Talking of politicians meddling with the media, and sources at Whitehall have said the review of the BBC's Royal Charter will safeguard the TV licence for at least ten years, although a review of the level of the fee will be undertaken in five years - a move that aims to appease the anti-licence fee lobby who argue a compulsory licence will be untenable once we all have multi-channel TV.
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Charter review will also make a decision regarding the future of the BBC's Board Of Governors, which one recent report said should be scrapped to be replaced by an independent regulator.
The Culture Secretary and BBC Chairman are both against that idea, arguing it will only lead to increased bureaucracy costs, although there are still reportedly a number of key figures in Whitehall still pushing for the Governors to be axed.