The Dibb BBC licence Referendum

[theCMG]

An outdated institution funded by a stealth tax

[Pumpkin Pie]

Well if this poll represents the country at large (and I believe it probably does) then the BBC will be in trouble if the payment is voluntary!

[SussexFamily]

Originally Posted by Pumpkin Pie

Well if this poll represents the country at large (and I believe it probably does) then the BBC will be in trouble if the payment is voluntary!

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That thought crossed my mind too.

[novocastrian]

Originally Posted by Ivegottadream

Keep it. It's totally worth it to have s couple of channels without ads, not to mention the radio.
Also their children's TV is mainly good quality, Mr tumble is so important for children who are a little bit different. And children's programming without advertisements is worth its weight in gold.

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an excellent point!

kids TV without ads targeted at kids

who wouldnt want that ?

[400ixl]

You essentially have two options if you remove the license fee.

1. It becomes subscription based which is essentially the same thing, but would remove catch-up from being free.
2. It becomes advertising based and you will lose a significant amount of new content as they would not be able to afford to produce it. So outside of key programmes your favourite shows will probably no longer exist.

So for everyone that voted no to scrap it, which of those is your preferred option or does it make you reconsider?

[riversider2014]

Originally Posted by Pumpkin Pie

Well if this poll represents the country at large (and I believe it probably does) then the BBC will be in trouble if the payment is voluntary!

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Not necessarily, question is whether it should be scrapped - not whether you would pay to subscribe to it.

I said it should be scrapped but would still pay a subscription for elements of it.

[boltyboy]

Both my 2 boys don't watch "normal" TV, they either watch YouTube or Netflix/Amazon Prime. If that's the case with most teens, I don't think there is a place for a licence fee because no one will watch it let alone pay for it.

[Chilli-pepper]

I would vote to scrap - We do not watch any BBC, ITV or Chanel 4. In fact we watch very little TV, we do record sky artist of the year to watch at weekends though- the only radio I listen to is in the car and that's local news just for the traffic.

I do not see why I should pay for something I do not use but cant prove it.

[Lell]

I pay for Sky, Netflix and Amazon TV. I honestly cant remember the last time I watched anything on BBC

[Nimbus]

Originally Posted by Chilli-pepper

I would vote to scrap - We do not watch any BBC, ITV or Chanel 4. In fact we watch very little TV, we do record sky artist of the year to watch at weekends though- the only radio I listen to is in the car and that's local news just for the traffic.

I do not see why I should pay for something I do not use but cant prove it.

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If you don't use it then you don't have to pay the TV licence fee. You can tell the TV Licensing people that you don't need a license and therefore save yourself some money:

tvlicensing/check-...d-a-tv-licence

For those people who don't watch any 'live' TV (that is, you don't watch or record TV programmes as they are broadcast) then you can opt out of paying the licence fee - see above.