Originally Posted by
Gulliver_UK
I expect that if the current "unique" funding model persists then at some point your TV licence will migrate into being a joint licence and online account, with the live TV component of the online presence requiring your to login with this account in order to view. Hopefully then the territorial restrictions might also be removed (again... probably quite complex in terms of the licencing of programming from other makers).
I dont see that happening. Many people live in between homes and dont have access or any need to have a licence. People who travel and live with other people, still enjoy the BBC just dont have a licence. Would every person in a household have an account, would they pay they fee as well. Or do you get as many acess names, for the one account.
Switzerland has now introduced a licence.
http://www.thelocal.ch/page/view/1161 My understanding are that some parts of Switzerland,you need a licence for radio as well. Alarm clock, car radio, means you need a licence.
http://www.expatica.com/ch/lifestyle...nd-_13995.html
(One bloke on the forums made a bit of a scene at the Billag office because he thought it was crazy to pay the radio licence just for his car radio. So he asked if he would have to pay if he tore it out of the car. To which the Billag customer service rep said, "Oh, ok... well you have a clock radio, yes? Then you still pay...sorry. Ah HAHAHAHHA!")
http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/...ax/manta9.html