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The government has just landed the second of two massive blows on the BBC in the last five years. By 2020/21, the BBC will have taken over completely the government subsidy of the over-75s and seen, according to our estimates, a fall in total PSB funding of at least 20% since 2010/2011, the year of the first government intervention (see Figure 1).
Things could get still worse, only this time not just for the BBC, but also for the commercial TV broadcast distribution, subscription, advertising and content creation sectors should the government pursue its vision of mixed voluntary and compulsory funding, as laid out in the Green Paper published by the DCMS on 16 July.
