The license fee is likely to be scrapped in 2027: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60014514 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60014514. Alt

The license fee is likely to be scrapped in 2027: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60014514 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60014514. Alternative funding is almost certainly going to carry significant strings (either from advertisers or more direct control from government officials). Arguably there has been a multi-decade push to extinguish the institution altogether, or at least to drastically shrink it and simultaneously bring it under more rigid government control. The trend towards official state broadcaster and away from public interest broadcaster has been ongoing for many many years. I think the BBC is not exactly like RT in degree or in kind, but there is a definite trend towards its kind. It's also interesting to note that some of the official US complaints about RT influence on US public opinion are based on RT platforming legitimate social critics in the US. Dissidents for thee but not for me.