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    BBC licence fee to rise above £180 a year

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    2. Imaginary_Abroad_330 on

      Do people seriously actually pay this? The letters always have and always will just go straight in the bin.

      EDIT: Deleted all of my replies because I’ve been absolutely inundated with furious crabs-in-a-bucket types lashing out at me for not paying the fee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality

    3. Sensitive_Echo5058 on

      I haven’t watched the BBC in 6 or 7 years. They used to produce really good TV in all genres, but I found the quality diminished significantly.

    5. georgejk7 on

      We don’t watch live TV or anything BBC .

      Tbh I don’t watch much at all..

      YouTube, maybe Netflix every now and again.

    6. MoshizZ on

      75% of my viewing is youtube these days. The rest is my own Plex server and then the occasional football match on IPTV…

      Knowing my luck, if we stopped paying it, someone would be knocking the door at 12:30 on a Saturday where you can see the TV from the front door.

      £180 is ridiculous for the BBC, which I never watch.

    7. covmatty1 on

      All the anti-BBC accounts will be IMMEDIATELY out in full force. Never sure whether it’s just shills or people that are so infinitely more intelligent and better than the rest of us because they don’t pay it.

    8. lonegungrrly on

      I am beginning to think more deeply on the concept. It’s a publicly funded thing, and yet, they have given way more airtime to Reform than other parties recently. I feel like it should be much more balanced given we’re paying for it

    9. Ok_Cream2520 on

      Fewer and fewer people are paying it each year. Raising the price isn’t going to help.

    10. Icy_Meringue_5534 on

      Yep. Happy to support quality ad free TV, radio and web service.

      I’ve never been conned into paying for 4 or 5 subscriptions because I’m afraid I’ll miss out.

    12. hoopjoness on

      Netflix standard £12.99 a month = £155.88 a year,
      ITVX premium £5.99 a month = £59.99 a year,
      Disney plus £12.99 a month = £155.88 a year

      Above £180 a year seems a bit bonkers to me. These other streaming sites have tiers/ choices too- would be great to just select what bits you actually use

    13. Paul1ebee on

      I think this might be the year we cancel ours. Don’t watch anything on any BBC channel anymore… live or recorded.

    14. To_a_Mouse on

      Still use the news site 5 times a day and watch BBC produced content daily (though more and more via Netflix etc.). The cuts they’ve seen really has damaged the whole institution.

    15. RedLoris on

      I’d love to know how much they spend purely on sending overtly threatening letters to innocent people every month.

    16. leavereality on

      I do think the bbc licence fee should be looked at better, I mean I think for one they run too many radio station and still pay salaries as if they have huge listeners, which have been dropping due to podcasts, audio books and on demand music. I think at the very least it should be cut in half and iPlayer becomes subscription based.

    17. DrShadyBusiness on

      People saying just throw the letters in the bin. My mum was caught in 90s for not paying, but she wrote them a letter saying she was pregnant with my brother and my dad was deployed with the army so it slipped her mind. They were looking for a big fine but luckily she ended up having to pay the normal amount rather than a big fine.

    19. Agitated-Drive7695 on

      And it isn’t a choice – they try to make every household pay because they assume everyone watches. They can charge but it shouldn’t be an opt out service.

    20. a-hthy on

      BBC drama is no longer the top dog like it used to be. Now you have Apple TV making incredible original content, you have Netflix pumping out new stuff weekly, Amazon with a few really strong shows, HBO max coming to the uk next year, the bbc are trailing behind.

    21. Mofoman3019 on

      I love getting the letters – each one is a reminder that I’m costing them money.

      I cannot wait for the day they maybe eventually send someone over.

      I even got one just before Christmas; ‘Your case has escalated. We may attend on Christmas day!’.

    22. kshanil90 on

      I am happy with a lot of kids shows here. All the four blocks did wonders for my kid. Cbeebies is the only live I live unsupervised.

      Rest of it though is pretty basic. I really would love to know how much of BBC funding goes to Ceebies and such research.

    24. Awkward-Warning-9238 on

      I think the BbC is worth paying for personally.

      The timing at which this comes out is also expected.

    25. rpwrex on

      I want to enjoy and support the BBC, but it’s not really worth it anymore.

      They don’t make much good comedy.
      They don’t make much genre fiction.
      Their news and political content are borderline unwatchable.
      I don’t watch soap operas, crime dramas, light entertainment or sports.
      I don’t listen to the radio.

    26. lurking_not_working on

      My opinion of the bbc remains that they do provide a range of top quality content. This is especially so with the kids stuff. I abhor the way they harangue and bully anyone without a licence.

    27. Blank3k on

      I realized I didn’t need it for my usage, cancelled my licence a couple of years ago, did it all properly even got an email confirming my address is registered as “No License Needed” and I’ve been getting red letters and threats, I’m being investigated, will I be in on the 6th October? Etc … It’s just the worst kind of fear mongering & threatening letters no official entity should **ever** be sending to people.

      Honestly if I had realized all the wording and threats that they send out, I’d not give them a penny… I’m storing all the letters in a folder for the day they are held accountable for such disgusting practices.

    28. PeeOnYoFace007 on

      yay!! i don’t pay enough taxes!

      income tax

      national insurance

      council tax

      VAT

      please, i want more taxes. of course the govt can’t fund a.. checks notes.. public broadcasting corp with all of the above taxes. they want more. please, just take all of my money and throw me a bread once in a while, my lords!

    29. eldomtom2 on

      Of course what the Telegraph does not put in the headline is that it’s rising by £7, in line with the rate of inflation.

    30. Solidus27 on

      As less and less people pay, the mugs who cough up money for a substandard service will be squeezed harder and harder

      The real tragedy is that this is the government’s fiscal strategy for the country as a whole

    31. MissAntiRacist on

      How is £15 p/m competitive for what they produce? It should obviously be subscription model. 

    32. ManyCoast6650 on

      I don’t appreciate a random company providing a product I don’t use gets to harass and intimidate me.

      Imagine if every company did that.

      BBC and their henchment can get f****d.

    33. Inside-Judgment6233 on

      It’s a bit of a pain if you enjoy live sport. I’ve got NOW TV solely for the F1, IndyCar, cricket and football. I don’t use BBC at all, but because it’s broadcast TV live, I will have to pay 180 or break the law.

    34. Sindy51 on

      They seriously need to move to a subscription model or bring in adverts. Eventually, nobody is going to pay for it as new generations of elderly people become technological savvy and opt for alternatives. Being harassed by goons if you have a tv or not is so draconian in a saturated market of entertainment.

    35. Careful-Inflation253 on

      I got a letter saying they were going to investigate and send some one to my house on the 25th December. How low will the BBC go! I don’t use their service so that’s why I don’t have it. Only service in the whole world that you have to say you don’t use it! Can’t believe people are defending it!

    36. james2183 on

      Happily pay for it. For what it provides, no other channel or streamer can compete. So many people shit on it, but the BBC and the NHS are two things the reat of the world are envious off and we should be championing them both

    37. 90sRiceWagon on

      Always blows my mind people pay this, regardless of what you watch.

      In around 12 years I’ve had two knocks at my door, easily dealt with by a simple “no thank you” and closing the door on them.