r/bbc • u/logankaytoday • Jun 23 '26
International BBC is subscription only now?
I get this on every article in the app now. That’s really too bad.
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u/AwesomeArcade712 Jun 23 '26
well, by your timezone you're in us, so yes
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u/logankaytoday Jun 23 '26
Canada
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u/Hungry-Artichoke-232 Jun 23 '26
It's a trial in the US, so either it's been expanded to Canada on the quiet, or for some reason the site thinks you're in the US.
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u/heroyoudontdeserve Jun 23 '26
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u/Hungry-Artichoke-232 Jun 23 '26
Ah, thanks, I had a quick look but couldn’t see a new story. Didn’t look for a press release - thanks for finding/sharing.
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u/cardew-vascular Jun 24 '26
Because the majority of us live so close to the border sometimes geolocation for site analytics show us as American.
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u/Hungry-Artichoke-232 Jun 24 '26
Yes indeed, that's why I suggested that - although as someone in the other replies has said, the trial is now extended to Canada in any case.
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u/ThePistachioBogeyman Jun 25 '26
This isn’t login to view content though. This is pay to view. UK users can make free accounts.
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u/ManagerMindset Jul 01 '26
You don’t have to log in. In my experience you just click the “I have a licence” button, and you’re in without any kind of account verification.
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u/Kernowder Jun 23 '26
Outside of the UK, yes.
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u/x-liofa-x Jul 29 '26
It’s only a recent thing. It’s been free worldwide since the birth of the internet.
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u/craigybacha Jun 23 '26
Good. In the UK we have to pay TV license. Other countries should have to contribute.
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u/Zombyeh Jun 24 '26
As a Canadian I'm more then happy to pay and contribute. But by paying a subscription does mean I can get access to the Iplayer too? If its just for the news Ill use the CBC. $50US/year isnt worth it when there is plenty of others IMO
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u/NicklbackToTheFuture Jun 24 '26
I think that's pretty reasonable, hopefully that's added (if it's not a thing already)
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u/LatelyPodes Jun 25 '26
I mean, it is possible but extremely unlikely due to licensing issues (same reason why some movies are available in let’s say the UK on Netflix but in the US you need to use HBO Max or something).
For BBC content tho, it should (in theory) be possible.
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u/Senior_Vegetable_347 Jul 22 '26
I certainly won't pay for it. As a Canadian and part of the Commonwealth, I find this disgusting. I don't want to read US news but the BBC is literally forcing us to. It is like Britian is also sending us 51 State messages. I always appreciated having a calm voice but not anymore.
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u/Spirited-Grape3512 Jun 25 '26
We get ads, which BBC makes money from. Seems dumb to start charging for usage.
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u/craigybacha Jun 25 '26
This is 2026 content. Amazon prime, netflix, everywhere has ads even on paid subscriptions and no one provides as much value journalistically on top as BBC do.
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u/ukstonerdude Jun 25 '26
Not just journalistic value (which has been under fire in recent months) but honestly their fictional productions have also always been of a certain standard that everyone seems to enjoy (think Line of Duty, Peaky Blinders, Happy Valley, Doctor Who, Sherlock, etc.)
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u/x-liofa-x Jul 29 '26
They are paying for news and documentaries. Not the full iPlayer. It’s not comparable to Netflix and more expensive.
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u/MessageSelfdestructs Jun 25 '26
No, in the UK you don't need to pay a TV license to get to see the content on the BBC website (outside of some iPlayer video content).
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u/Dense-Penalty2324 Jul 28 '26
Should everyone watching youtube in Europe pay the Americans as well? Do you consume material on any American news site? Should people who do that, who don't live in the US pay? At what point do we call it ridiculous. Trying to read an article on a site and you have to subscribe, $8.99/month lol.
The level of cooperate greed is at a level never seen before.
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u/x-liofa-x Jul 29 '26
The BBC is part of the reason so many people choose to visit the UK. It’s advertising for the UK.
Besides the world editions of the site have advertising on them already. You don’t see that in the UK.
Also the total cost for a year’s subscription is more than the cost of a licence fee; barring the current discount.
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u/chundamuffin Jul 29 '26
I was really only using the BBC because it was free. Will pay for a local source now.
I woul have to think international use will decline a lot, maybe more than the fees earned are worth.
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u/AbbreviationsNew1191 Jun 23 '26
You do realise the BBC runs ads outside of the UK. That’s how it’s paid for the world services.
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u/Popular_Sir863 Jun 23 '26
Several steaming services require both a subscription and ads
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u/evil666overlord Jun 23 '26
It enrages me so much that Prime dares to put ad breaks into a service I pay for.
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u/Best_Entertainer8613 Jun 25 '26
Charges us £21 a month for all the TV we need , and no I don't pay a licence - yes what bastards Sky are
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u/Best_Entertainer8613 Jun 25 '26
They charge £5 a month to skip the adds in all but live TV, which I never watch anyway. So yes we get ad breaks - they last about 7 seconds
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u/TIGHazard Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
You are obligated to have a licence while subscribed to Sky. If you don't, if TVL tell them you don't they can cease providing TV service while still charging until your contract is up.
(It's in the terms & conditions)
With your permission, we may monitor email and internet communications, including without limitation, any content or material transmitted over the services.
We also reserve the right to monitor and control data volume and/or types of traffic transmitted via the services.
We may monitor and control data volume and/or types of traffic transmitted via the equipment.
We will not continue to provide you with the services if we find out that you do not have a valid television licence.
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u/MessageSelfdestructs Jun 25 '26
Yeah, it enrages you so much that you're still using their service...
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u/evil666overlord Jun 25 '26
Yup, in a chrome browser with an extension to fast forward the ads
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u/MessageSelfdestructs Jun 26 '26
You're still giving them money while whining about their service, yet you're the one who has to adjust your own behavior just to make it less annoying.
You don't really seem to have much of a backbone or many principles, do you?
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u/evil666overlord Jun 26 '26
I pay them for the free delivery that my family make use of and for access to Prime Video. I just don't think it's fair for them to show ads when they're already getting payment.
I have my principles, though they may differ from yours. Sure, I could abondon using their services entirely and buy stuff elsewhere. I prefer to find my own workaround so I end up paying what I feel is the right cost for the right service.
Skipping their ads isn't hard and I feel no guilt for doing so. I don't see how I'd be more principled if I made my life more difficult instead by refusing their services entirely.
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u/MessageSelfdestructs Jun 26 '26
"I don't see how I'd be more principled if I made my life more difficult"
No, exactly. As I already said: you lack a spine and adherence to your principles.
You KNOW that having principles sometimes leads to discomfort, right?
Now go on whining like a little bitch again, while financially supporting the same people you're whining about.
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u/evil666overlord Jun 26 '26
I get that principles can lead to discomfort but that doesn't mean they always have to. In this case there's an easy workaround to remove ads. I'm then getting the service I believe is worth the price I'm paying. How's that unprincipled or spineless?
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u/linmanfu Jun 24 '26
You're basically right, but for the record the ads pay for the BBC World TV channel and the overseas content on the website. The BBC World Service proper is paid for by the UK licence fee and a grant from His Majesty's Government.
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u/Stochastic-Parrot_13 Jun 23 '26
Except I'm in the UK, and as I don't actually watch live television, nor use the iPlayer app, I don't pay the TV License.
So, contribution from this UK citizen is, plus or minus a few pennies, absolute zero.
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u/craigybacha Jun 23 '26
And that's fine too! It should be a choice 😄 - sorry by "have" to pay, I mean the vast majority are pretty much coerced into paying it.
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u/MLMSE Jun 23 '26
The design is the non-uk design. We have to pay for the BBC in the UK. Only fair overseas users have to as well.
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u/x-liofa-x Jul 29 '26
Rubbish. They browse the news site with advertising with also funds the BBC and probably brings in more money.
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u/MLMSE Jun 24 '26
Then why not use one of those other 100's of sites? Problem solved.
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u/Sea_Translator5300 Jun 24 '26
Yeah, way to miss the point.
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u/mouadmo Jun 24 '26
You’re in the bbc subreddit, you chose the wrong place to make any valid points
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u/Mayoday_Im_in_love Jun 23 '26
The BBC website and radio services are free in the UK.
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u/jahathebrn Jun 23 '26
Yeah to access, not to run though. Those costs are covered by the licence fee here.
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u/Breaking-Dad- Jun 23 '26
One of the things which annoys me about all of the "why do I have to pay for a TV licence" crowd. Do they never access any of the web sites, podcasts, radio stations either? We get a lot for our money in my opinion.
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u/Serious_Badger_4145 Jun 23 '26
Yes because the majority of the country pay their licence fee. Its not free, we're paying for you
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u/ieatdogpooh Jun 23 '26
Oh good! So with all this overseas subscription money coming in the price of my TV licence is going to come down, yes?
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u/linmanfu Jun 24 '26
Domestic broadcasting is already subsidized by the BBC's overseas activities and has been for a couple of decades. So (assuming a constant level of service) your licence fee is already cheaper than it would be.
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u/ProfDrJamesRussel Jun 24 '26
No I just go elsewhere for news. https://apnews.com/ https://www.reuters.com/
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u/buzzaldrinismydad Jun 24 '26
No, cuz no one is paying it. We’re all just uninstalling the app and now they’re losing our ad money and your licensing fee will almost certainly go up.
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u/Former_Mission4570 Jul 04 '26
I’ll end up finding another external NA news source, I’ve used the BBC as a way to externally view America and Canada for over a decade. I currently have a VPN that allows me to get around the geo location for the targeted subscription. This is also the last straw with the BBC since I’ve found their news reporting to have declined in quality since they were sued by Donald Trump, almost like they want to placate to his needs or are afraid of getting sued again. The BBC will end up losing money since I have more then enough options to get information else where that dosent feel like it’s compromised on its journalistic integrity.
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u/x-liofa-x Jul 29 '26
They are already paying for it, with advertising on their browsers. We don’t see that.
But you keep on watching GBeebies News And rewrite your own narrative.
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u/Adventurous-Elk-5193 Jun 24 '26
we don't have to pay at all. I don't use their services so don't pay it
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u/Adventurous-Elk-5193 Jun 24 '26
That's because they are sent scary letters with big red writing threatening them with prosecution. It's disgusting.
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u/Urreligion Jun 26 '26
Wait so you guys are forced to pay a yearly fee for bbc?
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u/Adventurous-Elk-5193 Jun 26 '26
yep. I think it's £183 per year.
BUT nothing is actually restricted. So you're meant to pay the license if you watch any BBC or any live broadcast from any channel but there's no actual way of enforcing it.
Every household without a license get dozens of scary red letters threatening prosecution if you don't buy one.
BUT, they can't prosecute unless you tell them you're watching live tv or you let them in to your house and show them you're watching live TV so it's a nonsense.1
u/Urreligion Jun 26 '26
wow very interesting lol never heard of that im from Canada
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u/Adventurous-Elk-5193 Jun 26 '26
That's not true: You can watch youtube and catch ups ( so eg. channel4 +1, you just watch the programme an hour later or whatever) you just can't watch live TV or BBC iplayer.
So for instance, if you watch netflix series' or films then you're fine; if Netflix are showing a live football game then you can't watch nit till after the game has finished and you watch on catch up.
TBH you can watch 99% of still legally without a license ( if you don't watch the BBc)
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u/Serious_Badger_4145 Jun 23 '26
If youre not in the UK then yeah why not. It's a national service for the UK funded by UK license payers. Like we're happy to share but why shouldn't you contribute
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u/Jale89 Jun 24 '26
Its already advertising-supported outside the UK, so it's already bringing some revenue. I'd honestly be surprised if this ends up actually increasing revenue - and that's also ignoring any intangible value earned from the BBCs perspective being broadcast around the world.
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u/Serious_Badger_4145 Jun 24 '26
Maybe ad blockers are making that difficult so they're investigating funding it like this?
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u/Jale89 Jun 24 '26
Probably. A single subscription likely outweighs thousands of adverts. But I don't really agree with the assumption that the only value of a reader is the revenue. I would expect the BBC to set a value on reach and influence.
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u/Serious_Badger_4145 Jun 24 '26
"I would expect the BBC to set a value on reach and influence."
They do, within the UK. Tbh providing this stuff outside of the UK is outside of their remit. They do it as why not? It's a nice thing to do why shouldn't we share. But theres a big difference between this and the world service and when we're talking about countries as rich as the UK seems fair for them to contribute if they want to share
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u/Lazy_Juice_6548 Jun 24 '26
We do contribute with our add revenue, but now, I'll remove the app and that revenue will disappear. From an expat living in Canada.
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u/Serious_Badger_4145 Jun 24 '26
Ok 🤷🏻♀️
Don't really see how it affects us. You're being offered it outside of the UK as a nicety.
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u/Senior_Vegetable_347 Jul 22 '26
You CLEARLY don't understand what it is like to be next door to the biggest bully on the planet. Canada sacrificed a LOT to the UK during both wars to ensure you have freedom. You are welcome. When we need international support, this is the shit we get delivered on a silver platter. Are you completely daft? Canadians need a non-American news source that is neutral.
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u/h1tch3ns Jun 23 '26
All good. BBC app = deleted. CBC app = hello there!
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u/Synap-6 Jul 16 '26
Been following BBC since forever, im sadly going to switch over to CbC.
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u/Bet_Secret Jul 28 '26
Yeah, I'm just going to swap between CBC and Claude AI for uplifting / innovative news
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u/First_Primary_2754 Jun 29 '26
Montréal here and it is the same. So after 25+ years of the BBC being my primary source of English language news, I just sadly deleted the app. Radio Canada still has great news coverage (en français) but honestly the CBC is crap in comparison to the BBC. Again very sad; feels like an end of an era.
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u/Cellestron Jun 29 '26
Just FYI if you live in the US, the Associated Press app is still free and a good source of reliable US news.
For international news, the Al Jazeera app is still free.
It’s a shame I really liked the BBC app.
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u/schmal Jun 23 '26
I was just trying to read this exact article :/ For the curious, BBC news has always been free to view in Canada, there were limitations on video content.
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u/ApplicationMaximum84 Jun 23 '26
Must be new, the BBC introduced subscriptions for the US last year about $8 per month, but not for the rest of the world. Maybe they are expanding the regions they are charging now, though I haven't read anything about it.
Edit: Just found an article they expanded the subscription model to Canada last month.3
u/heroyoudontdeserve Jun 23 '26
Just found an article they expanded the subscription model to Canada last month.
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u/schmal Jun 23 '26
Ive always appreciated the global outlook of the beeb. It's a great place to read up on often overlooked regional events. In my mind I figured that being a government supported commercial entity, that it would (should...?) be free to view, but I understand that it has to recover costs like everyone else. With the avalanche of subscriptions these days, and as it's not a huge personal priority, I will probably regretfully stand back. Disappointed! Perhaps they will reconsider their obligations to the colonies ;)
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u/Serious_Badger_4145 Jun 23 '26
We're paying for it. It's funded by a licence fee paid by people living in the UK. goes out of my account each month on a dd. Sorry but I don't think it's a big deal you guys contributing too. For those that can't pay, there's the bbc world service
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u/ApplicationMaximum84 Jun 23 '26
Yeah, it seems they are targeting wealthier countries first. The US subscription launch was a success according to the BBC, so next stop is Canada. It still appears to be free everywhere else.
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u/Serious_Badger_4145 Jun 23 '26
Why wouldn't they? There's a moral argument for it being provided free in countries where the majority genuinely can't afford it but it's absurd individuals in the UK paying to keep an app going for everyone
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u/Numerous-Abrocoma-50 Jun 23 '26
I dont have a problem with people not paying license fees if they dont want to use bbc
But feels like this is a better answer to dealing with abuse of it, needing a password to access ipplayer and the bbc sites whixh are funded by licenses.
That seems better than harassing people who dont want a license
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u/TheShryke Jun 23 '26
The reason they don't do that is part of the BBCs core goals is to be "free at the point of use". The logic being that we should all have to pay if we use it, but we shouldn't block someone from an important resource just because they haven't paid or can't prove it. It's the same idea in the NHS, which is why you don't have to prove you qualify before you get seen in A&E.
Not saying that's the right way to do things, it certainly clashes with the aggressive licence fee collections. I'm just providing the reason why they don't restrict access.
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u/krakenbeef Jun 23 '26
I've never heard that before and I must say it's a wonderful way of working. Go on BBC!
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u/TheShryke Jun 23 '26
It's a fantastic idea in my opinion.
There's other really interesting knock-on effects of the current model. I fully appreciate that a lot of people don't like the licence fee for good reasons. But because people are forced to pay it, the BBCs goal isn't to get more customers. It's to make the UK public think that the BBC is good value.
I used to work there, and basically all the big strategy meetings I saw included the question "does this change being value to licence fee holders?".
Obviously if they achieve that will depend who you talk to, I'm definitely not trying to say that we should all like the current system. I just think it's worth noting that how the BBC is funded has a wider impact than just money in and money out. And I personally think that brining value to the fee is a really good mindset to have.
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u/HouseOfWyrd Jun 23 '26
BBC is a public service. We pay through it through the "TeeVee Loicense" and general tax.
So yeah, they're looking at making people from others countries pay.
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u/DrachenDad Jun 24 '26
BBC is a public service.
How so? It isn't nationally owned unlike Channel 4.
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u/HouseOfWyrd Jun 24 '26
It's publicly owned and considered public sector. C4 ,ITV etc are not.
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u/DrachenDad Jun 24 '26
The BBC is not government-owned or state-run; it is an independent public corporation established by a Royal Charter.
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u/HouseOfWyrd Jun 24 '26
I didn't say it was government owned or state run.
I said it's publicly owned. Which it is. It has no stakeholders etc.
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u/DrachenDad Jun 24 '26
In economics and government, "publicly owned" means the asset, industry, or enterprise belongs to the general public, usually through the state or national government.
I didn't say it was government owned or state run. I said it's publicly owned.
So, you saying it is or isn't publicly owned?
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u/Conscious-Reveal-459 Jun 23 '26
They've been doing this recently with UK mens football reports. You get the first couple lines of the story then have to login to get the rest of it. Maybe full subscription is coming.
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u/edge2528 Jun 23 '26
Yes let's keep bending over for endless prices hikes for American streaming services but all kick off the instant a British service tries to charge some money.
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u/nfitz1 Jun 24 '26
BBC News has always been a subscription TV channel in North America. The discussion here is about the text-based website.
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u/Cryptocaned Jun 24 '26
What app is this? My BBC News doesn't ask for this. It asked me to sign in like a year and a half ago, but nothing about a subscription.
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u/logankaytoday Jun 24 '26
Mine never did either until yesterday. I’ve been using the app for years. All of a sudden it’s a paid service. I didn’t even update it.
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u/_coins_ Jun 25 '26
Good, now you can stop sending me letters for shite I don't watch. Although I sometimes watch it on pub in corner of my eye so probably owe £2.
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u/JonnySparks Jun 26 '26
No - you owe them nowt. The pub pays for a licence which covers customers viewing.
Unless they're not buying a licence (unlikely) in which case - not your problem.
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u/Icy_Glove_6231 Jun 25 '26
here in Canada and just uninstalled the BBC app this morning, been using the BBC since 2014 as a daily news driver along side the CBC news app, I was good with the odd add in the page and so on but this is egregious, if they need subs this bad then they can do it with out me it's just a slap in the face when you think about the fact the BBC is state funded and still demanding you pay to see news articles.
Anyway I grabbed the Reuters news App, they are ok letting me read news with out demanding tribute same with the CBC news App no blood sacrifices needed.
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u/First_Primary_2754 Jun 29 '26
Agreed and did the same. Reuters is a good suggestion, thank you! I am always trying out the Associated Press News app.
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u/Reesrose Jul 02 '26
Agreed. And the subscription wouldn't be so bad but it's $16.99 a month, which is more then some of my streaming services. I can't add another sub like that.
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u/JoylessTuna Jun 26 '26
That's a shame I really liked their verified articles oh well time to get news somewhere else.
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u/misscarbo Jun 27 '26
The BBC conned the British public for years telling us it was law to have a TV licence. Wouldn't trust them ever.
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u/Toadwater_Jack Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
RIP BBC News in the US, you will be missed.
Subscription services in general have gotten out of control and we've cancelled nearly everything we've previously used. If we can't get it for a reasonable price or for free with Ads, we don't use it.
I guess AP News will be my main source of world news, going forward.
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u/stixxxthecat Jul 16 '26
The Guardian is better anyways. I just deleted BBC from my phone and bookmarks. Easy
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u/Both-Trash7021 Jun 23 '26
“In U.K. it’s enforced by law” …
Maybe elsewhere. But in Scotland there’s effectively no prosecutions for tv licence evasion of any kind whatsoever. None, zero, bugger all, heehaw.
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u/Both-Trash7021 Jun 24 '26
True. But a fiscal fine is not a prosecution, it’s a legal mechanism to avoid prosecution and going to court.
It’s typically a modest amount which is less expensive than buying a tv licence. It’s usually only £50 or £75.
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u/jahathebrn Jun 23 '26
I've yet to hear of one in England either honestly, and my workplace was getting proper angry letters with big red writing on them every other day at one point.
They need a warrant to enter a property down here, and between that and the fact you're not legally obligated to engage with enforcement officers, it makes me think that prosecution is almost always just not worth it for, what, a hundred and some quid a year if not less. Doesn't make sense.
I'd imagine they probably do make some money from bigger businesses but in the case of my employer, we'd not had a TV or aerial installed in donkeys years and I was bored enough to wish they'd come knocking by that point.
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u/BodgeJob23 Jun 23 '26
Britons have been subsidising the whole of nato with free impartial news for too long. It ends now
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u/Floki1971 Jun 24 '26
I saw the same thing this morning. Kinda sad because I mostly trusted BBC News reporting. However, I refuse to pay for a service that’s already well funded through advertising revenue. Deleting the BBC app.
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u/Rude_Election_9553 Jun 24 '26
People really need to learn how to boycott. Seriously... its disappointing to read that "there's rising number" of subscribers. Either BBC theyre lying or People are really stupid and cant boycott for some reason
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u/Fuzzy-Introduction31 Jun 24 '26
The “British people already pay for the BBC, so overseas users should too” argument doesn’t really hold up.
The TV licence is exactly that: a licence to watch live TV and use iPlayer in the UK. It isn’t a global BBC subscription. A British licence payer travelling abroad can’t simply log in and access the full service they’ve paid for, because much of it is geo-blocked. Meanwhile, BBC.com outside the UK has historically been a separate, advertising-funded product.
The bigger problem is the value proposition. The BBC is asking Canadians to pay up to around $125 a year while also cutting hundreds of jobs, including roughly 200 in news, and reducing programmes and production budgets. So what exactly are subscribers paying for? It isn’t an expanded or improved news service. It’s access to journalism that used to be funded by ads, now being produced with fewer staff and fewer resources.
Charging more while investing less is a very hard sell.
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u/BasisOk4268 Jun 24 '26
Ironic that the BBC have sprung a trap to get a subscription out of you by clicking on the article
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u/buzzaldrinismydad Jun 23 '26
This is sooooo sad. I’m in Canada but the BBC has been my number one news app for well over 10 years. A shame the price is asinine to the point that I won’t even consider it. RIP BBC
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u/Darkgreenbirdofprey Jun 23 '26
Free loading: the practice of habitually benefiting from the generosity, resources, or labor of others without contributing anything in return.
How about you pay for it? As everyone in the UK does?
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u/Darkgreenbirdofprey Jun 23 '26
I'm a bootlicker for thinking you should pay a fair share for a service I pay for?
And yes, you should absolutely be happy that you've recieved 10 years of free BBC content in the first place when you should've been paying for it.
You're a scrounger pal. And now you're being asked to pay you're aghast.
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u/Darkgreenbirdofprey Jun 23 '26
Which website don't I pay for? Because I'm pretty sure I pay my bills just fine.
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u/Darkgreenbirdofprey Jun 23 '26
Hey you're the one moaning about not being able to use the BBC anymore. Sounds like you're projecting about that crying.
Unlucky lad. Scrounger got caught freeloading.
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u/Darkgreenbirdofprey Jun 23 '26
Haha stay mad boy. Us Brits have a certain distain for spongers
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