To say if you care about the future of the BBC, then please complete the public consultation survey by midnight tonight!

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I personally believe that the BBC is an incredible asset and should be protected at all costs.
I watch, listen and read a huge amount of content across TV, radio, and online services. Content that is often not available anywhere else. I am more than happy to pay my license fee.

If you have a spare 30 mins and want to have a say about the BBCs future, then the public consultation survey closes at midnight tonight (10 Mar).

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I remember when the BBC created all that wonderful, educational BBC bitesize content for our children over the covid lockdowns. It really helped us through it all. We certainly didn't see Netflix or Disney+ doing anything like that. That is what sets the BBC apart - we all pay for it and so it is a truly public service.

It feels as if there is a lot more than 10% of the population complaining on this thread. I wonder why that might be?

Done, thank you

I strongly believe it should be a subscription service and has failed on its duty of impartiality in recent years so I was happy to have the chance to express that

The survey is an attempt to get the answers to keep as is or get some to pay even more. But many people don’t want that. They would like to opt out as others can with Netflix etc

I did fill in the extra comments sections but I think it was a survey so they can say x agree with this and want us to have more money or continue as we are- despite question asking a slightly different question.

I don't think the licence fee is a long term way to fund the BBC but do think some areas like Radio services will need some for of taxation funding.

I also think over the years their output changed - I don't trust their news as much a previously and there seems to be fewer shows we watch from them more generally - less dramas which a podcast we watch suggets is rising prodution costs but I think it a writing problem meaning audience isn't found and less likely to turn up next time.

I completed the survey and I put that the licence fee should be frozen and gradually replaced by Direct government funding but only for News, Children's and educational and the World Service. Eventually the fee would be abolished.

Drama, general entertainment and sport should be a separate thing which is funded by subscription /advertising. Yes I probably would subscribe probably intermittently though as I do with services like Apple TV, Disney Plus etc. The licence fee model makes that difficult and probably prevents people signing up for a temporary licence who might have been happy to pay for a fixed time (eg if they wanted to watch the Olympics).

The BBC can't be allowed to continue as this rather arrogant monolith, paying huge salaries etc, with all the mistakes they have made over the years. The aggressive and often dishonest way that Capita (on behalf of the BBC) pursues those without a licence is shocking.
I don't think the public will put up with it much longer as most young people never seem to watch live TV, and obviously this trend will grow.

If the BBC is destroyed due to no one wanting to pay, there won't be any BBC shows to put on Netflix!!
Good luck getting the big steamers to commission something new like that little cult BBC TV show you love.

It doesn't say anything about alternatives to the licence fee, though. In one of their boxes for additional comments I said this needs replacing with something else.

Yes it was so skewed they will get the result that is wanted. They’ll take the multiple choice only as endorsement to get some to pay more again.

It’s what Labour will want and of course the BBC too. Higher fees and maybe even a tax coming our way. Vote accordingly I guess.

I viewed their question about youtube and tiktok content with suspicion.
Are they considering whether they can slap a licence fee on everyone who has the ability to watch content on the Internet?

Since we are repeatedly told the majority of the population love and adore the BBC and are protective of it then the solution is simple.
An opt in model. They will be delighted to pay and those of us who don't care, just won't be able to log in.

I'm ok with that.

They should be funded in the same way all other TV channels are. There's not many BBC shows I watch (probs around 3) and no one else I know watches many of them either. They can still make TV shows and self fund via advertising/ subscriptions etc

They may get more support if they drop the licence fee and let people opt in or out.

Ah ok, that sounds like a hangover from the pre streaming days.

I suppose it makes sense that a public service broadcaster would need some safety guarantees against eg ITV copying their content but broadcasting it free to watchers.

(Couldn't people just watch itv streamed and save the fee?!)

Agreed. The BBC has been instrumental in shoving the toxic trans ideology down our throats, whilst paying useless untalented blokes huge salaries, even the ones who turn out to be abusers. No money left to actually make any decent programmes, but busy kow towing to the Royal Family and shoving the Monarchy down our throats. Sick of their propaganda and their bullying. Misogynist, and notably ageist when it comes to actual women. Give all their money to tiresome ex footballers and expect pensioners to keep on paying. That's a no from me. Not until they appoint a GC woman to run it and sack all the tiresome old blokes and the left leaning wokies and actually make some decent programmes.

Is there anything about local radio. We need local radio but numbers have dropped. They've already messed about with it.

Why should we pay the bbc for so many repeats , quiz programmes and biased reporting

Yes there is a question about promoting and investing in local news, and diversification away from London.

Can all the people complaining about "biased reporting" actually give any examples? Or is it just something the BBC bashers love to parrot?

Regarding the middle East for example, I've heard many people saying the BBC is "pro-israeli", but also probably an equal number saying that the BBC is biased towards the Palestinian viewpoint - that probably means they are getting their editorial decisions about right!

And can you tell us about any other news organisations you deem to be less biased?

Done. I would be happy to pay the fee for the radio alone, let alone the TV.

I viewed their question about youtube and tiktok content with suspicion.

That got my spidey senses going, too!!!!

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Their poxy questionnaire is useless and assumes everyone supports the bbc. I think it's a disgusting organisation which personally led to a bad depressive episode when the savile stuff came out as I found it too close to home. It's no surprise that it's still employing paedophiles and is still smug and self glorifying. It also threatens people into paying its extortionate so called licence fee.

I hope they disappear and I'll spit on their grave when they do. I don't even have a television anyway.

Totally incorrect.
You don't need a licence to listen to bbc radio at all.
You don't need a licence to watch TV. Just for bbc, bbc player and any live tv.

Therfore no one needs to pay to support the bbc if you don't watch TV as above, it even states this on TV licencing site

Googke ; Donald Trump suing BBC.

The most sensible outcome from my perspective is a much scaled back BBC that has a factual, news and education remit which is funded through general taxation. The sport / entertainment / documentary / religion / film component can be funded by subscription, paid for by those interested in those things. There's absolutely no need for the BBC to be spending hundreds of millions on rights to sporting events for example, or indeed to develop formats to compete with commercial television which already has entertainment / game shows and the like covered.

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Disagree. I don't use bbc, so why should I fund them through my tax payments. Should Netflix, Disney+, Prime, Sky, Paramount, ITV, C4 etc also be given money from tax payers?
BBC need to move with the times and support themselves.