Streaming services have changed the way people watch TV, leading the government to explore new licence fee options

Bristol Post

Bristol

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England

United Kingdom

Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ users face licence fee changes

Government reportedly ‘not ruling out’ plan to charge streaming service users in the UK

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The Independent

Evgeny Lebedev

London

Greater London

Netflix and Disney+ users could be forced to pay BBC licence fee

A new proposal suggests people should pay the TV licence fee to access streaming services such as Netflix and Prime Video.

Daily Express

Reach plc

BBC license fee bombshell sparks GB News fury as fans rage ‘I won’t be paying’

The licence fee could extend to those who exclusively use online streaming services, and many aren't happy

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Tyne and Wear

Brits threaten to cancel Netflix amid TV licence talks

The TV licence fee will increase in April 2025. The price of the licence fee will be going up this year, the Labour Party government has confirmed.

Birmingham Mail

Birmingham

West Midlands

Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime viewers issued £174 warning over law change

They could impose a £170 annual TV licence fee to fund the BBC.

Kivethetik rá az évi 170 fontos tévédíjat a BBC finanszírozására.

Brutálisan megdrágulhat a briteknél a Netflix

Origo

Budapest

Hungary

Netflix could become brutally more expensive for Britons

The government is looking at ways to modernise the licence fee

The UK Government is weighing up plans to make Netflix and Disney+ users pay the licence fee to help fund the BBC.

The Echo UK

Basildon

Essex

Netflix users may need to pay Licence Fee under new UK Government plans

Watch as Britons quizzed by GB News about a potential BBC licence fee expansion unanimously reject the idea.The Government is said to be looking at expanding the licence to cover services like Netflix and Disney+.According to Bloomberg, the proposal is one of many under consideration by ministers to help with funding.But on the streets of Nottingham, the plan has seemingly not been met with a great deal of enthusiasm.“Why can’t the BBC do advert…

GB News

‘Anything they can tax, they will!’ Britons reject BBC licence fee plan to target Netflix users

Currently, people don't need a TV licence to use streaming platforms, unless they watch live programmes

Glasgow Live

Glasgow

Glasgow City

Scotland

The streaming services offer subscriptions that are cheaper but include advertising. Ad-free streaming was the main selling point for years.

Die Streaming-Dienste bieten Abonnements an, die zwar günstiger sind, allerdings Werbung beinhalten. Dabei war werbefreies Streamen jahrelang das Hauptverkaufsargument.

Netflix and Disney+ users warned of potential TV licence change

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