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Two-thirds believe making streamer audiences pay the licence fee if they don’t watch BBC is ‘unfair’
Two-thirds of people believe requiring streamer-only audiences to pay the licence fee is “unfair” if they don’t watch BBC or live programming, according to a Yougov poll commissioned by COBA. Of the 2,000+ UK-wide respondents, 69% said extending the scope of the licence fee in this way would be unfair, with half (52%) believing it […]
UK drama co-productions tallied 28 in 2024, a fractional dip on 2023’s total of 31, according to a new report for COBA. Within this, co-productions between UK and US partners rose sharply, while co-productions with Europeans fell. Over the last decade, co-productions have remained stable except for the period impacted by lockdown.