The popularity of iPlayer has led BBC technology chief Erik Huggers to suggest that we should pay for a separate licence fee to use it.

In your dreams, Mr Huggers – the Beeb is already sitting on a guaranteed income from our license fee. Which means that rarest of things – a video site with a business model.

My opinion piece on The Evening Standard site

My opinion piece on The Evening Standard site

The Evening Standard asked me to write a column about this. I happily agreed.

You can read my BBC iPlayer column “Stope whingeing, Auntie” over at the Evening Standard site.







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