‘We’d have to use Strictly for subscriptions’: BBC insiders warn against axing licence fee

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‘We’d have to use Strictly for subscriptions’: BBC insiders warn against axing licence fee
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The BBC would have to cut news, arts and children’s programming and rely on hits like Strictly Come Dancing if the licence fee is replaced by a Netflix-style subscription, insiders warned 📺 adamsherwin10 reports

Executives are attracted to a monthly levy on broadband connections or linking payment to household bills, like energy payments.and reduce prosecutions for licence fee evasion. A universal levy would increase the number of households paying for the BBC.

BBC Studios, the corporation’s commercial wing, could be tasked with supplementing its income by turningOne figure said: “There’s huge international appetite to use iPlayer. But the BBC doesn’t hold international rights for a lot of shows so there would be a limited catalogue.”Tim Davie, the BBC director-generalDenying that the BBC was in “crisis”, he said: “ is not easy if you want to protect universality. The licence fee has a lot of benefits, but we want to look at the options.

Unlike Netflix and streamers which use algorithms to inform its commissioning, “we don’t have to chase the market,” Mr Davie said.

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