Rejected petition Stop the government outlawing catch-up TV

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale is aiming to pass a law through as soon as possible, to mandate those who watch Catch-Up services to have to pay the extortionate TV licence.

This licence is £145.50 per year and covers watching TV and radio as it is broadcast.

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Those watching catch-up services often watch one or two programmes per month. Charging the high cost of a yearly TV licence is unfair, and the BBC should not have laws mandating those watching programmes should pay.

A small fee per year for those watching catch-up services is much more preferable to the cost of a yearly fee.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

As we understand it, the Government is not "outlawing" catch up TV.

If you would like the Government not to introduce a requirement that people hold a TV licence in order to use the BBC iPlayer, you could start a petition asking for that.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 3 March 2016
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