BBC Funding Model Is ‘Completely Outdated’: UK Culture Secretary

BBC Funding Model Is ‘Completely Outdated’: UK Culture Secretary
UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries arriving in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting on April 26, 2022. Yui Mok/PA Media
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The BBC’s funding model is “completely outdated” and the UK government is ready to implement a new way of funding the public service broadcaster, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said.

The BBC is primarily funded by licence fees, which is paid by every UK household which owns a television set or consumes BBC content on other devices.