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The Licence Fee and the future of the 大象传媒.

Director General Tony Hall has agreed to fund licences for the over 75s but says he's got a good deal for the corporation, citing the agreement that the Licence Fee will rise in line with inflation and those who only use catch-up services such as iPlayer may also need to buy a licence. Meanwhile, the Chair of the 大象传媒 Trust - your representative - was locked out of negotiations and others in the worlds of media and politics have been scathing about the lack of public consultation. Roger Bolton hears the views of Feedback listeners.

The Proms are coming back to the World Service - five years after they were cut to save money. Roger speaks to controller of the 大象传媒 World Service in English, Mary Hockaday, to see where the money is coming from at a station with an even more tightly squeezed budget, following the transfer of financial responsibility for the network from the Foreign Office to the 大象传媒 last year.

Apple Music launched its new internet radio station Beats 1 last week, and some people said that it sounded a great deal like 大象传媒 Radio 1. So should the 大象传媒 be worried about having their younger listeners poached? Feedback puts 19 year old radio DJ Or茅 Olukoga on the case to see whether Apple can inspire a generation which is increasingly uninterested in live radio broadcasts.

The five part Radio 4 series Me, My Selfie and I, presented by snowboarder Aimee Fuller, took on the subject of the selfie - but some listeners thought this was a shallow attempt to pick up a younger audience. Roger puts their concerns to the series producer Phillip Revell.

Producer: Katherine Godfrey
A Whistledown production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.