78% support licence fee
A poll in the Sunday Telegraph found that,"the overwhelming majority of voters - 78 per cent - said there should be no change in the BBC's status as a public broadcasting service funded by the compulsory licence fee"
This is not really surprising unless you spend too much time perusing right-wing British, and curiously American, blogs. Most Britons believe £2 a week per household is good value for money for what they get.
I even think that the introduction of cable and Sky tv in the UK has probably made the public more accepting of the licence fee. In the pre-Sky days you could easily contrast the BBC (60 pounds a year) with ITV and Ch.4 (free to air). Nowadays many familes are happily paying upwards of 400 pounds a year for Sky (I pay about £42 a month) which puts the £100 licence fee into perspective. Indeed to get another cable box for a different TV costs more than the licence fee, which covers all televisions within a home.
posted by Matthew @ 8/26/2003 11:50:00 AM
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