British Broadcasting Corporation Television Licence Fee Trust Statement for the Year Ending 31 March 2016

Download or read book British Broadcasting Corporation Television Licence Fee Trust Statement for the Year Ending 31 March 2016 written by British Broadcasting Corporation and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The environment for the collection of Licence Fee revenue has continued to be challenging. Revenue growth has been affected by low household growth, restricted household incomes and changes in customer viewing behaviour. The Government has committed to modernising the licence fee to include BBC on demand programmes, and to close the so called iPlayer loophole. This will ensure that those who currently consume BBC programmes on demand (for example on the iPlayer) for free will pay the same as those watching or recording them live. Revenue collection has remained strong however growth has lagged behind the estimated rate of household growth reflecting the changes in the TV penetration rate. Evasion is estimated at between 6% and 7%.