I have no choice but to pay a fee to the BBC to watch any TV. I can choose if I want to pay to view Sky,Vigin etc, and if I don't choose to pay them, they do not stop me watching all the other channels, so why have the BBC this right? Is it time the BBC were a subscription channel, same as the others above, which I can choose to pay for, and if not, I can still watch all the other free channels?
I too live in hope that the Licence Fee will be replaced by a harshly and effectively implemented subscription service.
Then we'd see all the members of the "I never watch BBC, so I don't buy a licence" club (who also seem to post quite regularly about BBC programmes) forced to pay their way.
I stopped mine recently. I rang them, saying, truthfully... I only watch Netflix, Prime and YouTube. They sent me a refund. I did point out that I am able to get live programmes on my TV... I don't watch them, but couldn't prove that. But that was ok.
If you don't want them, don't pay.
Dooglas - I don't live in the UK and so don't require a licence - I do have access to some BBC channels via Sky Ireland - who pay the BBC a fee on my behalf.
My comments come from the frustration of many years of watching cheapskate dodgers claiming some sort of 'principled opposition' to excuse their larceny.
I thought it was referred to as a TV licence, meaning you need it irrespective of which channels you watch. At least that was implied a few weeks ago when they sent a letter saying I would have to start paying for the licence again.
sunny-dave //Dooglas - I don't live in the UK and so don't require a licence - I do have access to some BBC channels via Sky Ireland - who pay the BBC a fee on my behalf.//
Think my MIL gets hers free, being of a certain age. Still paying for ours. Know people that don't as scanning vans are non existent and don't work, just a deterrent IMO.
Thanks all for your responses. Ah well, not much hope of free TV anytime soon then- I would start a campaign on Facebook if I knew how!! ....but know some grandkids who do!!!..um........ !