The government has dismissed the recommendation by a Conservative party commissioned panel that viewers should no longer be required to get permission before watching TV or recording video tapes. According to the Financial Times Labour officials stated that the media giant, which sells permission to watch TV at £116 a year, would be undermined by such a change. However, in an editorial with the title “Auntie’s days are numbered” the newspaper predicted that if the corporation’s chartered was renewed for another ten years from 2006 it would be the last time.