The BBC is to embark on a new era, with more emphasis on entertainment. “The white paper, the culmination of more than two years of wrangling over the BBC’s future, effectively means that when the corporation’s current charter expires at the end of this year it will have a new charter in place, ensuring its future through 2016. Though Parliament will have a chance to discuss the proposals, they are not subject to legislative approval and are essentially a done deal. Critics and competitors of the BBC said they were disappointed.”