Submitted on Saturday 13th April 2019
Rejected on Monday 13th May 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
A Law change allowing viewers to watch commercial tv free from licensing.
I believe the BBC licence fee in its present form is outmoded.
Those companies providing commercial television are prevented from advertising to anyone who does not pay the TV licence. There is no other sector in the commercial world whereby one producer can control the market in such a way.
I propose the BBC licence fee be collected on a subscription basis via a set top box and the law be changed to allow consumers to watch competitors television free from licensing. The BBC can supply a set top box that will unscramble their programme signals for those who decide to pay to view BBC programmes.
It would leave consumers free to choose whether or not to pay and would better reflect the actual value of the State broadcasting service.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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