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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

BBC licence fee to be extended with ‘YouTube tax’ to force more to pay

The government is set to unveil plans to extend the BBC licence fee to online streaming services in what is unofficially being dubbed a “YouTube tax”.

A white paper on the BBC charter renewal will be published before Christmas and will include proposals on how to overhaul the current funding model to increase revenue and reflect how audiences consume content.

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