Director general Matt Brittin says funding model ties corporation to the past as number of licences falls by 539,000 The number of people paying the BBC’s licence fee has fallen faster than expected in the last year, with half a million more households opting out of the payment. Matt Brittin, th...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/14/bbc-faces-real-jeopardy-as-licence-fee-payments-fall-faster-than-expected)