Not found one Sean. It needs to delay, that's all it needs to do.I am not sure the government does not find the BBC useful. The government has no say for the day-to-day running of the BBC and has no influence on the BBC.What the BBC needs to do is change. It is outdated and one can call it not fit for purpose. Like one can call the home office not fit for purpose.The BBCs core supporters come within a certain bracket in society. No one thinks the BBC is not worth the money and it is content as an overall package, but many think it sits within the industry as outdated and in a situation where if a change is not taken on board it is in serious trouble. And that is why the license fee is becoming harder to justify. It, not the case that everything is ok because a small percentage of people in a certain age bracket find it value for money and don't entertain the option of other content by other commercial platforms. The figures don't read well for the BBC when you put it into age brackets. Online BBC content for people in the bracket 16-40s on viewing figures is poor. But one show and one show alone brings the idea to what content the BBC can bring to its content and grab the younger audience. Ru Paul's Drag Race streamed on iplayer suddenly gave it a 36% jump in viewing figures from a younger audience. This then prompted the BBC to re-run it on BBC2. For that one show alone should provide an idea to its future and where it can grab the younger viewer. And that in pay per view terms would have been the exact idea of how people view content now and how relevant TV can grab that audience that has moved to other platforms with on-demand content on "demand ". That is why the BBC is useful but less relevant as the years pass us. The model has to change and its content has to change to survive the future. I think the cost for Ru Paul's Drag Race UK will increase for season 2 which will be coming and it will be best advised to pay for it and put it straight onto BBC2 which i think it will. It is the start to supporting that audience it has lost. And that comes with a model that supports its platform in the future which the licence will not and its revenue will drop and its content will be offered to others first because they will have the money to buy the high content and popular content. And after all that, we have not even touched on the BBC radio figures which is even more worrying as some are shedding big numbers in the last 2 years for commercial platforms. The idea that a handful of big-budget TV series and EastEnders along with the archers is value for money is not exactly the thought one should be taking. It is the opposition with the rise in value for content and the future for how people view content on demand which is the problem for the BBC.Is the BBC value, YES. Can it survive over the next 10 years and deliver high content on the tv licence revenue,NO. That is down to the other platforms and the model it has and where the money is availabe for commisioning high content for the future and the big momey bag to purchase high content on a bidding basis.
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