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  1. BBC moves closer to online-only TV

    Giving the BBC a permanent Charter could undermine support for the licence fee if the broadcaster is allowed…
    #NewsBeep #News #TV #BBC #Entertainment #LicenceFee #LisaNandy #tv #TVLicence #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/486174/

  2. Pensioners threaten to stop paying BBC licence fee if TV goes online only

    Lynette, 80, launched a petition to ‘save Freeview’, which now has 108,000 signatures Pensioners will boycott the licence…
    #NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #BBC #Business #CA #Canada #Finance #LicenceFee #Pensioners #PersonalFinance #TV #TVLicence
    newsbeep.com/ca/497029/

  3. The UK TV Licence debate is heating up again, and the BBC’s YouTube partnership makes it even messier. If BBC content is made for YouTube audiences first, what does that do to the licence fee argument and the idea of a universal public service broadcaster?

    Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXnlE5N1g5s

    Also, a useful clarification for people arguing in the replies: you do not need a TV Licence for on-demand YouTube videos, but you do need one to watch live TV on YouTube.

    #BBC #YouTube #TVLicence #UKMedia #PublicServiceBroadcasting #Streaming #DigitalRights
  4. Benefits claims cost the BBC £185m in free TV licences for over-75s

    Older people have been scrambling to claim pension credit, which gives them access to winter fuel payments and…
    #NewsBeep #News #TV #BBC #Entertainment #LicenceFee #PensionCredit #Pensioners #tv #TVLicence #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/15337/