BBC Warns Funding Model Unsustainable Amid License Fee Decline
The BBC has warned that its current funding model is unsustainable, facing 'real jeopardy' as license fee payments fall faster than expected. The Director General supports a streamer license fee plan but acknowledges enforcement challenges, with half a million fewer payers, and the broadcaster reiterated this warning in its annual report.
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BBC faces ‘real jeopardy’ as licence fee payments fall faster than expected
Director general, Matt Brittin, says funding model ties corporation to the past as number of licences falls by 539,000 The number of people paying the BBC’s licence fee has fallen faster than expected in the last year, with half a million more households opting out of the payment. Matt Brittin, the BBC’s director general, said the broadcaster faced a “moment of real jeopardy”, as the licence fee funding model “ties us to the past”. Continue reading...
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