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The BBC has warned that the forced disclosure of star salaries will have a widespread inflationary impact on top-tier talent pay.
Director general Tony Hall said that revealing the pay for inhouse, on-screen talent earning more than £150,000 could result in the corporation losing stars to commercial rivals such as ITV, Sky, Netflix and Amazon.
Poachers’ charter
He branded the measure, insisted on by the government as part of the BBC’s charter renewal process, a “poacher’s charter”. “We’ve always said that giving names could be inflationary and in the end it will drive up salaries by setting benchmarks and raising expectations,” said Hall. “It’s pushing wages up at a time when we’re bringing down costs, and undermining the competitiveness of the BBC.”
However, Hall said the corporation had lost the argument with government and indicated the BBC will not ask it to reverse its decision.
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