Is BBC REALLY worth £400? Viewers call Tim Davie's bluff and tell him to 'drop licence fee and offer annual subscription' after director-general claimed content would cost three times as much if it operated like Netflix BBC director general Tim Davie said that a bundle of subscriptions offering comparable 'high-quality' and 'advertising-free' services to the BBC across 'video, audio and news' would cost far more than the £157.50 licence fee. In response, Twitter user Nigel Malone wrote: 'Tell you what, let's run with that, drop the licence fee & go subscription-based. Let's see what the subscriber numbers are. That will tell you it's worth.' MailOnline has revealed how the two outlets compare (left). Pictured top right is BBC drama Killing Eve, and bottom right is Netflix's The Crown.
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