BBC boss questions viability of subscription-based alternative to licence fee

A Netflix-style system is among the alternative funding methods that have been floated.

Mr Davie said: “Once you’re trying to serve a subscription base and a commercial agenda – and, believe me, I’ve run commercial businesses – it is a completely different situation, because suddenly you are doing things that are there to make profit and make a return to a specific audience.”

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