Submitted on Thursday 18th July 2019
Rejected on Friday 26th July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make the TV Licence an optional subscription service.
The TV licence is an outdated concept which needs to be re-evaluated and made fit for modern-day use.
With many households now choosing to purchase subscriptions to services like Netflix, Sky TV and Amazon Prime it may now be time for the BBC to follow this model.
Every household in Britain is forced to pay for a corporation that represents a minor part of many peoples viewing habits or face criminal prosecution.
Introduced to fund public broadcasting, the BBC now makes revenue from its commercial businesses, government grants and rental collections and royalties from overseas broadcasts of programming on top of the licence fee. Public funding is no longer as essential as it once was.
Make the licence and optional subscription and not a forced tax.
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