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Originally Posted by ian@huth
Scrap the TV licence fee and provide the revenue lost from general taxation.Most households have a TV licence and there is enormous cost in administrating, collection of the fees, database upkeep and evasion detection.But keep adverts away from the BBC.
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The income from the TV license fees are over £2 billion per year. Given the existing priorities for distributing government funds I think funding the BBC from general taxation would be a no no, public opinion would be horrified.
When I lived in Kenya I was curious to note that every time you bought a radio or tv you would pay the license fee, so that each sale of apparatus raises more money. The more radios and tvs you buy the more licenses you collect! Anyway, such a scheme wouldn't raise the cash here.
Actually, the BBC has been practising with its own adverts. Probably might be a good idea for the BBC to start advertising in general once parliament and the government gives the go ahead.
