Rejected petition Scrapping the BBC thus scrapping the TV license

I have recently read where old people could be asked to pay again for TV license to raise more money for The BBC. Why is it necessary to even have this channel when we live in a modern society of many channels that are paid for by choice of the individual

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/231342

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Date submitted 3 February 2019
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