Petition · past parliament
Referendum on the TV Licence
Rejected
19 signatures
What the petition asks
For decades people have being charged to watch a TV. It is time the BBC put their content behind a paywall on subscription.
In December 2012 the BBC could have put its content behind a paywall and charged a monthly subscription as other providers do, Netflix and Amazon video are two examples.
When the UK went to a digital service the BBC refused to embrace the subscription model over a scrambled network in favour of unscrambled content with a company to track down those who don't want live content and take them to court
When the UK went to a digital service the BBC refused to embrace the subscription model over a scrambled network in favour of unscrambled content with a company to track down those who don't want live content and take them to court
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 22 Jun 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 10 Jul 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
19
Status
Rejected
Rejected
10 Jul 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.