article_snippet: BBC BBC must change the way BBC funds BBC to secure BBC future, the director-general warns today.
article_snippet: In a speech to staff, BBC director-general Tony Hall will say BBC director-general Tony Hall backs plans to overhaul the licence fee ‘to reflect changing times’.
article_snippet: BBC director-general Tony Hall reveals BBC director-general Tony Hall is open to a new universal levy on every household in the country – even those that do not own a television set or only watch programmes online or on catch-up services.
article_snippet: BBC director-general Tony Hall, who says BBC director-general Tony Hall will back plans to overhaul the licence fee 'to reflect changing times'
article_snippet: The debate has stepped up a gear as negotiations on renewing the BBC’s Royal Charter in 2016 get under way.
article_snippet: Expressing the BBC’s view, BBC director-general Tony Hall is expected to say:
article_snippet: BBC director-general Tony Hall made The director-general’s speech at Broadcasting House in London to staff at BBC Broadcasting House, pictured, just a week after a report by the MPs on the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee the MPs on the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee
article_snippet: A universal tax would remove the need for BBC BBC to pursue those who do not pay the licence fee –
article_snippet: A subscription system advocated by the select committee, is opposed by BBC director-general Tony Hall as ‘poor value’.
article_snippet: BBC director-general Tony Hall will warn that a costly system that leads to a loss of between £196million - £235million a year could fatally diminish the BBC’s ability to compete on digital platforms with other providers such as Netflix, Google and Apple.
highlights_snippet: BBC director-general Tony Hall made a speech at Broadcasting House .
  
highlights_snippet: Said BBC director-general Tony Hall will back plans to overhaul licence fee 'to reflect changing times'
  Will be aimed at those who don't own a TV or only watch catch-up services .
  