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MPs brand BBC 'complacent' over declining viewers as young switch to Netflix

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The BBC has been branded “complacent and unconcerned” over declining audiences by MPs. The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) delivered a brutal verdict on the BBC’s “unambitious” plans to shore up its finances.

Some 200,000 people per year are cancelling their annual £159 licence fee, while younger viewers are switching to streaming giants like Netflix, according to the report published today.

In the last half of 2017, 16 to 24-year-olds were spending more time on Netflix than BBC TV and its iPlayer service. And in 2019, the BBC lost its place as the media provider that youngsters aged six to 15 spent most time with, while licence fee subscribers continue to dwindle, with sales falling by nearly half a million in the past two

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