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Let's Discuss. The BBC license fee. A personal view on how the BBC needs to adapt to the cut to the license fee proposed by the government and the new world of digital streaming.

Brits prefer streaming to Pay TV / Sky Launches Sky Class Smart TVs / Netflix adds older viewers, sheds younger viewers / UK Music streaming market faces competition scrutiny / Grade considers bid for Ch 4 / Freeview hits 10m users.

Here are some of the stories you might have missed over the summer break
C4 launches real-time ad bidding on All 4
Sky launching a streaming-only version of Sky Q.
18.8m UK homes have SVoD services
UK consults on VoD audience protection
and much more

UK appetite for VOD grows, BBC Olympics coverage misses events after loss of TV rights and the acronym jungle explained.

You Tube paid over $4BN to music industry in 2020, EU to cut amount of British TV & Film content post Brexit, Streamers to face Ofcom scrutiny, Sony buys UK podcast producer, 61% of Brits watch sport on their phones.

CTV advertising continues to grow, 1.5bn SVOD subscribers by 2020, Brits streaming 2 working days a week, Sport viewing shifting online, Amazon acquires MGM