The BBC licence charge is being checked out "very intently", the Tradition Secretary has stated.
Lucy Frazer stated a evaluate into the company's funding preparations is taking a look at "a wide range of sources for its funding".
Ms Frazer additionally dismissed calls - together with from - to take away political interference from the appointment of its chair.
The Cupboard minister stated Rishi Sunak will appoint the "finest candidate" to exchange Richard Sharp as chair, no matter their political ties.
Mr Sharp resigned after he was discovered to have damaged the foundations by failing to reveal he performed a component in getting Boris Johnson an £800,000 mortgage assure.
Ms Frazer advised Sky's Sophy Ridge On Sunday: "We shall be searching for the most effective candidate.
"I strongly consider that we must always not disqualify folks from public workplace who put themselves ahead, who're able to doing the job, as a result of they occur to have previously supported a political occasion."
The funding mannequin has lengthy been into account by the Authorities, which has argued the licence charge is shedding help among the many public amid a altering media panorama.
Ms Frazer advised the 's Laura Kuenssberg On Sunday programme: "We're reviewing the licence charge. I've began that evaluate.
"We shall be trying very intently at its funding association.
"I do suppose it would want to have a look at a wide range of sources for its funding.
"I might like to make sure the is correctly funded. The licence charge is not the one means."
Tory former tradition secretary Nadine Dorries introduced final yr that the licence charge can be frozen at £159 for the subsequent two years till April 2024, saying she needed to discover a new funding mannequin earlier than the present deal expires in 2027 as it's "fully outdated".