BBC to overhaul licence fee with ‘YouTube tax’ on streaming services
Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Log in The government is set to unveil plans to extend the BBC licence fee to online streaming services in what is unofficially being dubbed a “YouTube tax”. It is estimated that an extra 3 to 4 million households will have to pay the licence fee if it is extended to streaming services.
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