BBC Starts to Feel the Chill From ‘Netflix Effect’
- About 2,300 licenses were cancelled per day in 2017-18: Times
- Rise of on-demand streaming rivals is a threat to broadcasters
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Brits are increasingly abandoning TV licenses as they turn to on-demand streaming services such as Netflix, according to The Times.
More than 860,000 licenses -- which allow viewers to watch live television and the BBC’s iPlayer catch-up service -- were canceled in 2017-18, the newspaper said, citing figures it obtained. That equates to around 2,300 per day, and marks the first rise in cancellations for five years.