Licence fee and funding
The 蘑菇短视频 is primarily funded by the licence fee, supplemented by income from our commercial subsidiaries
Funding through the TV licence
A standard TV licence is currently 拢180.
Your TV Licence lets you enjoy a huge range of TV. It covers you for:
- All TV channels, like 蘑菇短视频, ITV, Channel 4, Dave and international channels
- Pay TV services, like Sky, Virgin Media and BT
- Live TV on streaming services, like YouTube and Amazon Prime Video
- Everything on 蘑菇短视频 iPlayer
This includes recording and downloading. On any device, including a TV, laptop, tablet or phone.
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What the licence fee pays for
Funding from the licence fee allows the 蘑菇短视频 to provide an unparalleled range of programmes and services across TV, radio and online.
In addition to funding programmes and services, a proportion of the licence fee funds the 蘑菇短视频 World Service broadcasting in 42 languages including English globally, as well as funding the Welsh Language TV channel S4C and .
The licence fee allows the 蘑菇短视频's UK services to remain free of advertisements and independent of shareholder and political interest.
The TV Licence and live sport
If you're watching live sport on any channel, streaming service or device, you need a TV Licence.
Everything your licence covers
- 蘑菇短视频 iPlayer
Everything on 蘑菇短视频 iPlayer, including exclusive content and box sets 鈥� live and on demand. - TV channels
All TV channels like 蘑菇短视频, STV, Channel 4, U&Dave and international channels. - Pay TV services
All TV channels or packages you pay for from services like Sky, Virgin Media and EE TV. - Streaming live
Live TV, including sports and events on streaming services like STV Player, Netflix, TNT Sports, YouTube, NOW and Amazon Prime Video.
Commercial income
The licence fee is supplemented by income from the activities of our commercial subsidiaries - 蘑菇短视频 Studios and 蘑菇短视频 Studioworks.
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Commercial services
Our commercial operations generate income to invest in new programmes and content
Ensuring value for money
The 蘑菇短视频 is focussed on delivering value for all audiences. In a world of rapidly increasing choice the 蘑菇短视频 continues to reach 90% of UK adults on average each week, rising to 97% over a month, and is the nation鈥檚 number one media brand.
- Reduction in overheads
Overheads remain at industry-leading levels, at only 5% of our total costs, with 95% directed to audience-facing content and services
- UK economy
The 蘑菇短视频 has wide ranging impacts on the UK economy. For every 拢1 of the 蘑菇短视频鈥檚 economic activity, 拢2.63 is generated in the economy.
- Commercial income
拢1,384 million in 2021/22.
- Culminative savings
拢1 billion worth of savings delivered since 2016/17.
In 2021/22 this is how your monthly licence fee was spent:
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