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February 18, 2008

New claim that commercial broadcasters oppose BBC licence fee share

By Dominic wireposts

A Conservative proposal for the BBC to share its licence fee with commercial broadcasters has run into opposition from the ITV and BSkyB.

A “senior Conservative” told The Times: “There is resistance to the idea of commercial broadcasters being given public subsidies.”

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