More on the role of the BBC post Carter report

I wrote yesterday that one of the question's that will arise following the digital Britain report in the future role of the BBC which unfortunately will always distort the market.

Evening Standard columnist Paul Waugh agrees and as a starting point would like to do away with the BBC news web pages.

there is a case that the BBC licence fee should not be spent on websites or any internet activity at all, that it should be restricted to broadcasting alone. There is a huge grey area about whether you need a TV licence to receive broadcasts via the internet rather than a TV set. But although the Beeb wants to reach as large an audience as possible, its main source of funding is a "TV licence" not an "computer licence".