Ms Dorries said the BBC will not be expected to pay for the review. She added: "I anticipate it will take about six months and I want to get it started as soon as possible and we will be announcing the terms of reference for the review very shortly." Ms Dorries also confirmed the review of the BBC's funding model and the future of the licence fee will begin "considerably before the summer recess".
"So they didn't do themselves any favours sometimes on the news programme and I think that is probably as much as I want to say about that." I am not going to justify a news programme whose anchor went out shouting obscenities about the Conservative Party. Asked what she thinks about Channel 4 News, Ms Dorries said she "gets on really well" with presenter Cathy Newman and had been asked on a number of times in the last two weeks, although she had declined.īut in an apparent reference to eyewitness reports that former anchor Jon Snow shouted "F*** the Tories" while at Glastonbury Festival five years ago, she added: "I have been on Channel 4 News a number of times. Ms Dorries said the pool of advertising budget had "reduced considerably" in recent years and a platform such as Netflix would be another attractive prospect to advertisers and therefore competition for Channel 4. "It has reached the point of market saturation, which is a good thing for Netflix, but they are going to have to revise their business model, and they will probably revise it in a way that will make it much more difficult for public service broadcasters who rely on advertising revenue." Netflix has done what many businesses do. She said: "I think for people to even try and paint a picture that Netflix is unsuccessful or struggling is probably slightly over-egging the pudding.
The broadcaster has been publicly owned since its creation in 1982 by the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher, and is entirely funded by advertising. Ms Dorries said a potential move by the streaming giant into advertising, as opposed to subscription alone, would further negatively impact public service broadcasters such as Channel 4. Last month, Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25% in extended trading. She said she "can't see a scenario" in which a privately owned Channel 4 would become partly or wholly subscription based, and suggested any buyer may have to commit to a 10-year freeze on certain changes.
Ms Dorries was also questioned over the future of Channel 4 after the Government announced plans to press ahead with its privatisation. Laughing, she added: "Am I not supposed to do that?"ĭCMS permanent secretary Sarah Healey added: "So many people watch it in my house I had to pay for the more expensive one." I have Netflix but there are four other people who can use my Netflix account in different parts of the country." She added: "My mum has access to my account, the kids do. Nadine Dorries, 64, said four other people, including her mother, have access to her account with the streaming service, in breach of its terms and conditions which say users must live together.Īppearing before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, she described the current system for subscribers as "incredibly generous".
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The Culture Secretary has admitted she shares her Netflix password with four other households across the country - breaking its rules.
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