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Old 06-06-2014, 12:53   #224
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Re: TV licence non payment could be made a civil offence

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Originally Posted by martyh View Post
No ,the main argument against subscription is that many won't be able to afford it given the rise in cost which is not how a PSB operates .A psb should be available to most of the public which is certainly not the case for subscription tv .Advertising is a method used by the other PSB's
but given the popularity of the BBC it is likely that the other broadcasters would lose revenue to the BBC .
If they can afford to pay for a TV licence now, then they could afford to pay the subscription if they chose to. If your arguing that the subscription would be higher than the licence fee, then the only ones to suffer from the fall in revenue and subscriber numbers would be the BBC, who would be forced to either make more popular programmes or reduce the subscription cost to a more palatable level.
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