In a speech to the staff, Davie said that he did not want BBC to become just “another media company serving a specific group”.
New BBC Director General Tim Davie, who took charge from September 1, has said he doesn’t support the switch from the licence fee to a subscription service model.
In a speech to the staff, Davie said that he did not want BBC to become just “another media company serving a specific group”.
He continued: “The UK’s creative industries have been a global economic success because of a rather enlightened blend of the free market and smart universal interventions like the BBC, and our landmark museums… open to all. It is a brilliant national success that future generations deserve to benefit from.”
Davie said that the broadcasting company must act now to secure the company’s future and ensure that more people feel the BBC is for them.
“Across the UK, across all political views, across all of society, and across all age groups, people must feel their BBC is here for them, not for us,” Davie added.
The licence fee is currently guaranteed until 2027, but there is a debate about the BBC’s funding beyond that.
