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Do not extend the BBC TV Licence fee to streaming services or broadband users

Submitted on Wednesday 13th May 2026

Rejected on Friday 26th June 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Do not extend the BBC TV Licence fee to streaming services or broadband users

Petition Details

The Government wants to force households with Netflix, Prime or Disney+ to pay the full TV Licence even if they never watch live TV or the BBC. This is unfair double taxation. Reject any extension to streaming and move the BBC to a voluntary subscription model.

Additional Information

The Government is considering forcing every household with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ or any streaming service to pay the full TV Licence fee, even if they never watch live TV or BBC content.

This is unfair double taxation on people already paying subscriptions. The licence was created for an era of four channels. We call on the Government to reject any extension of the TV Licence to streaming platforms and to move the BBC towards a voluntary subscription model instead.


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This petition was rejected

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition, which calls for similar action: "Do not extend the BBC licence fee to streaming services" petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769762

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