How do YOU think the BBC should be paid for?

Through paying the license fee. If you do not want to watch the BBC then do not pay the license fee, if you do then you will be contributing to an institution which is globally recognised and a symbol of Britain. Programmes such as Top Gear, Doctor Who and others generate a huge amount of revenue through outsourcing, so we get this money back which then goes back into the country in some way. Not to mention it is one of the very few media outlets not owned by Rupert Murdoch.

What I find annoying is the fact that if you get a small TV that's only ever going to be used as a computer screen you still have to pay the TV licence!!

As for the OP, I'm debating between adverts and a subscription.

The BBC should never have adverts! I would pay TV licence for all of the channels if it meant no adverts, however i think the TV licence should NOT work like a driving licence, it should work that the TV only works once you have paid the fee and then cut off if you don't pay it, like how water, electricity and internet work. This would save the cost of having TV licence inspectors and mean bring down the fee of the TV licence as more people would be forced to pay it, meaning that each person would need to pay less!

Same.

Quick related question, If BBC was funded through a subscription service of say £9.99 a month. Would you pay for it to get access to iplayer/BBC TV etc?



Yea but maybe use the increased money to have more channels so the same amount in total?

I hear Top Gear selling overseas makes millions each year. Add in Doctor Who and others and we should be able to get BBC for free soon.

Do you know where that money currently goes? Is that not included in the BBC budget already?

I agree, it is also probably my favourite BBC Channel, but it was one that they were talking about axing recently... Lets not forget huge shows like Little Britain started there... It is effectively the BBC equivalent of E4, and that seems to do ok.

Tradition pretty much sums it up. £145.50 a year for tradition... Haha

More channels would be good. I still wish the BBC would run a classics channel, showing re-runs of older shows like UKTV Gold.

Aye, the BBC make a fortune through their programming. It most likely does, but I can guarantee you it will never equate to a reduction in the licence fee

Just reading your post now - last year the BBC's commercial activity, e.g. royalties from programme sales, returned about £174 million to the BBC for investment in content and programmes. The total licence fee income collected was about £3.7 billion, which mostly went to the BBC but some of which went to fund other things, e.g. about £242 million went to fund broadband rollout, S4C (the Welsh language broadcaster) and local TV. Over £1 billion was spent on TV content for BBC One.

The BBC notes that the licence fee works out at 40 pence per household per day for all its services. Do you think this offers good value for money?

I went for the adverts option. Even if it means sitting through 3 minutes of annoying breaks every so often. If BBC had adverts, does it mean that they would have to reduce the length of TV shows? Because for some soaps it's annoying waiting 30 mins for a big revelation

Interesting. I thought a lot more money would be made off the success of Doctor who and Top Gear overseas.





40p per day adds up to £150 for the year (ish) which is a lot of money for students. That's a month of food with enough left for some nights out. A lot of money.

An interesting point too. The Committee will be meeting with the Government Minister responsible for broadcasting matters and also the BBC Trust in October to question them about the BBC and how it is funded. A question that Members might wish to cover with them is about affordability of the licence fee for students. Thanks for your comment.