France to scrap TV licence fee funding

French President Emmanuel Macron (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
French President Emmanuel Macron (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

France’s National Assembly has voted to scrap the licence fee for public-service broadcasting, which is now set to be funded by a portion of the takings from VAT.

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