The fee brings in some £3.6bn for the BBC The BBC director general, Tony Hall, said recently that he wants the licence fee extended to include the estimated 500,000 UK homes where viewers do not have a TV set but watch corporation programmes on demand on the iPlayer.
The Pollard report, carried out by former Sky News boss Nick Pollard, will detail any failings in BBC management in its handling of an axed Newsnight report on Savile last year, which was dropped shortly before the corporation broadcast tribute programmes to the Jim'll Fix It host.
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That year he went on to head BBC Enterprises, the corporation's programme-selling arm, and greatly increased its turnover.
Former BBC1 controller Peter Salmon has been appointed the first director of BBC Studios, charged with overseeing a revolution in the way the corporation makes programmes.
Parts of the corporation's programme-making divisions are due to be spun off into a separate outfit called BBC Studios, which will eventually become a commercial subsidiary.
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Separately, Davie said the BBC Trust was currently considering BBC Worldwide's proposal to run and operate the BBC Store, the online service allowing UK viewers to buy and download the corporation's programmes, first unveiled by director general Tony Hall last autumn.
Hall also unveiled plans for a BBC Store, an online service allowing UK residents to buy and download the corporation's programmes, and an ambition to double its global online audience.
Viewers will now be able to watch the latest series of Doctor Who and other BBC favourites while travelling and on holiday abroad, with the corporation allowing programmes to be downloaded from the iPlayer to tablets and smartphones for the first time.
Tony Hall announced earlier this year that the BBC planned to introduce encryption technology to the iPlayer, so that the estimated 500,000 UK homes where viewers do not have a TV set but watch the corporation's programmes on-demand would have to start paying the licence fee.
