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BBC director-general Tony Hall signalled yesterday that viewers may have to pay more should a subscription model replace the licence fee.
The crossbench peer said everybody paying something resulted in producing “great services for a lot less” than if a subscription model or other funding method was used.
He said the £145.50 charge still has another 10 years of life, claiming the corporation’s audience believes the case for the fee has strengthened.
Speaking on BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show, Lord Hall also said a “household tax” — as proposed by the culture, media and sport select committee — was a “very interesting idea.”
He added there was broad agreement for the licence fee to be reformed to ensure “everyone is paying equally for it and I would go along with that.”
The peer said he did not believe the corporation was there to exist as a “market failure” public service broadcaster but that this view was shared by audiences.
