AIBU cancelling my TV Licence direct debit?

[Heliosdeep]

In the wake of the Gary Lineker saga and the weakness of the BBC I cancelled my direct debit. Currently at £159 for a yearly licence I thought this was a waste of money. The only thing I would have missed would gave been the Great British Bake Off but now that Alison Hammond is fronting it I would have struggled to get past her incredibly irritating voice.

I've not watched it once since cancelling and haven't missed it. Has anyone else done the same and AIBU cancelling?

I haven't heard of half of those. Of those I have, Top Gear wasn't worth watching after Clarkson et al left, other broadcasters produce rolling news too, and if Doctor Who is so profitable then it can be funded by a combination of BBC Worldwide income and a subscription that would replace the licence fee. The subscription could be tailored so that those who want to pay for the drivel can pay for it (as a poster above said, the BBC is not immune to imbecilic content), those who want to watch sport can pay for that etc.

I have no strong feelings on OFCOM at all, but I do think you overestimate the importance of television. No one under 50 uses it as a source of news nowadays anyway!

I'm under 50 and watch the news, where do other under 50s get their news from, do they just get it from places like twitter or Facebook

YouTube, websites, Twitter, newspapers.

Do people still buy newspapers nowadays, that's even more old fashioned than watching TV

BBC has some great dramas, Attenborough is worth the fee alone.

In your opinion ,these things are subjective.

Russell Brand

I subscribe to the online edition of one.

@MrNook
@Adelant

ok I'm clearly even more confused than I thought.

i thought the point of streaming was so you could just choose something to watch. Live streaming seems like an oxymoron to me. Though I'm just the latter half of that!!

brsin fog is real issue for me, most everything just seems too complicated to sort out, so might just have to stick with Virgin and paying the tv licence for now & hope to get my unfogged brain back one day. It's a horrible horrible thing to have!!

She's probably too busy polishing her emmy.