UK Weighs Making Netflix Users Pay License Fee to Fund BBC
- Government in talks to make BBC funding more sustainable
- Options also include taxing streaming apps, tiering payments
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The UK is considering making households who only use streaming services such as Netflix and Disney pay the BBC license fee, as part of plans to modernize the way it funds the public-service broadcaster.
Extending the fee to streaming applications is on a menu of options being discussed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office, the Treasury and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named discussing internal government deliberations.