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Media waits for digital report

By Benjamin Cohen

Updated on 14 June 2009

The government's vision of Britain's television and internet future will be unveiled on Tuesday in its digital britain white paper.

Satellite dishes (picture: Reuters)

It has been drawn up by Lord Carter who has reported to want some BBC licence fee money diverted to ITV to help pay for regional news programmes.

Lord Carter is also thought to want the government to get tough on internet file sharing.

The entertainment industry has long been pressing for the move. It says it loses billions of pounds in revenue. But Talk Talk, Britain's second largest internet provider, has told Channel4 News it would be a waste of time.


We asked Johnathan Phan of the Pirate Party UK why people download pirated content from the internet.

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