Still Waters Posted July 23 #1 Share Posted July 23 Half a million households cancelled their licence fee last year as the BBC struggled to connect with younger audiences drifting away to Netflix and YouTube. The stark extent of the BBC’s challenges are set out in the corporation’s annual report, which shows the total number of British households paying the £169.50 licence fee fell to 23.9 million, suggesting a growing number of people feel able to go without BBC services. The fall has hit the BBC’s income at a time when its finances were already struggling owing to a decade of funding cuts and high inflation. https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jul/23/half-million-households-cancelled-bbc-licence-fee-last-year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essan Posted July 23 #2 Share Posted July 23 Not had a licence for 18 months now and in that time I have not once watched any BBC TV or live TV on other channels. And I don't miss it at all. Not sure if I quite count as "younger audience" these days though (And, I have not once had a letter or other communication from the BBC asking me why I don't have a licence - I just filled in the online form and that was it) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godnodog Posted July 23 #3 Share Posted July 23 6 hours ago, Still Waters said: Half a million households cancelled their licence fee last year as the BBC struggled to connect with younger audiences drifting away to Netflix and YouTube. The stark extent of the BBC’s challenges are set out in the corporation’s annual report, which shows the total number of British households paying the £169.50 licence fee fell to 23.9 million, suggesting a growing number of people feel able to go without BBC services. The fall has hit the BBC’s income at a time when its finances were already struggling owing to a decade of funding cuts and high inflation. https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jul/23/half-million-households-cancelled-bbc-licence-fee-last-year guess another one betting on "modern" audiences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pellinore Posted July 24 #4 Share Posted July 24 14 hours ago, Essan said: Not had a licence for 18 months now and in that time I have not once watched any BBC TV or live TV on other channels. And I don't miss it at all. Not sure if I quite count as "younger audience" these days though (And, I have not once had a letter or other communication from the BBC asking me why I don't have a licence - I just filled in the online form and that was it) If my wife wasn't a soap addict, we wouldn't have a licence. I actually think the BBC is good value, but I don't watch TV much. I use our box for watching downloaded stuff on USB sticks mostly and I've got Prime and Netflix. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotoutthere Posted July 24 #5 Share Posted July 24 (edited) "as the BBC struggled to connect with younger audiences drifting away to Netflix and YouTube." Ah so that was the reason. Edited July 24 by itsnotoutthere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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