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The UK license fee is the biggest bargain in the history of public service broadcasting and entertainment. For £13 a month you get seven commercial-free TV cha
by LeoPanthera 3y ago
The UK license fee is the biggest bargain in the history of public service broadcasting and entertainment.
For £13 a month you get seven commercial-free TV channels, 12 commercial free national radio stations, at least one local station depending on where you live, and the amazing BBC website, which includes news, sport, weather, and, of course, the iPlayer, which offers almost all of the above on-demand, commercial free, and not even encrypted.
As an ex-pat I only wish that there was a mechanism for me to pay it from outside the UK. I miss the BBC more than anything else in the UK.
- woleium 3y agodont forget the iPlayer :)
- LeoPanthera 3y agoI did, in fact, mention it!
- woleium 3y agooops, so you did!
- sircastor 3y agoI’ve said a number of times over the years that I’d be happy to pay the fee to get the BBC in the US. Unfortunately it’s wrapped up in all kinds of licensing and legal agreements. I recall the first year I was married encountering Doctor Who on our local PBS affiliate, and enjoying the heck out of it. A few years after that it was gone, having moved exclusively to BBC America. And now to Disney Plus…
- LeoPanthera 3y agoOnly new Doctor Who is on Disney+. Old Doctor Who is on "Max", for some reason.
- qingcharles 3y agoAnd Radio 1 got binned from Sirius XM as I remember, which was the main reason I signed up.