TV licence fee to rise by £5 to £174.50 in 2025

[pellinore]

The cost of a TV licence is to rise by £5 to £174.50 in 2025, the government has announced.

Thousands more households are also to be offered support to pay the licence fee, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced on Friday.

The fee pays for BBC shows and services, and the government also said ministers will review the BBC's charter to examine the corporation's future funding.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said there would be "an honest national conversation about the broadcaster’s long-term future".

The £5 increase will come into force in April, and is significantly less than the £10.50 rise that was applied earlier this year.

TV licence fee to rise by £5 to £174.50 in 2025 - BBC News

Edited November 29 by pellinore

[+and-then]

 Just curious... do you folks also have to deal with commercial messages like we do in the US?

[Alchopwn]

4 hours ago, and-then said:

 Just curious... do you folks also have to deal with commercial messages like we do in the US?

No, we just have signs on or near park benches in dense legalese that nobody reads, but if you bother to puzzle it out is threatening you with grave legal penalties if you feed the pigeons or walk on the grass.

The UK TV licensing system is a bit eccentric and unique.  Does anybody in the UK under 76 actually still watch TV tho?

Edited November 30 by Alchopwn

[stevewinn]

4 hours ago, and-then said:

 Just curious... do you folks also have to deal with commercial messages like we do in the US?

No, not on the BBC its commercial free. 

The BBC does make some great programmes, But the TV licence as had it's day unless it massively reforms. Go back to two channels, and ditch NEWS24, ditch all the over paid "stars" who are paid millions, top News readers etc... on half a million pounds. and that's without mentioning the BBC executives. 

On the rising costs because the TV licence is losing half a million 'subscribers' Its been in the past proposed by Parliament to include the licence fee in the local council tax so everyone of those not needing and so not paying will then pay it.

 

 

 

 

[itsnotoutthere]

1 hour ago, Alchopwn said:

No, we just have signs on or near park benches in dense legalese that nobody reads, but if you bother to puzzle it out is threatening you with grave legal penalties if you feed the pigeons or walk on the grass.

The UK TV licensing system is a bit eccentric and unique.  Does anybody in the UK under 76 actually still watch TV tho?

No not really. Twenty or thirty years ago popular programs used to attract audience of 10 -15 million weekly, those days have gone, just look at the recent viewing figures for Doctor Who, the last series struggled to get 2 million. And their news output is a bit like the equivalent of your CNN and MSNBN. 

Edited November 30 by itsnotoutthere

[Essan]

2 hours ago, Alchopwn said:

 Does anybody in the UK under 76 actually still watch TV tho?

Not had a TV licence for nearly 2 years now.   And never once been tempted to watch live TV in that time.   Mind, I rarely watch any streaming services either.

[Still Waters]

I don't watch TV but I do watch BBC iPlayer as well as other streaming services. 

[Duke Wellington]

I don`t have a license, and don`t have a TV.

Internet only programs and films here. Except the football, sigh the football. Why give BBC and ITV the World Cup and Euros? One isn`t worth the license fee and the other cannot broadcast footage without constant pauses and drops. 

The pub is where I live during football (honest, lol).

[AZDZ]

Splitting the yearly licences into monthly payments seems fair.

That's how I have always paid all my TV (and internet, and all other utility) fees and I gotta say, I wish £174 equivalent US dollar was all I had to pay for a year.

That sounds incredibly cheap, unless the UK still only gets a few channels? Not counting streaming channels, telephone nor web access, my yearly regular TV fees checks in at just under $700!

Move over Brits, and put the kettle on chaps, I am starting my Immigration process to the UK! lol

[Duke Wellington]

1 hour ago, AZDZ said:

Splitting the yearly licences into monthly payments seems fair.

That's how I have always paid all my TV (and internet, and all other utility) fees and I gotta say, I wish £174 equivalent US dollar was all I had to pay for a year.

That sounds incredibly cheap, unless the UK still only gets a few channels? Not counting streaming channels, telephone nor web access, my yearly regular TV fees checks in at just under $700!

Move over Brits, and put the kettle on chaps, I am starting my Immigration process to the UK! lol

I don`t remember how many terrestrial channels we have, its above 5, maybe even 10.

But on cable (or equivalents) there are 100s. But none come close the Netflix with a VPN for programmes and films to view, and when that is not enough there is Prime. Old fashioned TV, pfff, I`ve long moved on from that. The BBC is king of replays, replays from decades ago. Its modern content is super woke, you should see how they ruined Doctor Who.