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I don't get agitated by the pros, cons & costs of anything that is statutory; licences, taxes etc. If that is what is required to live in this country, and applicable to all as defined by our parliament, then I get on and live with it. If others begrudge that, and those commitments do need to be revised then the democratic process will eventually impose that. Subscription services of any sort, however, I will choose to ignore and live without, and will only begrudgingly watch anything that is interrupted or encroached upon by adverts which pass entirely over my head, and mostly do something else to distract me for those obligatory 4 minutes.
The BBC license is good value for money.(£12.50 a month) There are many programmes that would never been made by the commercial stations as there is no money to be earned. Be careful what you wish for, it might become a reality with the tatty (Not all) USA programmes and the like. Over all. the BBC is the best value broadcasting media in the world.
Absolute bargain when compared to sky, BT, Virgin, etc.
TV Licence should be scrapped, And if needed make BBC-TV a Pay-TV service for people who want to watch it.
I Pay Sky-TV £71 a month + £10 for Netflix, that gives me the Best Drama, Documentaries, Movies & Sport.
I strongly object being forced to pay for a TV Service, (BBC) that at best is poor and at worst a shocking waste of Money.
I think I am a viewer who falls between the cracks in that a lot of the offerings from the BBC don't interest me at all i.e. Blue Planet, rugby, football, Bake Off, Masterchef, Saturday Kitchen, some of the awful game shows, most of the olympics, I could go on. But I also don't really like American films or most American dramas/comedy? so Netflix/Prime have no draw for me either. I do like some of the European BBC 4 detective offerings such as Spiral and original Wallender. Also some of the history, science, music and reality documentaries with presenters like Michael Mosley, Reggie Yates, Stacey Dooley, Lucy Worsley, Professor Green etc. Plus I always try to catch Pointless. I am trying to work out if all that represents value for money. Yes, I suppose it does, just. But I do think that some people have been overpaid for years or maybe they just had very good agents.
Privatise the BBC, I don't watch it anyway. I listen to a variety of radio stations, most often Capital FM, and I watch a very small amount of TV, mostly E4 and ITV, and the rest goes on Netflix and Prime. I watch the BBC at most probably two hours a week and would not mind losing access to it.
Perhaps the solution is to make the BBC pay per view - those who value it, and those who value their lack of adverts, should pay for it themselves. BBC is a lifestyle choice, it is not a necessity, it isn't 1950 anymore.
EastEnders pulled in 25 million viewers per day back in the 80s. Last year, the most watched program on the BBC (Blue Planet II) pulled in just 14 million viewers, which was also record viewership for that year.
Maybe an opt-out system where you just pay a rate for upkeeping TV infrastructure (about 15 pounds a year) and you lose access to BBC services. I think the licence fee is genuine robbery.
We must not go down the road of funding the BBC by adverts. I often record ITV so I can skip the adverts as they drive me mad and break the consentration especially in respect of a good film or drama.
Adverts every 15 minutes are appalling. We have Tony Blair to thank for that.