The BBC has suffered a dramatic financial blow, losing more than £1 billion in revenue as millions of UK households either cancelled or refused to pay the mandatory TV licence fee, according to a new report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.
The committee warned that widespread cancellations, rising evasion, and the broadcaster’s failure to reverse the trend are undermining its primary funding model.
Despite ramping up enforcement with two million home visits last year—a 50% increase—fewer prosecutions were secured.
Under UK law, households must pay the £174.50 annual licence fee to watch live television or use BBC iPlayer, a system dating back to 1946.
But with modern viewers opting for commercial broadcasters and global streaming platforms, 3.6 million homes now claim they don’t need a licence, while another 2.9 million are believed to be using BBC services without paying.
The crisis comes as the BBC heads into crucial negotiations over the future of the licence fee ahead of its Royal Charter expiring in 2027. The debate has intensified following recent controversies, including the BBC’s apology to US President Donald Trump over a misleading documentary edit that contributed to the resignations of senior executives, and other examples of “fake news”.
Great that’s what should happen to our media in NZ .
BBC IS FAKE NEWS
What goes around come around
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Propaganda megaphone of the Jew controlled British establishment
Maybe they should ask the alphabet creatures to pay, as they seem to think they are the only one’s watching, these days, based on the woke slop, they keep churning out.
Here’s the thing. When you lie, create false news from your employer, the UK government, No one wants to hear what you say anymore.
Any business, including the BBC will lose customers if they behave in that way.
I want to see the scum of RNZ, TVNZ, herald, stuff, et alt lining up at the WINZ office.
And I am glad that so far none of them cross my morning walks or evening jogs.
Rates and taxes next stop.
I don’t know what’s worse; expecting people to pay a license fee for propaganda, or just taking directly out of their tax thefts anyway.
I lived in the UK a while back and in 2001 contacted the Licencing people as the BBC had become insufferable and I wanted a refund on my licence – they told me no one had ever asked for a refund before and there were no systems in place to make one. I can only assume the BBC is many times much worse now if there are millions of people refusing to accept they crap they produce.
Bob Moriarty makes more sense
https://marketsanity.com/bob-moriarty-epic-financial-political-revelations-gold-blows-epstein-files-and-global-chaos/
yes! Defund the media. Im sick of paying Alex Jones, and Josh Rogan, and Tucker out of my own pocket, when my tax money is going to globalist lying “mainstream media” propaganda scum.
Don’t fxxk with Trump.
Time to call time.
The BBC is trading insolvent. The BBC must file for bankruptcy.
Great! Eat to smack the corrupt in the face