Big events, such as the Queen's funeral and England football matches, mean public service broadcasters ITV and BBC still dominate the charts when it comes to the most-watched programmes - but generally, viewers are turning to other sources of entertainment.
Never in my adult life have I even considered browsing what’s currently on TV. I only ever watch streaming services and youtube (and I use Plex heavily).
I’m also extremely put off by the extremely aggressive letters from the TV Licencing company, who try to frighten you into paying up. I’ve never needed a licence, yet they write to me every month threatening to send their non-existant van around. See the hilarious bbctvlicence.com for info on the TV Licence bullying. I also enjoy their back-and-forth about not writing below the line :D
If you tell them you don’t need a license they stop sending letters. I’ve never had this problem and I’ve not had a TV license at any time since I became an adult. I’ve only had to let them know when I’ve moved. No spam mail in ~15 years.
I’m not really bothered about the letters. I should not have to write to a private company to let them know I don’t require their services. I don’t need to write to Samsung letting them know I’m not going to buy their phone this year. TV Licencing is not the government, they are a private company harassing people into paying them.
You don’t need to write to them. You do it on their site. 3 minutes effort and no more letters. I’m in favour of abolishing the license fee but refusing to just let them know is a weird hill to die on.
I hate how they send these threatening letters trying to frighten people into paying. If they were more neutral I wouldn’t care half as much and I’d just fill in their form. I find it kinda funny that they continue to send these threats and make it sound like I’m on the verge of a lawsuit… for years and years on end. I despise their deceptive strategy, so I’m not going to play along.
The OCR thing is simply there because it’s there from another stream of letters and the same template has been used.
I’m always tickled pink working in local governance to see how certain procedures and policies simply continue because someone said ‘let’s do it this way’ and its stuck. Everyone is too busy dealing with the next thing, that the ‘it’s not broken, don’t fix it’ mantra prevails.