Rejected petition Remove the watch live tv rule from being a requirement for a tv licence

Remove the Watching Live TV Rule from the television licence criteria. Make this BBC Services only.

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The BBC are no longer working under the terms of their charter. The lack of impartiality is both embarrassment and does not reflect the views of a lot of people who are funding them.

Having a Live TV rule is restrictive and stops people watching other channels that in some instances they are paying for.

This is in effect a golden handcuffs deal that binds people to have a service that they neither use nor want.
In the digital age, having a licence should enable the BBC to turn on and off in the same way that other services do.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/567521

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Date submitted 24 March 2021
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