To think the BBC will change or go under?

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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?

It’s interesting to note that the BBC supporters use ‘licence’ and the Netflix lovers write ‘license.’
I wonder if that tells us anything?

Good spot, Bowchic .

"How do people do without TV news?"

I know no one except for my grandmother and parents who watch tv news. It's a generational thing, I'm in my mid 30s and everyone I know would look to news apps on phone or twitter for up to date news. This trend will only increase

It’s interesting to note that the BBC supporters use ‘licence’ and the Netflix lovers write ‘license.’ I wonder if that tells us anything?

Does it? I believe license is the verb and licence is the noun. But please enlighten us.

Yes, in the UK. In the US they use license for both noun and verb.

The BBC still produces excellent quality national and regional tv, radio & news content.

I am early 40’s and have the 6 o’clock BBC news on, when i’m home.

I like waiting for a week for the next episode otherwise I would just watch 4 hours of tv 😁

We watch live BBC1, 2 and 4 also listen to radio 2

Also iplayer

Don't like adverts on ITV or channel 4 so watch them afterwards so we zoom thru them

I listen to local BBC radio in the car on the way to work. The local radio station is excellent for news, weather and travel, and anything is better than Chris Evans.

Also when you compare to the stuff other national tv channels like in Italy

I love the BBC

It also depends on your taste. I dont watch bbc news, I would never watch morning tv, I don’t like bbc news online, I don’t listen to bbc radio, I don’t watch any of the dramas, I can’t stand The One Show, definitely no interest in the soaps, and I could live without Strictly. I am trying to think what I actually do watch on the bbc.

I did watch the apprentice but again I could live without it as I fast forwarded much of it including the final last night. I do like Have I Got News For You. That’s it!

It’s interesting to note that the BBC supporters use ‘licence’ and the Netflix lovers write ‘license.’
I wonder if that tells us anything?

That you are a pedant?

I’m proper old school and have literally just renewed my licence for another year today. I like being able to watch BBC if and when I fancy it tbh, sometimes I catch something by accident and then get hooked on it. I’d miss that. I also listen to Radio 2 all day, and radio 4 in the shower

Even I do admit though I’m not sure how long this system will survive now. I’m often the only one actually sitting watching telly in the evening these days. The kids are wTching stuff on iPads and DP is usually doing the same in his office.

I still like it though st the moment. And I must be a bit of a freak as I often look through Netflix and Amazon and absolutely nothing takes my fancy. Fussy bugger.

newmun Sun 16-Dec-18 20:36:47
A tv licence is for the BBC only!!! Why do people still think its for “live tv”. Its only bbc live programs

That does not appear to be correct. Look at the TV Licensing website.

www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/Live-TV-and-how-you-watch-it

You need a TV License, in the UK, to watch or record any 'live' TV programme on any channel.

From the web page:

Live TV means any programme you watch or record as it’s being shown on TV or live on an online TV service. It’s not just live events like sport, news and music. It also covers soaps, series, documentaries and even movies.

An online TV service is any streaming or smart TV service, website or app that lets you watch live TV over the internet. This includes services like All 4, Sky Go, Virgin Media, Now TV, BT TV, Apple TV, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video and ITV Hub.

The bbc do brilliant drama series and I listen to the radio 2 most days

Haven’t had a TV licence for approx. 4 years. Netflix and Prime do me. I get my news online (not the BBC website, by habit rather than anything else) and don’t listen to the radio.

We do have a TV but it doesn’t connect to terrestrial TV - we have Netflix, Prime, internet.

The Beeb are welcome to come and check and every year they send a letter asking if I need a licence. We have a polite call in which I explain I still don’t. It’s all very civilised.

The BBC licence fee doesn't just pay for TV programmes. It's Television, Radio - national and local, news services across radio, tv and online, the World Service, BBC Online, part of the fee also contributes to the UK broadband rollout, funding local TV channels and S4C, the Welsh language TV channel.

Some of the dramas they produce are good, but it’s a bit savage when they pay mediocre presenters huge wads of cash; they should invest the money better.

Anticlockwatcher Perhaps you are correct but I thought it was interesting.

I have a liceence but I'm questioning it.
I do use iPlayer occasionally - maybe once a month - but also have Netflix and Amazon Prime.
I listen to BBC radio, but the licence isn't needed for that.
That means I'm paying about £15 for an hours' content. More than cinema prices. It probably isn't worth it.

We are an aging population, so until young people of today who don't have tv's are old the Beeb will be fine and supported by the older people.
I watched A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow last night.
Best tv for ages and worth the license fee in itself.

But maybe people will 'age into' the BBC? Like getting religion or listening to jazz?

Although I think the BBC is brilliant and could happily watch (and listen to) only BBC shows for the rest of my life..

We are an aging population, so until young people of today who don't have tv's are old the Beeb will be fine and supported by the older people.

Not just today's "young". Me and OH are 54 - we're not "young" but wouldn't miss the BBC if we decided not to pay the licence fee (which gets ever more likely each year). My 87 year old mother would miss it though. So maybe it's got another 10 years or so before the majority don't value it and wouldn't support the licence fee. Having said that, my mother already has Sky and is about to get broadband, so maybe she'll be a convert to "on demand" TV sooner than we expect?

I don't listen to radio. I gave up years ago when I moved here and the signal was dire. When dab was introduced, I had gotten used to no radio.
I haven't watched BBC for at least 10 years either.
My viewing comes from Amazon, which also gives me delivery, movies and books for around £40 a year (student subscription) and Netflix.

But we don't sit and watch endless hours of TV. We read, play board games, listen to music (youtube, vinyl, cd's, spotify etc). News - hello internet. And play ps4 etc when we are in. And of course surf the net.

I will not go back to paying a license. 3 of my dc's have now left home. They are the same and don't watch live tv. I'm struggling to think of anyone who does have live tv.

it will be a bit like newspapers: there will come a point when it isn't financially viable to keep going, and before that what they do gets reduced and reduced and reduced again.

in the 70s and the 80s, the BBC produced some great TV, especially comedy and repeats were not nearly as frequent as now. Now there are so many game shows and other cheap shows (antiques, moving house, cooking etc). Its already on the slippery slope.

Next for the cuts will be Gary Lineker's salary!