While there will be financial implications in ending the show, he hopes people continue to licence it and it will continue to generate revenue.
One Life is being made by BBC Earth, a global brand for BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, which means the film is not being funded by the licence fee but is an investment designed to generate more money.
The BBC has been challenged to generate more commercial income to supplement the licence fee and this new deal will contribute to that".
The BBC's director of policy and strategy, John Tate said: "Sky should do the decent thing and stop charging licence fee payers to carry BBC services that, in reality, underpin their ability to generate enormous profits.
It will look to generate £1bn over five years to help offset the £750m cost of taking on free licence fees for the over-75s.
Austerity, he suggests, threatens a slide towards more privately owned parks; the management of the Royal Parks is, for instance, already committed to generating income from more "events, concessions and licences".
I give them the licence to do that.
Ikea believes this "all in" approach is part of its licence to operate and will help it remain resilient throughout the 21st century, reducing costs, insulating it from fluctuating energy prices and generating profits to plough back into the business.
What happens, for instance, when [Microsoft] Office isn't the best way to be productive in your work?" For Microsoft, income from Windows and Office licences are key to its revenues: per-PC Windows licences generate about 50% of its profits, and Office licences almost all the rest.
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