BBC licence fee

[Scottyboi]

how much does Netflix cost?

Available Netflix Plans UK	Netflix Cost a Month UK (2021)	Description
Netflix Basic Plan	£5.99 per month	The cheapest membership allows subscribers to watch on one device at a time in standard definition
Netflix Standard Plan	£9.99 per month	Standard subscription – Viewers can watch in HD and on two devices at a time.
Netflix Premium Plan	£13.99 a month	Premium subscription – Viewers can watch in Ultra HD where available, on four devices at a time.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

 

[cptaidan88]

Available Netflix Plans UK	Netflix Cost a Month UK (2021)	Description
Netflix Basic Plan	£5.99 per month	The cheapest membership allows subscribers to watch on one device at a time in standard definition
Netflix Standard Plan	£9.99 per month	Standard subscription – Viewers can watch in HD and on two devices at a time.
Netflix Premium Plan	£13.99 a month	Premium subscription – Viewers can watch in Ultra HD where available, on four devices at a time.

My TV Licence is £13.43 a month and I watch/listen to BBC services on more than 2 devices, so its cheaper than Netflix?

I think both are good value for money when I'm paying about £50 per month for Sky TV/Sports.

Things cost money. TV licence isn't expensive.

 

[Scottyboi]

My TV Licence is £13.43 a month and I watch/listen to BBC services on more than 2 devices, so its cheaper than Netflix?

I think both are good value for money when I'm paying about £50 per month for Sky TV/Sports.

Things cost money. TV licence isn't expensive.

You watch and use the BBC services so yes it is great value for money for you.

 

[shemnel]

Available Netflix Plans UK	Netflix Cost a Month UK (2021)	Description
Netflix Basic Plan	£5.99 per month	The cheapest membership allows subscribers to watch on one device at a time in standard definition
Netflix Standard Plan	£9.99 per month	Standard subscription – Viewers can watch in HD and on two devices at a time.
Netflix Premium Plan	£13.99 a month	Premium subscription – Viewers can watch in Ultra HD where available, on four devices at a time.

thanks for that, sorry i realise i could have just googled it myself

i think my breadth of content on BBC (web, kids, TV, iplayer, radio) is better value myself.

furthermore - if you dont watch BBC live and dont use iplayer, why do you pay the license fee? do you need it to watch Sky live?

 

[Scottyboi]

thanks for that, sorry i realise i could have just googled it myself

i think my breadth of content on BBC (web, kids, TV, iplayer, radio) is better value myself.

furthermore - if you dont watch BBC live and dont use iplayer, why do you pay the license fee? do you need it to watch Sky live?

They still not showing local news in HD?

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Netflix isn't a like-for-like comparison.
Netflix is international and can spread costs accordingly. It produces commercial stuff.

I'm not aware of it providing public service broadcasting - news, weather, sport, educational support, radio.

Aside from being a sparple (apparently), this is another bellowing about changing something because it won't bend the knee without any investigation into how they replace it. Five years seems incredibly short to assess that and come up with a plan - advertising? how does that bite into other channels?

No-one in govt has made any argument to tear things up or what to replace them with.

 

[shemnel]

They still not showing local news in HD?

wouldnt know, dont use BBC local news. sometimes the radio maybe.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

You watch and use the BBC services so yes it is great value for money for you.

So do you

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[domalino]

You watch and use the BBC services so yes it is great value for money for you.

I genuinely don’t believe any of the people who say they don’t use the BBC.

Every single time it actually gets drilled into it turns out they use it loads but just don’t value it. Or they don’t use it but the wife does all the time, and the kids, and I guess I do listen to the radio, or this podcast, or use an app connected to BBC weather….

 

[meltonblue]

There's nothing more patronising than BBC presenters/employees (on several £100k PA even over £1m in some instances) tweeting "remember the BBC does this for 43p a day".. and posts a screenshot of uke warm list of services...

Netflix (which gazumps points being made by members of the BBC gravy train) costs lot less and has offered some superb dramas and documentaries over the years.

Netflix isn’t really a comparable, there’s a vast difference in the scale of content. Just take the BBC’s educational output when we went into lockdown as an example.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

I thought you needed a tv licence to legally watch BBC iplayer. Happy to be corrected.

You do

 

[Metal Biker]

Make it a subscription service. If you still want it, pay for it. Bump the price up to £250 a year for those who want to pay for it to cover any losses. Licence fee gets abolished, people (who want it) still get to watch their BBC, their employees still get their wages.

 

[Metal Biker]

Netflix isn’t really a comparable, there’s a vast difference in the scale of content. Just take the BBC’s educational output when we went into lockdown as an example.

That's purely subjective.

It is a matter of opinion that BBC is "better" than other entertainment/educational outputs. That's not enough to justify a forced payment for a service many don't even use but must have to watch live TV on other formats.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Yes but that covers other channels not the BBC and even if you use online TV services like ITV hub, Sky Go etc. I suggest you watch some videos online of people who have TV's but don't watch TV live. They send none stop threatening letters and send the bully men around to "inspect" your house to make sure you can't watch live TV. They rely on bully boy tactics and harassment so you end up paying as it's easier than the harassment.

They can fuck off and my generation and generations younger find it a completely archaic concept and the sooner it is scrapped the better.

Hysteria.
You can watch all catch up channels except BBC iPlayer without a tv licence.
No one can enter your property without a warrant and a copper in attendance.
You can have your tv connected to an aerial and they can do nothing about it. Being able to watch live tv is not an offence, only actually watching it.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Make it a subscription service. If you still want it, pay for it. Bump the price up to £250 a year for those who want to pay for it to cover any losses. Licence fee gets abolished, people (who want it) still get to watch their BBC, their employees still get their wages.

Selfish beyond belief. Put it out of reach of the poor to satisfy your political views.

 

[Metal Biker]

Selfish beyond belief. Put it out of reach of the poor to satisfy your political views.

You think you owe yourself to the money i've worked hard for to attain?

It's a TV channel, not healthcare, wind your neck in. Remember it's only 43p per day!

 

[Phil1]

Cut some of the overinflated wages from some of their big names and use the savings to knock a few quid off the license fee and I’m sure most would still be happy to fork out for it.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

at what rate of tax? would those below £12500 earning pa be exempt? Would it be a graduated tax so that say someone earning £120k pa would be taxed more than someone paying £20k pa?

Do what the French do.
It’s added to council tax if you have a tv receiver.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

thanks for that, sorry i realise i could have just googled it myself

i think my breadth of content on BBC (web, kids, TV, iplayer, radio) is better value myself.

furthermore - if you dont watch BBC live and dont use iplayer, why do you pay the license fee? do you need it to watch Sky live?

Yes you do.