The BBC pissed away £7 million of public funds on an abandoned TV Licensing project.
Work started on the £46 million plan to upgrade the TV Licensing computer system in March 2019, but in less than a year - and having incurred costs of £7 million - the whole thing was called off, with the BBC shifting its emphasis towards enforcement of the new over-75 TV licence rules.
The BBC estimates an additional £3-5 million will be needed to prop up the old system, until the upgrade is completed at some date in the future.
Tim Davie, the newly appointed BBC Director General, said: "Progress on the programme stalled because of the need for key resources to support the programme of changes for the new over-75 policy which took priority.
"Due to delays and increased costs the BBC decided to cancel the modernisation programme at a cost of £7 million and work is now underway to extend the life of the existing systems."
It's becoming a bit of a joke that the BBC, which has pleaded poverty on numerous occasions in recent memory, can always find millions of licence fee payers' cash to waste on trendy initiatives and brainwaves that it abandons at the earliest opportunity.
There really never has been a better time to cancel your TV licence, thus depriving the BBC of funds to squander. Learn how in our earlier article about cancelling your TV licence.
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