BBC insiders have voiced surprise at the timing of Tony Hall’s decision to step down as director general, but focus is already shifting to his successor’s enormous task of fighting the …
’s decision to step down as director general, but focus is already shifting to his successor’s enormous task of fighting the invasion of the U.S. streamers.
“We have to develop our ideas for both. And it must be right that the BBC has one person to lead it through both stages,” Hall said in an email to staff on Monday. Some took this as a coded way of saying it is time for fresh thinking as the BBC faces existential questions about its future funding model and a broadcasting ecosystem increasingly dominated by U.S streamers.
Beyond this, however, he was not viewed internally as a visionary leader. “He often found it hard to make big decisions,” said someone who worked with him at the BBC. “I’d question whether he had the vision to ensure the BBC is in the right place to meet the needs of audiences of the future.”
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