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Two of the main proposals in the Government's Digital Britain Bill concerning broadband rollout and sharing the BBC licence fee with other broadcasters would also be reversed, according to Jeremy Hunt, the shadow culture secretary. Full Article at The Telegraph
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LONDON - Shadow media secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the Conservatives would scrap Labour plans for a broadband tax and reverse a decision to make the BBC share £130m worth of licence fee to support local news services if they were to be voted... Full Article at Brand Republic
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The shadow culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has said the Conservatives would abolish the "failed" BBC Trust and is considering ripping up the corporation's royal charter. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Mr Hunt said that his party would abolish the intended 50p a month tax on telephone lines to provide £175m a year towards broadband for all UK homes "as soon as possible" after the election. Full Article at The Telegraph
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A Conservative government could "rip up" the BBC's royal charter, the shadow culture secretary has suggested. The current royal charter allowing the BBC's licence fee expires in 2015. Full Article at BBC News
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We haven't made a decision on the timing of [changes in the governance structure] but we do think the structure ... has failed
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The BBC is planning so-called passion websites. It might sound well and good for them to have, say, an angling website, but if it drove out of business every angling magazine in the country, you would have to question if it was the right sort of thing to do
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We haven’t made a decision on the timing of (changes in the governance structure), but we do think the structure has failed
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Public acceptability is constantly changing, so it is right that we should reflect on the standards the BBC should be setting, as well as ask licence fee payers what they think when reviewing the guidelines
SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited
