BBC missed out on 1.1 billion in unpaid licence fee payments last year'
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BBC missed out on 1.1 billion in unpaid licence fee payments last year'
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"The BBC should clearly set out how it plans to attract younger viewers as it faces intense competition for attention from other media providers, a parliamentary report has warned. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the BBC's mission to serve all audiences is at risk as younger age groups view content elsewhere. It added that the corporation's digital first strategy could risk older or less digitally connected audiences being left behind."
The Independent deploys reporters to cover issues including reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, investigating topics such as Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC and producing documentaries about American women fighting for reproductive rights. The publication emphasizes parsing facts from messaging and rejects paywalls, promoting free access to quality journalism funded by donations from those who can afford it. A parliamentary Public Accounts Committee warned that the BBC must set out plans to attract younger viewers amid intense competition and that a digital-first strategy risks leaving older or less digitally connected audiences behind. Recent scandals preceded director-general Sir Tim Davie's resignation and the report found insufficient licence fee enforcement, calling evasion unfair to paying households.
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