Why is the TV Licence not part of Sky when you subscribe to them, it should be, so its all covered.

[spannernick1]

Then you do not need to worries about paying it too, I cost me £14 a month and could be added to Sky as a option, you pay Sky and Sky pays the BBC.
I think the TV Licence is a thing that a lot people should not need to pay now, it 2024 not 1964, it mattered then, not now, just a extra tax and especially if you do not watch the main BBC channels at all, we should have a choice or option now, it shouldn't be a tax any more, BBC should now be like Netfix or Disney.
Sorry didn't know where to put this question.so put it under Sky+ because Sky+ has the BBC channels.. 🙂
I remember when Sky only had its own channels and not the main 5 terrestrial channels.. 🙂

[Annie+UK]

What's the point of paying Sky who would then need to pass on the payment to the BBC??? What's in it for Sky other than unnessasary extra work? What is so hard about setting up a direct debit then forgetting it?

[ZyloKai]

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@spannernick1 wrote:

Then you do not need to worries about paying it too, I cost me £14 a month and could be added to Sky as a option, you pay Sky and Sky pays the BBC.
I think the TV Licence is a thing that a lot people should not need to pay now, it 2024 not 1964, it mattered then, not now, just a extra tax and especially if you do not watch the main BBC channels at all, we should have a choice or option now, it shouldn't be a tax any more, BBC should now be like Netfix or Disney.
Sorry didn't know where to put this question.so put it under Sky+ because Sky+ has the BBC channels.. 🙂
I remember when Sky only had its own channels and not the main 5 terrestrial channels.. 🙂

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The legal status of the UK TV licence is that if one doesn't have one, one can still watch on-demand and catch-up TV from ITVX, Channel 4, My5, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+, Discovery+, NOW, S4C, etc.

Without a valid TV licence, one is legally not allowed to watch or record any live TV channel by any means including streaming or use BBC iPlayer.

The BBC (who collects the TV licence) and Sky are two separate companies. The BBC and Sky have had a turbulent past and any deal with each other is probably unlikely.

If Sky and the BBC were to come to an agreement and then decides to add the TV licence fee to their bill, then every other provider would need to too, which then defeats the purpose of Freeview and Freesat. 

[Ellie_TV]

In regard to the TV licence, things may well change in years to come...

Since EveryoneTV (the company owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5) launched the Freely streaming service, it's taking the first tentative steps to switching all free-to-air TV from broadcast (via Freeview and Freesat) to streaming.

There may well be a change in policy once streaming becomes more popular. The licence fee may morph instead to a subscription fee, giving some households a streaming-only option or an ad-free option or an option for access to the entire iPlayer box-set back catalogue. Customers may choose to subscribe or not and therefore get a lesser service. 

Lots of changes and lots of options lie in the future of TV.