Cost of collection
BBC is not an organisation set up to attempt to record consumers, their viewing, collect subscriptions or other costs, and deal with all their moves, deaths, marriages etc etc. Sky, BT, Virgin are etablished with a much smaller subscriber base that free to air and have enough problems
The BBC is also providing R&D, standards development, and to some extent is a government proxy for digital rollouts etc. more like the British Broadcasting Authority of which some programmes and content are created and broadcast.
If there is to be a nationally funded broadcaster it has to be mainstream and provide a diversity of content. Trouble is, as it is government funded it also becomes party politcal. As far as I can see the BBC must be biased against all parties based on the rhetoric which patently cannot be true...
If it is to be personally funded there is no space for further government interference in it and it will be invariably privatised and become ad-funded.
In my view it should be funded out of general taxation and the costs of collecting and maintaining licences should be saved by both the BBC and taxpayer.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
