{
  "id": 11197889,
  "title": "BBC Told By Lawmakers To Stop Paying “Over The Odds” For U.S. Shows Like ‘Scooby-Doo’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/bbc-told-by-lawmakers-to-stop-paying-over-the-odds-for-u-s-shows-like",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-01T13:06:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/bbc-stop-paying-over-odds-scooby-doo-1237144260/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The BBC should stop outbidding commercial rivals for foreign content acquisitions, according to an influential group of British lawmakers. ITV, Sky, and Channel 4 have been critical of the BBC for using licence fee cash to outspend rivals for shows like Schitt’s Creek. Now, UK Parliament’s cross-party Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has sided […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}