We might not have to wait too long before we find out if the government agrees with Ofcom chief Ed Richards' ideas about the future of the licence fee and public service broadcasting. Ed has put the cat among the pigeons by releasing a preview of his all-important speech tonight, but does the government agree with his suggestions? Over to you, culture secretary Andy Burnham. Yesterday at the government's Creative Economy open day, Burnham appeared to indicate that answer would come sooner than later. "The issue needs to be resolved. Certainty is what is needed. There might be pressures and difficult times [but] within that we need to take away uncertainty". He added that with digital switchover gathering pace and analogue switch-off starting in November it was "well not to have to many balls in the air".
