The BBC is “not proactively putting a date on a digital switchover or anything stupid like that,” Director General Tim Davie has said, but rather sparking a “broader conversation across the UK for when we do move across.” Davie said today that linear TV channels will not be snatched away from older viewers, stating that he was “being provocative” in the recent landmark speech when he discussed an internet-only TV future. “We should have an aggressive plan but that is not a plan to remove things used by lots of people too soon,” he added, speaking to the UK government’s Public Accounts Committee. “We’ve got a fantastic record of not leaving people behind and that is not part of the proposal.” But while older viewers are more likely to watch linear, Davie said research shows when people over the age 65 move across to digital, “they don’t come back.” In December’s RTS-organized speech, which generated multiple headlines about the future of the BBC’s linear … [Read more...] about BBC Director General Tim Davie On Digital Switchover: “We’re Not Putting A Date On It Or Anything Stupid Like That”