Financial Times

Could subscriptions fund the BBC?

Some have suggested the BBC should become like Netflix and fund itself through viewer subscriptions. If you were in charge, what TV channels and radio stations would you offer?

What TV and radio channels would be in your BBC?

How much would you charge per month for a BBC subscription, and how popular do you think it would be?

How much would you charge per month?

How much would you charge per month?

What percentage of British households would subscribe?

Should the BBC's costs increase to attract top talent, or fall to reduce waste? The BBC has already cut costs by more than 10 per cent since 2011.

Based on your selections, your BBC will make...

Based on your selections, your BBC will make...

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Your BBC would need XX in government subsidy to be sustainable (i.e. to break even). This is roughly equivalent to government funding for YYYY (pick from a list of government expenditures)

Your BBC will have annual revenues of £ and operating costs of .

Graphic: Robin Kwong, Caroline Nevitt and Henry Mance
Source: BBC annual report, FT research