BBC, um die Überarbeitung der Lizenzgebühr zu betrachten, da 300.000 weitere Haushalte aufhören zu zahlen
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jul/15/bbc-look-overhauling-licence-fee-300000-more-households-stop-paying
Von Skavau
BBC, um die Überarbeitung der Lizenzgebühr zu betrachten, da 300.000 weitere Haushalte aufhören zu zahlen
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jul/15/bbc-look-overhauling-licence-fee-300000-more-households-stop-paying
Von Skavau
34 Kommentare
Should have been ahead of the curve mate… done a subscription type model that people want, instead, you waiting till everyone quit because its shit
A subscription service being a red line because they know that people won’t pay £10 a month for their service. If they can’t compete on fair terms, they should shut shop.
I still find it werid we are the only country with a „TV Goon Squad“ who comes house to house to fund „Strictly Come Dancing“ and other high quality shows.
Oh people don’t want to pay for crap TV and support an „institution“ that has repeatedly covered up literally hundreds of complaints of harassment, bullying, sexual assault and rape by some of their big „stars“?
Colour me shocked.
Last time I had a tv licence I was watching re-runs of shit tv. I got more joy out of YouTube videos, watching random meme shit.
Do people under 40 watch „live“ TV bar sports now anyway? With all the streaming services and youtube whats the draw of iplayer or actual TV channels now?
Should be a very customizable subscription instead.
I do not want to see Sports instead of the thing I wanted, you also get the added bonus of when Tennis/Football go over time you aren’t getting mad people.
But I guess this will only get done if everyone goes digital/streaming.
Personally I like Radio 4 Comedy, but Sounds/iPlayer is so abysmal to find anything on.
The BBC has its issues but it’s still more impartial than any billionaire owned propaganda company. Some of you wont appreciate how bad it can be till we’re like the US.
The BBC get dragged over the coals, quite rightly so every time they make a mistake. Does GB news for lying constantly?
Who would want to pay for propagandists and peadophiles?
Having a selection of channels and radio stations available without fucking adverts is a godsend. I’ll be very upset if it goes.
We’re all going to get forced to pay for this garbage through general taxation forever just watch.
The BBC needs to go to adverts or a subscription service to fund its overpaid „stars“.
It would be nice if they had a complete back catalogue on iPlayer for us to access.
If it was always just taxpayer-funded like any other public service, no one would be fussed.
But if they pivoted to that system now, the news of it would enrage people. As would funding it via advertising. As will keeping and enforcing the license. Can’t win.
it shouldn’t really be up to the BBC how they are funded, it should be up to those who consume BBC content how they wish to pay for it and what price is acceptable
Colour me shocked that no one wants to pay for a zionist propaganda service that covers up numerous sexual predators and offenders
Yea lets scrap the closest thing we have to unbiased news on the TV so Murdoch can launch Fox New UK.
I may not like paying the licence fee but given the alternatives i will keep on doing it.
I never understand how people who cry about losing British culture are happy to have one of our most successful institutions slowly killed off.
I’d support a very much slimmed down public service broadcaster for news and radio funded from general taxation, and a subscription based service for entertainment and sports and whatever else they want to do.
I think having a free at point of consumption public service broadcaster is important for a society, but it doesn’t need to include master chef.
If they weren’t such cunts about it I’d consider paying
I’m still in utter disbelief that the BBC demands a TV licence for all live stream content.
Like, mate… I just wanted to watch a squirrel cam in Finland, not fund another season of ‚Antiques Roadshow!
At this point, if I livestream myself boiling pasta, do I owe the Charlie a tenner?“
I think that’s what should be done is that it should be broken up. Only news and radio funded by a massively reduced tax of some sort and the rest should be a subscription service.
Gotta pay to get 800k Wayne Rooneys opinions 4 hours after everyone watched the goals on YouTube
A regressive, anachronistic funding model, should’ve been gotten rid off decades ago.
There comes a point where..
£15 TV licence..
£20 for barebones internet.
£13 for base netflix, which shows some BBC stuff of interest.
£9 for Amazon Prime
£9 for Disney+
£11 Paramount plus
£9 Apple TV.
And more.. Sky or Virgin TV anyone..
Honestly, watching TV is like blood letting. Just being slowly bled out.
Why can subscribe to them all. But they all offer different content so people rotate.. and have the choice.
BBC.. can’t recall the last time I bothered with any of it.
Disney I keep forgetting my daughter.
Prime I come back to, when something decent comes on.
I have the choice.
Why do I not get the choice for paying for something I actually do not ever bother with.
News.. it’s heavily politically biased. Gtfo anyone that says otherwise. You know it is.
Linekers salary and political nonsense on a football show.. gtfo.
Covering for sex pests.. gtfo.
Why do we not get the choice to just.. BBC fuck off. I’m not buying this shit.. in the same way that I do with a foreign provider.
I’m generally supportive of the BBC and their goals. I use BBC sites, apps and the iPlayer regularly and have always recognised the value of their content. Some of that content would never get made if they were funded by a subscription, had to focus on putting out only the most popular programming, or were funded primarily by advertising. The TV Licence has historically been a good way to ensure that the BBC is serving us, not commercial interests.
But there are limits. The way it stands at the moment, if I watched a live event on Amazon Prime Video through my phone or PC and didn’t have a TV Licence then I’d be breaking the law. If I watch any livestream on YouTube that is designated a ‚TV programme‘ (such as Sky News) that also needs a licence. Those streams have nothing to do with the BBC, don’t cost them anything, don’t involve a TV, and should therefore not need a TV Licence. But they do, as does any live ‚TV‘ content, on any device. That is not acceptable.
I would absolutely sign up for a BBC subscription if one was offered, but the TV Licence is outdated and either needs completely reworking or removing entirely. It is no longer fit for purpose.
Cancelled ours last week.
Litterally do not consume anything by the BBC, or watch live TV.
Have they considered putting adverts on their shows to pay for itself?
If you use it, pay for it.
If you don’t use it, you shouldn’t be charged.
I don’t know if theyve noticed that there is a cost of living crisis and people are on stagnant wages and we are expected to pay for everything in this bloody country.
Subscription model would open it up to the world instead of just blocking it which does nothing as other countries can get around the problem with a vpn.
>As the broadcaster continues to battle the rise of YouTube and streaming services
And people having enough of the BBC pushing Farage for „balance“, but ignoring voices that had a higher vote share in the last election.
My wife had a shook when I told her we pay £200 a year so she can watch Eastenders. I think it’s time for me to cancel it too!
OR! make it like everything else in the world.
Don’t pay? You don’t provide.
I don’t pay for Spotify, guess what? i don’t receive Spotify.
I don’t pay for amazon prime, guess what? i don’t have access to amazon prime.
if i didn’t pay my broadband bill, I wouldn’t receive internet.
i don’t want to pay a license fee, just cut me off from all the things the fee pays for.
There is no justifiable reason to force people to pay for the BBC in this day and age. I could understand the logic in the 50s when TV was a new industry and the infrastructure just wasn’t there, but in 2025, it’s just wrong.
If you like the BBC so much, you pay for it. I don’t care for it all, so why should I be forced to pay for fucking television / radio content I don’t use?