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BBC CEO Tim Davie

would like richer folk
to pay more?

He would like more cash


Newspaper headline:
BBC could make wealthy pay more
for licence fee in radical overhaul



[The BBC could turn its back on a flat fee
and means-test TV licences,
with richer households paying more.

Director general Tim Davie said
he is open to a “more progressive” way
of funding the corporation,
as he revealed the
“biggest-ever consultation process”
on its future.

He told a Royal Television Society (RTS)
event in London that the broadcaster
is planning to “proactively research”
how it will reform the system after
its current charter agreement ends in 2027.]


[A new approach will consider
“its scope, how it could be more
progressive and making sure
its enforcement is fair and proportionate,
” he said in a speech.

It follows an article in
The Independent on Tuesday in which
he agreed with critics that the
corporation has no
“God-given right to exist”,
warning that it must not be defensive,
complacent or arrogant.
“The BBC can only ever be as
important and relevant as the
positive impact we have on
society,” he wrote.]


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2518305.html