For £30 p.a. one terrestial and one digital TV channel, Radio 3 and Radio 4, limited day-time and night time viewing and local radio. Resultant large cuts in management/presenter/production salaries and expenses. Cut their losses on Salford. Then the rest can be subscription based, like Sky, so to partly answer Bmused55, for a basic licence you get what the Charter is supposed to provide and then pay for the rest according o the package offered.