US-based users will have to pay $49.99 (£36) a year for access to most BBC News content.

Move is significant step forward in driving overseas revenue for the UK’s public service broadcaster

US households will have to pay up to $8.99 a month for broadcaster’s ‘premium service’

US-based users will have to pay $49.99 (£36) a year for access to most BBC News content.

LONDON: The BBC is rolling out paid subscriptions in the United States, it said on Thursday, as the publicly-funded broadcaster explores new revenue streams amid negotiations with…