Is it time to defund the BBC ?

[Nomorefees]

Just that - is it time to defund the BBC (Biased Broadcasting Corporation) and make it subscription only?

Discuss

The Iplayer was quite groundbreaking at the time and was, and still is, ad free.

Ad free but costs £159 pa ???

Yeah Netflix is doing absolutely horrendous 🙄
And I really really miss 15mins of adverts every hour…can’t stand binge watching with no ads.

My ad free Netflix is £15.99/per month because I pay to have ability to run on 4 devices at once. Necessary with 2 Uni students as part of my household. That’s £60/Yr more than BBC. I just like the Netflix shows more than the BBC ones.

BBC can’t be arsed to set up the infrastructure for a streaming service
? I used to watch BBC iplayer back when it was a loophole way to watch BBC without paying for the TV licence. So they have a streaming service. Have for at least a decade.

Netflix isn't a TV channel.

That's up to you, personally I can't be arsed watching anything with adverts in which is why BBC is the only TV channel i'll watch.

A subscription service -you know ? Like Netflix et al……where you give them your details, and a payment method

@Onnabugeisha
and where you can dip in and out as you please …..

I take it that’s irony.

Only subscription for any new BBC stuff

everything up until now is paid for by the British public and should be left 100% accessible to the nation that paid for them!!

You can start and stop.

You can choose pay by monthly direct debit. The system has you pay 1yr in 6 mos though so you are always paid 6mos forward from that point on.

BUT if you stop needing it, they will refund you the 6 mos of prepayments back to you from the date you tell them you stopped using it.

The same if you pay annually up front, if you decide say 8mos later you don’t need it, they will refund you 4mos worth back.

I was being sarcastic. No ads on Netflix unless you agree to pay a much cheaper monthly fee to have it with ads.

Yes it is. 😌

Yes!

It's still not worth £154 per year....

@Onnabugeisha
yes fair enough, but it is a broadcaster - with a streaming service, rather than a subscription service and Netflix etc don’t send relentless threatening letters if you choose not to pay for them.
But as I have said before it suits some, others not, I am happy we still have a choice

it will slowly die out anyway. Most of the young people where I work dont have TV licenses and literally never watch the BBC.

That's very true.

But they still exploit and criminalise (mainly) women who admit to watching TV without a licence. 25% of criminal convictions for women are for non-payment of bbc licence fee! Usually non-native speakers of English/refugees/vulnerable in other ways and so don't understand what to say or not say.

Nope. If you have a television in your house, you have to pay the BBC, even if you never watch the BBC.

If you don't, you are liable for criminal prosecution.
It is worrying that people don't know this simple fact.

If you are partially or fully blind, they will give you a discount, Very generous of them.

You do know that you can watch TV on devices other than a television set? Plenty of people don’t have a licence and don’t watch live TV. It’s worrying that people don't know this simple fact.

If you are watching I on BBCiplayer without a licence, you are leaving yourself open to prosecution.

You are not allowed to watch iplayer without a licence.

@Blossomtoes
good grief ! does someone @MrsJamesofSutton actually think that’s true ?🤯

Oh dear. Why don't you just say you were wrong in your earlier assertion instead of making yourself look like an ignorant chump.

yes that is correct but actually owning a TV set does not make you liable for prosecution