BBC licence fee under ‘unprecedented pressure’ from Netflix

The fast growth of streaming services and pay-TV are “challenging the very premise of mandatory fees”, according to a study by PwC.

Internet television services such as Netflix and Amazon are “challenging the very premise of mandatory fees” for the BBC and other public broadcasters, according to a major study of the global media sector. The rise of streaming is altering the landscape of the television industry, the report by PwC said, contributing to “unprecedented pressure” on “the notion of the public licence fee”.

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