An item on BBC Radio 4's Today programme (Saturday 6 March 2010) provided a possible insight into how the BBC will be funded in the future.
Presenter John Humphrys discussed the pros and cons of a compulsory licence fee with a group of teenagers, who had some interesting opinions.
Listen to the item and draw your own conclusions about how public service broadcasting in the UK will be financed in the future.
The group was split roughly 50/50 in favour of retaining the licence fee.
Here are some nuggets from the conversation:
"Some advertisements are interesting and useful."
"I do actually enjoy watching films on the BBC because ... there are no breaks."
"The TV, that's something our mums found amazing, whereas the internet - we find that amazing."
"It's good to have a TV but you don't necessarily need it."
"You don't really have to watch TV a lot nowadays, because BBC's got BBC iPlayer, so you can just watch that on the Internet ..."
