Sky drops BBC platform charges

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Sky is to waive charges which have been eating up millions of pounds of licence fee money each year to allow the BBC's channels to be carried on its services.

The issue had been a cause of controversy for a number of years with Sky charging what is thought to be around £4.5 million annually to carry the BBC's various stations.

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