The government is considering forcing households who only watch streaming services to pay the BBC licence fee.
Yes, the government is going to allow an organisation to charge you for services you aren't using and don't want.
The idea of expanding the licence to cover viewers of services such as Netflix and Disney+, is among the list of options being talked about by ministers, Bloomberg reported. One critic branded the suggestion of extending the licence to include streamers as 'one of the most bonkers ideas ever concocted'.
Well, that's one way of describing it, I suppose, leaving out the phrase 'the cheeky bastards'...
The Government is looking at how to replace or change the current licence fee funding model when the current BBC charter ends in December 2027.
Among the alternative options being considered by ministers are letting the BBC use advertising, hitting streaming services with a particular tax or making those who tune in to BBC radio to pay a charge.
Why not 'letting the BBC set up their own subscription model' as Longrider suggests?
Ministers will also consider calls for a system which sees wealthier households pay more than poorer ones.
Oh, of course. I forgot for a moment what drives this wretched government. Envy.
