According to the UK Government website, you can watch streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ without a TV licence and on-demand TV services like Amazon Prime Video and All 4. However, you need a TV licence to watch or record live TV on any service.
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The government is reportedly looking into asking Netflix and Disney + viewers to contribute to a licence fee to secure the future of the BBC. As viewing habits evolve the government could consider funding options to support the broadcaster when it reviews the BBC’s current Royal Charter, which will end in 2027.
Disney+ as agreed to invest 25% of its local turnover to finance French, European content; and will get a nine-month window on newly released films.
The BBC's current Royal charter is set to end in 2027, prompting the government to seek new methods of supporting the broadcaster post this date. Currently, the licence fee stands at £169.50 annually but will increase to £174.50 in April - a rise of £5, though various discounts and exemptions do exist.
In a move to modernise the licence fee for the streaming age, the government is considering changes that could see people pay to watch streaming services.
Disney+ has signed a landmark media chronology deal in France committing it to investment obligations in French and European cinematographic and audiovisual works in return for a shorter release window.
Streaming services have changed the way people watch TV, leading the government to explore new licence fee options
Concert S\special 'The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl' has set a February 7 launch date on Disney+, the streamer has announced.
There have been many screen versions of Frankenstein, but Guillermo del Toro's upcoming take on Mary Shelley's classic might be one of the most-anticipated yet. Netflix has announced today that Frankenstein will be released on the streaming service in November 2025, although we don't yet have a specific release date.
Chloe Bennet will join the Jonas Brothers in their upcoming Christmas comedy movie for Disney+. The “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and “Interior Chinatown” actor will play Joe Jonas’ love interest in the film,