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To think the BBC will change or go under?

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Snowballs4ever · 16/12/2018 17:16

I don't know many people who watch the BBC, most people I know don't have a license and just have netflix, Amazon, now tv etc

I know it has some popular programmes, but I can't see how it will survive longer term when netflix etc are cheaper and imo have much better programmes. Am I in a bubble or aibu to think it will have to have to have adverts/change longer term?

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JudgeRindersMinder · 16/12/2018 17:17

But how can it go under when it’s the state broadcaster (that’s a shit description but you know what i mean!)

LadyWithLapdog · 16/12/2018 17:19

I haven’t watched BBC news (or the online version) in a couple of years (Brexit coverage and full-on Tory bias) but some of its other programmes are still good. It’d be a shame to see it go or be riddled with ads. The license fee is nothing.

ViragoKnows · 16/12/2018 17:20

How is netflix cheaper? Confused

You still need a tv licence to have a television.

We watch more Netflix and Amazon now but we still have BBC, ITV and Channel four apps on the smart TV and we cherry pick.

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Snowballs4ever · 16/12/2018 17:21

Netflix is 6.99 A month I think? A tv license is about £150 a year? You don't need a tv license to watch netflix

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User10fuckingmillion · 16/12/2018 17:23

I watch the bbc

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Snowballs4ever · 16/12/2018 17:24

What I was meaning is that people can get news etc online, then choose whether to have a t.v. license, netflix etc. A tv license is expensive if you don't watch BBC and I don't know many people who do.

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BuffaloCauliflower · 16/12/2018 17:24

I listen to Radio4 all day, that’s my license payment

Haypanky · 16/12/2018 17:25

I 💓 the Beeb, it's all we watch, from cbeebies through to David Attenborough and back again, clique, informer, great dramas, EastEnders, the news...

LadyWithLapdog · 16/12/2018 17:26

I take back the comment about the license cost, I thought it was much less.

DaedricLordSlayer · 16/12/2018 17:27

well we still have a TV and watch normal telly, and most people I know do too, I know maybe 2 people who don't own a TV.

FittonTower · 16/12/2018 17:29

I watch and listen to the BBC loads, so do most people i know. We watch Netflix too but i still use the BBC plenty. And nearly 12 million watched Strictly last night. I think it'll be ok

ViragoKnows · 16/12/2018 17:30

A tv license is expensive if you don't watch BBC and I don't know many people who do.

It covers (it’s needed for) live television as well as BBC programmes.

So the question is whether you ever watch any live television OR BBC programmes.

80sMum · 16/12/2018 17:31

The only TV channel I watch frequently, ie more than once a week, is BBC1. I occasionally watch BBC2 and ITV and, rarely, Channel 4.

However, these days I mostly watch TV after it's been broadcast, either from a PVR recording or on i-Player, ITV Player or Amazon.

NameChangeOhNameChange1 · 16/12/2018 17:32

I haven't had a license for years.
Netflix is £6.99, Prime is £7.99...so for the same price as a TV license I can get all that has to offer. Cannot think of the last thing I watched that was BBC. It was probably Bake Off (when it was good), and even that I actually bought on Amazon

ScreamingValenta · 16/12/2018 17:33

I was a bit Shock at the news of a new set for EastEnders costing 36m. It doesn't seem a great use of license money. I know they are building the set to last, but how do they know the programme will still be popular in ten, twenty years' time?

StoorieHoose · 16/12/2018 17:39

Sherlock. Luther. Line of duty. Bodyguard. Killing eve. All worth the license fee for me.

Netflix is good Prime is shit. Lots of people still watch normal telly

BumbleeBeeMe · 16/12/2018 17:40

They'll just keep changing the law to incorporate services like Netflix. I think it was last year they changed it so you have to pay even if you're only watching catch up tv.
I refuse to pay for a licence because of all the stories of them bullying people who genuinely don't need one. So many people have said they pay it out of fear because the people who come to your home are aggressive. I know the BBC probably outsource but I think it's disgusting and I refuse to fund it. Most young people don't watch live TV at all.
I don't really understand the concept of paying for a bias service. The BBC should be the one unbiased news source but we don't even get that. What's the bloody point of them?

ArtisanPopcorn · 16/12/2018 17:40

Yeah I just have Netflix and Amazon instead. It seems to be far from the norm yet though.

BumbleeBeeMe · 16/12/2018 17:40

They sell all their good shows to Netflix anyway.

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Sparklesocks · 16/12/2018 17:42

You’re basing that on just people you personally, but a huge chunk of the country have a tv license and watch live/iplayer.

NameChangeOhNameChange1 · 16/12/2018 17:44

Sherlock. Luther. Line of duty. Bodyguard

These are all on Netflix Confused

Bittermints · 16/12/2018 17:45

I'd pay £150 a year for The Archers alone. Technically, you don't need a licence to listen to BBC radio, but I do listen, a lot - Radio 3 and Radio 4, sometimes live, sometimes on catch up, and I love it. We also watch a few select programmes on TV. £12.50 a month for all of that and no adverts, not bad.

Bittermints · 16/12/2018 17:47

Are those programmes on Netflix at the same time as they go out on the BBC? When I find a series I really like one of the things I enjoy is knowing that everybody else who loves it is watching at the same time as me, so I can chat to them about it at work, when I meet friends, or on here, or on Twitter.

Notquiteagandt · 16/12/2018 17:52

I only really watch the bbc. Their commedy programmes are brilliant rescently.

I never watch itv or channel five and very ocassionally channel four.