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					Originally Posted by Chris  The BBC will not go behind a paywall because it is a mass-audience broadcaster.  The UK pay TV market does not deliver sufficiently large audiences for the BBC to even consider becoming a subscription service.
 Honestly, I don't know why some people are so fixated on the idea that the BBC could go subscription.  Why is this?  Is it because you see the licence fee as a sort of compulsory subscription, and therefore if the licence fee is bad it should simply be made voluntary?
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 Well yes I don`t believe the licence fee should be compulsory. If you are paying a subscription to Virgin,Sky,or BT then why should you be Forced to pay for something i don`t care about watching? Those that want to watch it should be able to get it by paying for it through perhaps a smart card for their freeview boxes or as an additional cost through Virgin,Sky or BT. i`m sure it could easily be done except the BBC wouldn`t like it for the very simple reason they know how few people would actually want their channels!