Proposal of licence fee to charged even if you don't own a TV
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/licence-fee-what-is-the-bbc-charge--and-how-will-the-changes-affect-you-10079874.html
An interesting one this and one I saw coming. As people use catch-up services more and more people would not have a need to watch live tv - unless you are into sport or specific live events. There is a proposal to levy a charge on every household regardless of whether live tv is watched to fund the BBC.
An interesting one this and one I saw coming. As people use catch-up services more and more people would not have a need to watch live tv - unless you are into sport or specific live events. There is a proposal to levy a charge on every household regardless of whether live tv is watched to fund the BBC.
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You don't need a TV when you can watch online. It is one solution to how the BBC should be paid for, and would save the cost of licence fee collection and enforcement. Those who never watch any kind of TV would lose out, but they must be a very small minority.
any more ridiculous in this day and age to make you pay a tax to own a TV?
Nope.
Time to #AxeTheTVTax, it's an archaic and regressive notion.
That's what I've always advocated. Though presumably it would mean higher taxes or spending cuts elsewhere.
I was under the impression that the Beeb was very regional to be fair.
Maybe that's just because I listen to BBC Ulster and would gladly pay a subscription for the service.
I think this is a sensible suggestion.
How much would you be willing to pay?
A Netflix style monthly subscription would be reasonable for the news programmes etc that I listen to on BBC Radio Ulster.
If they want people to have a license to be able to watch BBC iPlayer
then just get people to register for the service using their existing licence number.
No licence? Then charge a small fee on the site (e.g. yearly, monthly, or one-off).
Though personally, I think it should remain as it is. License for tv, iPlayer free.
As for scrapping the licence fee completely.... I'm undecided.
BBC with adverts....hmmm.....
But yes, in an ideal world, there would be no tv licence required.
Ultimately the public pay for adverts anyway, so we'd just be swapping one way of paying for another with the added inconvenience of having to put up with these adverts on BBC radio and TV.
How about £3 a week?
It's a minuscule amount, roughly the cost of a pint of beer.
Why weekly? Any other subscription service operates on a monthly billing cycle so why should the BBC be different?
How about £3 per month. Sounds better
£3 a month for a dedicated local radio station with no ads, that would be fantastic value for money! They'd need to get large numbers of subscribers to make it viable though and some way of preventing none subscribers from tuning in for free.
Twenty years ago the change to a household levy might have worked, but there is no chance today. Society has moved on and sees the idea of a "tax" to fund TV/Radio as bizarre.
Politicians will get the message soon enough, then the statement "there are no plans to change the current system of funding [the BBC] for the foreseeable future"
The problem here is that advertisers would flock to buying advertising space on the BBC and the rest of TV-land would suffer, there is only so much advertising money to be spent.
Wouldn't bother me as I hardly ever watch ITV (likely to be the biggest loser in such a situation), but I guess other people might get upset if they lost the channel giving them BGT and TOWIE...