolition is key to Old Boy’s dreams being realised by critically undermining the UK television industry. If there’s a way to ensure any North American tat dominates the airwaves (or the fibre) it’s the terminal decline of the UK television industry. While there’s a licence fee there’s going to be plenty of low cost, affordable, British repeat content (from BBC and ITV) for linear channels to feast upon for decades to come.