BBC Licence Fee Confirmed Until at Least 2027 as U.K. Culture Minister Considers Funding Options for Broadcaster
variety.comK.J. Yossman U.K. culture minister Lisa Nandy has committed to continuing the BBC‘s licence fee model until at least 2027. However she has said she is going to consider all funding options for the broadcaster’s “long-term sustainability” during the next Royal Charter review.
The BBC is governed by a document called a Royal Charter which is periodically reviewed by the Government. Nandy has said she intends to use the next review, in 2027, to consider funding options with viewers and stakeholders (such as, presumably, production companies) given an opportunity to contribute their views.
She also confirmed she would not be moving forward with the review of the BBC’s funding model set up by the previous government – which appointed a panel of experts to oversee it – but would instead review the corporation’s future funding as part of the Royal Charter review process.
The panel appointed by the previous government will be disbanded. In the U.K., the majority of the BBC’s funding comes from a licence fee, which must be paid by anyone watching live television on any device on any network.
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