The BBC has announced it will freeze the licence fee at £145.50 until 2013, warning that it is likely to result in cuts to programming on both TV and radio. Read the full story

It seems the BBC can’t go a single week without having to defend itself from some form of criticism. Last week it was news that BBC apps have been given the all-clear by the BBC Trust, irking commercial outlets, and this week a thinktank has decided that the licence fee should be replaced with a subscription service. Read the full story

The BBC licence fee should be scrapped and replaced with an optional subscription service, a thinktank report has concluded. Read the full story